9. [Marius Victor.]

——They fain would—if they might—
Descend to hide themselves in Hell. So light
Of foot is Vengeance; and so near to sin,
That soon as done, the actors do begin
To fear and suffer by themselves: Death moves
Before their eyes; sad dens and dusky groves
They haunt, and hope—vain hope which Fear doth guide!—
That those dark shades their inward guilt can hide.