The Sorceress Dragged before Kavus

From B9.12, Kavus Questions the Matter of the Infants. It illustrates B9.12.16–25:

B9.12.16
He sent his guards through every street to traceThe sorceress within her hiding-place.
B9.12.17
They searched through every quarter of the town,Until at last her hidden trace was found.
B9.12.18
They found her close at hand; experienced menWent swiftly forth and seized the woman then.
B9.12.19
They dragged her forth in shame before the throne,While all who watched stood silent as a stone.
B9.12.20
He questioned her with patience, calm, and care,And promised grace if she the truth laid bare.
B9.12.21
For many days he urged her to confess,Yet all his urging met with no success.
B9.12.22
He said: “Use every stratagem you know;Compel the hidden truth at last to show.
B9.12.23
If still she will not speak and keeps her lie,Then saw her through the middle; let her die.”
B9.12.24
They threatened sword and gallows, pit and pain,But all their threats and terror proved in vain.
B9.12.25
She said: “I am not guilty of this deed;What more have I to answer or to plead?”