Chapter 28

ATTORNEYS, TWO SERGEANTS.

1ST LAWYER (_drawling out his words_). Polygamy's a case, you find, A case of hanging.

2ND LAWYER (_singing and speaking very fast_). Your deed Is plain and clear, And all the gear Of wigs and law Upon this flaw One verdict bear. Consult our authors, Legislators and glossators, Justinian, Papinian, Ulpian and Tribonian, Fernand, Rebuffe, Jean Imole, Paul Castro, Julian Barthole, [15] Jason, Aloyat, and Cujas That mighty mind! Polygamy's a case, you'll find, A case of hanging.

BALLET, _while the_ 2ND LAWYER _sings as before_.

All nations civilised, French, Dutch, and English, Portuguese, Germans, Flemish, Italians and Spanish, By wisdom's sceptre swayed, For this the self-same law have made. The affair allows no doubt, Polygamy's a case, A case of hanging.

(MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, _irritated, drives them all away._)