To give this notice. (Bell tolls again.) Hark! another knell!
The wretched struggler hath his warfare clos'd;
May heaven have mercy on him.
(Bell tolls again.)
Retire, my daughters; let us all retire,
For scenes like this to meditation call.
[Exeunt, bell tolling again.
SCENE IV.
A hall or large room in the convent. The bodies of De Monfort and Rezenvelt are discovered laid out upon a low table or platform, covered with black. Freberg, Bernard, Abbess, Monks, and Nuns attending.
Abb. to Freb. Here must they lie, my lord, until we know
Respecting this the order of the law.
Freb. And you have wisely done, my rev'rend mother.
(Goes to the table, and looks at the bodies, but without uncovering them.)
With talents and with virtues were endu'd.
Ye should have lov'd, yet deadly rancour came,
And in the prime and manhood of your days
Ye sleep in horrid death. O direful hate!
What shame and wretchedness his portion is
Who, for a secret inmate, harbours thee!
And who shall call him blameless who excites,
