Was it wrong That in an hour like that I did not weigh Too nicely this or that, but granted him A boon that pleased him, and that flattered me?
VALDESSO.
Only beware lest, in disguise of friendship Another corsair, worse than Barbarossa, Steal in and seize the castle, not by storm But strategy.

And now I take my leave.
JULIA.
Farewell; but ere you go look forth and see How night hath hushed the clamor and the stir Of the tumultuous streets.

The cloudless moon Roofs the whole city as with tiles of silver; The dim, mysterious sea in silence sleeps; And straight into the air Vesuvius lifts His plume of smoke.

How beautiful it is! [Voices in the street.
GIOVAN ANDREA.
Poisoned at Itri.
ANOTHER VOICE.
Poisoned?
Who is poisoned?
GIOVAN ANDREA.
The Cardinal Ippolito, my master.
Call it malaria.

It was sudden.
[Julia swoons.
V.
VITTORIA COLONNA A room in the Torre Argentina.
VITTORIA COLONNA and JULIA GONZAGA.
VITTORIA.
Come to my arms and to my heart once more; My soul goes out to meet you and embrace you, For we are of the sisterhood of sorrow.
I know what you have suffered.
JULIA.
Name it not.
Let me forget it.
VITTORIA.
I will say no more.
Let me look at you.