XXII + 

And many a jealous conference had they, + 

And many times they bit their lips alone, + 

Before they fix’d upon a surest way + 

To make the youngster for his crime atone; + 

And at the last, these men of cruel clay + 

Cut Mercy with a sharp knife to the bone; + 

For they resolved in some forest dim + 

To kill Lorenzo, and there bury him. + 