INIQUITY (_aside_). Ye be tied fair enough for running away! If ye do not after me, ye will be hanged, I dare say; If thou tell no tales, but hold thy tongue, I will set thee at liberty, ere it be long, Though thou be judged to die anon. JUDGE (_to the jury_). Come on, sirs, I pray you, come on, Be you all agreed in one? QU. Yea, my lord, everychone. [_One of them speaketh for the quest_. JUDGE. Where Ismael was indicted[240] by twelve men Of felony, burglary, and murder, As the indictment declareth how, where, and when, Ye heard it read to you lately in order: You, with the rest, I trust all true men, Be charged upon your oaths to give verdit directly, Whether Ismael thereof be guilty or not guilty. QU. Guilty, my lord, and most guilty. [_One for the rest_. INIQUITY. Wilt thou hang, my lord, [this] whoreson noddy? JUDGE (_to Iniquity_). Tush, hold thy tongue, and I warrant thee[241]-- JUDGE (_to Ismael_). The Lord have mercy upon thee! Thou shalt go to the place thou cam'st fro Till to-morrow, nine of the clock, there to remain: To the place of execution then shalt thou go, There be hanged to death, and after again, Being dead, for ensample to be hanged in a chain. Take him away, and see it be done, At your peril that may fall thereupon. ISMAEL. Though I be judged to die, I require respite, For the king's advantage some[242] things I can recite. INIQUITY. Away with him, he will speak but of spite-- JUDGE. Well, we will hear you say what you can, But see that ye wrongfully accuse no man. ISMAEL. I will belie no man, but this I may say, Here standeth he that brought me to this way: INIQUITY. My lord, he lieth like a damned knave, The fear of death doth make him rave-- ISMAEL. His naughty company and play at dice Did me first to stealing entice: He was with me at robberies, I say it to his face; Yet can I say more in time and space. INIQUITY. Thou hast said too much, I beshrew thy whoreson's face. [_Aside_. Hang him, my lord, out of the way, The thief careth not what he doth say. Let me be hangman, I will teach him a sleight; For fear of talking, I will strangle him straight; Tarry here that list, for I will go-- [_He would go_. JUDGE. No, no, my friend, not so; I thought always ye should not be good, And now it will prove, I see, by the rood. [_They take him in a halter; he fighteth with them_. Take him, and lay him in irons strong, We will talk with you more, ere it be long.