Cromwell by Alfred B. Richards
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page 45 of 186 (24%)
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_Will._ My master bloody?-- A dead man on the ground!--a knight of the road by his looks-- [_Sees CROMWELL._] What a grim stranger! _Crom._ Sirrah! move That carrion. [_WILLIAM going up to his Master._] _Will._ Sir! I wait on this gentleman. What a look! [_Aside._] I am sure he is either the devil, or some great Christian. [_Aloud._] I will, my Lord! [_Moves the body._] Come along! To think now this dead, two-legged thing should have been active enough just now to catch a four-footed live deer. No sooner does a man die, but you would think he had swallowed the lead of his coffin. Come along! Lord! how helpless it is! Why, he shall no more kick at his petty devouring, no, no more than if he were a dead king! [_Exit with body, U.E.L._] _Crom._ Ha! 'Tis well said. Would that this blood had not been shed. 'Tis dreadful To send a soul destroy'd to plead against The frail destroyer. Yet I could not help it. [_TO ARTHUR._] How farest thou now? _Arth._ Good sir, I thank you for |
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