_Venoni._ The good friar says right, my friend; then let us scorn to bow beneath the force of vulgar prejudice, and fold to our hearts as brethren in one large embrace men of all ranks, all faiths, and all professions. The monk and the soldier, the protestant and the papist, the mendicant and the prince; let us believe them all alike to be virtuous till we know them to be criminal; and engrave on our hearts, as the first and noblest rule of mortal duty and of human justice, those blessed words.
Spellings were changed only when there was an unambiguous error, or the word occurred elsewhere with the expected spelling. The spelling “anti-room” is used consistently. Names in stage directions were inconsistently italicized; they have been silently regularized. Missing or invisible periods at line-end and in abbreviations have been silently supplied. In the play, words such as “tis” and “twas” were always written without apostrophe.
when suddenly the radience of a thousand torches the nuns opposes her progress
A marine procession arrives [processsion] to the arbitrary commands [arbritary] for heaven’s love, the viceroy would deign [victory] his countenance and manner [countenace] at my appointment [appoiniment] the donor shall be soon disposed of [diposed] object of never to be sated vengeance, [vengance] heaven had commissioned me [commisioned] _Venoni._ Oh, talk not to me of resistance! [_Vevoni._] Why, Teresa! dawdling here [dwadling] all your past perverseness, [preverseness]
Hortensia, marchioness Caprara. [, for .] [Exeunt _Teresa_ and servants. [_italicized as “Exeunt _Teresa and_ servants.”_] _Mich._ My superior knows not [my] Alas! that will be impossible! [? for second !] Come, come, look to the nets, lads, (_they go to their boats_) [punctuation unchanged] Hark how the neighbouring convent bell! [punctuation unchanged] _Venoni._ You weep? you repent? [, for .] of repentance and despair? [? misprinted upside down] _Venoni._ I have seen the man [, for .] It may not be. [, for .] (_... like one petrified._) [missing close parenthesis] (_... towards the tomb._) [missing close parenthesis] In what have I offended? what is my crime? [, for second ?] oh? surely if there is aught [question mark for exclamation mark?] Fly, fly! you bear with you my blessing! (_kneeling_) [missing open parenthesis] _Ben._ Coming, coming! [_Exit._ [missing bracket] not look upon your mother? [parenthesis for question mark]