A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Unknown
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_Cow_. No, would I had, for then Ide blaze their shame,
And make them pay due penance for their sinne. _Wil_. This I misdoubted, therefore will forbeare To utter what I thought to have reveald. _Cow_. Knowst thou the actors of this murthrous deed, And wilt conceale it now the deed is done? Alas, poore man, thou knowest not what thou doost! Thou hast incur'd the danger of the lawe And thou mongst them must suffer punishment, Unlesse thou do confesse it presentlie. _Wil_. What? shall I then betray my maisters life? _Cow_. Better then hazard both thy life and soule To boulster out such barbarous villanie. Why, then belike your maister did the deed? _Wil_. My maister unawares escapt my mouth; But what the Lord doth please shall come to light, Cannot be hid by humaine pollicie: His haplesse hand hath wrought the fatall end Of _Robert Beech_ and _Thomas Winchester_. _Cow_. Could he alone do both those men to death? Hadst thou no share in execution? _Wil_. Nor knew not of it, till the deed was done. |
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