Cromwell by Alfred B. Richards
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page 67 of 186 (36%)
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leave nothing. [_Going, L._]
[_As he goes he strikes his pipe on the back of the corslet of one of the soldiers; so that the ashes fall on his neck._] _Sol._ Now may the devil! _Crom._ Ho! swearest thou?--fy! fy! for shame, Orderly officer! set Hezekiah Sin-Despise down in thy book five shillings for an oath. Truly Sin-Despise is no fitting name for thee, but rather 'Overcome-by-Sin.' Come, as I did tempt thy railing, I will pay thy fine. [_Gives him money._] Tush! grin not so, man. I thought my Ironsides were proof against fire as well as steel. [_Exit, L._] _Shouts of the Soldiers._ Live, Cromwell! live, our worthy general! [_WILLIAM re-enters and joins the Soldiers. Exeunt, B._] _Enter ARTHUR reading a letter, U.E.L._ "----and so, cousin, I am very miserable, and if you have this influence with the General Cromwell, whose fair daughter I do so well remember, get me a home with her; for, alas! I can stay no longer here. And yet my father? But to wed with one that I despise, it is impossible, and all things are prepared, |
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