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Cromwell by Alfred B. Richards
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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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