Aye, for ye all are witless, but my voice

Will ne'er reveal my miseries--or thine. [2]

What then, thou knowest, and yet willst not speak!

Wouldst thou betray us and destroy the State?

I will not vex myself nor thee. Why ask

Thus idly what from me thou shalt not learn?

Monster! thy silence would incense a flint.

Will nothing loose thy tongue? Can nothing melt thee,