Truth to tell,he was afraid of being hanged by the populace for beginning too late,hanged by the Cardinal for being too soon; on either side he beheld an abyss-that is to say,a gibbet.

• 其实，他害怕成了吊死鬼。民众由于等待而要吊死他，红衣主教由于他不等待也要吊死他，他反正都得死，只见两边各是万丈深渊，换言之，都是绞刑架。