English poem
[He Draws, But Cannot Move Her.]
DAEMON: Come, where a pleasure waits thee.
JUSTINA: It were bought Too dear.
DAEMON: ‘Twill soothe thy heart to softest peace.
JUSTINA: ’Tis dread captivity.
DAEMON: ’Tis joy, ’tis glory.
JUSTINA: ’Tis shame, ’tis torment, ’tis despair.
DAEMON: But how Canst thou defend thyself from that or me, If my power drags thee onward?
JUSTINA: My defence Consists in God.
[HE VAINLY ENDEAVOURS TO FORCE HER, AND AT LAST RELEASES HER.]
DAEMON: Woman, thou hast subdued me, Only by not owning thyself subdued. But since thou thus findest defence in God, I will assume a feigned form, and thus Make thee a victim of my baffled rage. For I will mask a spirit in thy form Who will betray thy name to infamy, And doubly shall I triumph in thy loss, First by dishonouring thee, and then by turning False pleasure to true ignominy.