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SCENE III. -- The prison. Night. EDITH reading the Bible by a lamp.
EDITH. / "Blessed are ye when men shall persecute you, / And shall revile you, and shall say against you / All manner of evil falsely for my sake! / Rejoice, and be exceeding glad, for great / Is your reward in heaven. For so the prophets, / Which were before you, have been persecuted."