“Father Eternal, thine is to decree, Mine both in Heaven and Earth to do thy will Supreme, that thou in me, thy Son beloved, May’st ever rest well pleased. I go to judge On Earth these thy transgressors; but thou know’st, Whoever judged, the worst on me must light, When time shall be; for so I undertook Before thee, and, not repenting, this obtain Of right, that I may mitigate their doom On me derived; yet I shall temper so Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most Them fully satisfied, and thee appease. Attendance none shall need, nor train, where none Are to behold the judgment but the judged, Those two; the third best absent is condemned, Convict by flight, and rebel to all law: Conviction to the Serpent none belongs.”