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Not so hasty, Sir! The psalm must first be sung.

It will be sung when she is at the stake.

Would thou wert there in her stead, heartless bigot!—(Aloud.) Raise the psalm here.

You are very humane, good Sheriff, but we shall, if you please, proceed to the place appointed.

Stop! stop! stop the execution.

She is innocent! she is innocent! Ye shall not murder the innocent!

Who art thou, who wouldst stop the completion of the law?

One whom you have known; whom you have looked on often.