Yin. And thou, Guisseppe !

Guis. I only state the fact : I found them so.
Judge. ( To Vincenti.) And then : an officer, here pres-
ent, sought thee,
la foreign merchant dr-ess, and gave thee gold.
Claiming it back again in like disguise.
How was it, when restored ? {To Officer.)

Off'. 'T was chiefly false.
Vin. Ay, altogether false ! I swear by Heaven,
I looked not on the gold, but kept it locked.
With care beyond my own !

Judge. A moment more.
What further evidence ?

Off'. We searched his palace.
In secret drawers were instruments of coining.
With all materials ; large amounts of coin,
Base coin, were found throughout. And these await
The order of the Court.
Judge. Vincenti ?

Vin. I stand within the gath-ering shade of hell :
Yet am I innocent !



GOLDSMITH OP PADTJA. 261

Judge. What proof appears ?

Vin. None : I huve none that may acquit me here :
But here, there is no criminal ! (^Touching his heart.)

Judge. May He,

The SovEEEiGN Judge, thus also render judgment!
For my poor part, I must pronounce thy guilt.
On Tuesday, in the Public Square, at noon.
Thou diest !

Enter Bunm, mildly.
Bian. Father! Father!

CShe sinks at his feet, eTiibracing Mm, emd weeping.)
The cujiain slowly falls.
262 IVYWALL.
ACT III.
Scene T,.— Night. A forest. Teeahbo, alone.
Far. Day has no joy for me, and nigM no rest;
And day and nigtt sliall bear an equal care,
Till from tte chaos of this mystery
I bring the light. 'T is now the darkest hour :
The shrouded form of Doom comes nearer still,
And, like a figure in the hovering fog.
