Epi.  It shall, my Lord.
                     [Exit Epi.

Hen.  Then by the gods
And all the powers the Vandals doe adore,
Thou hast not beene more terrible to the world
Than to thy selfe I now will make thee.

Belliz.  I dare thy worst; I have a Christian armour to protect me.  You cannot act so much as I will suffer.

Hen.  Ile try your patience

    Enter Epido, two Christians and officers.

Epi.  ’Tis done, my Lord, as you directed.

Hen.  They are come: 
Make signes you’le yet deny your Christianity (They make signes.)
And kneele with us to sacred Iupiter. 
No? make them then a Sacrifice to Iupiter
For all the wrongs by Bellizarius done. 
Dispatch, I say; to the fire with them.

Belliz.  Alas, good men! tonguelesse? you’le yet be heard;
The sighes of your tun’d soules are musicall,
And whil’st I breath, as now my tears I shed,
My prayers He send up for you; ’twas I that mangl’d you. 
How soone the bodies Organ leaves the sound! 
The Life’s next too’t; a Needles point ends that,
A small thing does it.  Now you have quiet roomes
No wrangling, all husht.  Now make me a fellow
In this most patient suffering.

Hen.  Beare them unto the fire, and place him neere
To fright him.
                  (Flourish.)

Belliz.  On, fellow Souldiers!  Your fires will soon be quencht, and for your wrongs You shall, above, all speake with Angels tongues.

[Exeunt.

(SCENE 3.)

Enter Clowne, Constable and three watchmen.

Clown.  You[146] that are borne Pagans both by father and mother, the true sonnes of Infidelity, sit downe by me your officiall, or to come nearer to the efficacy of the word, your undermost Iaylor or staller; —­the word is Lordly and significant.

Omnes.  O brave Master, yfaith.

Clowne.  Therefore sit downe; and as by vertue of our place we have Authority given, so let us as officers doe, knaves of our function as of others; let us, I say, be unbounded in our Authority, having the Lawes, I meane the Keyes, in our owne hands.

Const.  Friend, friend, you are too forward in your Authority; your command is limited where I am in place:  for though you are the Lieutenants man know, sir, that I am Master of the worke and Constable Royall under the Kings Maiesty.

Omnes.  Marry is hee.

Const.  If their testimonie will not satisfie, here my Title:  At this place, in this time, and upon this occasion I am Prince over these Publicans, Lord over these Larroones,[147] Regent of these Rugs,[148] Viceroy over these Vagabonds, King of these Caterpillars; and indeed, being a Constable, directly Soveraigne over these my Subiects.