Act 2 — SCENE XIII.——MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, SBRIGANI, TWO LAWYERS, TWO ATTORNEYS, TWO SERGEANTS.
Charles Heron Wall translation
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.)