King Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
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[Enter MARGERY JOURDAIN, HUME, SOUTHWELL, and BOLINGBROKE.]
HUME. Come, my masters; the duchess, I tell you, expects performance of your promises. BOLINGBROKE. Master Hume, we are therefore provided; will her ladyship behold and hear our exorcisms? HUME. Ay, what else? fear you not her courage. BOLINGBROKE. I have heard her reported to be a woman of an invincible spirit: but it shall be convenient, Master Hume, that you be by her aloft while we be busy below; and so, I pray you go, in God's name, and leave us.--[Exit Hume.] Mother Jourdain, be you prostrate and grovel on the earth.--John Southwell, read you; and let us to our work. [Enter DUCHESS aloft, HUME following.] DUCHESS. Well said, my masters; and welcome all. To this gear the sooner the better. BOLINGBROKE. Patience, good lady, wizards know their times: Deep night, dark night, the silent of the night, |
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