_ My Lord, the
deputation
is in waiting;
But add, that if another hour would better
Accord with your will, they will make it theirs.
But add, that if another hour would better
Accord with your will, they will make it theirs.
Byron
_Bar. _ This stroke
Will move all Venice in his favour.
_Lor. _ Right! 350
We must be speedy: let us call together
The delegates appointed to convey
The Council's resolution.
_Bar. _ I protest
Against it at this moment.
_Lor. _ As you please--
I'll take their voices on it ne'ertheless,
And see whose most may sway them, yours or mine.
[_Exeunt_ BARBARIGO _and_ LOREDANO.
ACT V.
SCENE I. --_The_ DOGE'S _Apartment_.
_The_ DOGE _and Attendants_.
_Att.
_ My Lord, the deputation is in waiting;
But add, that if another hour would better
Accord with your will, they will make it theirs.
_Doge_. To me all hours are like. Let them approach.
[_Exit Attendant_.
_An Officer_. Prince! I have done your bidding.
_Doge_. What command?
_Offi. _ A melancholy one--to call the attendance
Of----
_Doge_. True--true--true: I crave your pardon. I
Begin to fail in apprehension, and
Wax very old--old almost as my years.
Till now I fought them off, but they begin 10
To overtake me.
_Enter the Deputation, consisting of six of the Signory
and the Chief of the Ten_.
