_ And so the Council must break up, and Justice
Pause in her full career, because a woman
Breaks in on our deliberations?
Pause in her full career, because a woman
Breaks in on our deliberations?
Byron
_Sen. _ Not clearly, and the charge of homicide
Has been annulled by the death-bed confession
Of Nicolas Erizzo, who slew the late
Chief of "the Ten. "[46]
_Mem. _ Then why not clear him?
_Sen. _ That
They ought to answer; for it is well known
That Almoro Donato, as I said,
Was slain by Erizzo for private vengeance.
_Mem. _ There must be more in this strange process than
The apparent crimes of the accused disclose-- 310
But here come two of "the Ten;" let us retire.
[_Exeunt_ MEMMO _and Senator_.
_Enter_ LOREDANO _and_ BARBARIGO.
_Bar. _ (_addressing_ LOR. ).
That were too much: believe me, 'twas not meet
The trial should go further at this moment.
_Lor.
_ And so the Council must break up, and Justice
Pause in her full career, because a woman
Breaks in on our deliberations?
_Bar. _ No,
That's not the cause; you saw the prisoner's state.
_Lor. _ And had he not recovered?
_Bar. _ To relapse
Upon the least renewal.
_Lor. _ 'Twas not tried.
_Bar. _ 'Tis vain to murmur; the majority 320
In council were against you.
_Lor. _ Thanks to _you_, sir,
And the old ducal dotard, who combined
The worthy voices which o'er-ruled my own.
_Bar. _ I am a judge; but must confess that part
Of our stern duty, which prescribes the Question,[47]
And bids us sit and see its sharp infliction,
Makes me wish--
_Lor. _ What?