XXXVIII.

_Ad Judaeos mactatores Stephani._ Act. vii. 59.

Frustra illum increpitant, frustra vaga saxa: nec illi

Grandinis, heu, saevae! dura procella nocet.

Ista potest tolerare, potest nescire; sed illi,

Quae sunt in vestro pectore, saxa nocent.

_To the Jews, murderers of St. Stephen._

Vainly ye cast stones, Jews; they give no shock:

Shower as the hail-storm, it is all in vain.

These he shall bear, and heed not: 'tis the rock

Of your obdurate hearts that gives him pain. G.

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