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 Rochester.But— Cromwell. Love is aye in haste, I know full well. 'Tis truly touching!—Ho! a messenger!
 * [Enter three musketeers.

Rochester [aside.]Who would believe that 'tis my wedding-day? Cromwell [to the chief of the musketeers. Go bid Cham Biblechan, a Scottish seer, Forthwith to marry, on the Book of Faith, Dame Guggligoy and Master Obededom.
 * [To  and .

Go you with them. [To .] An Anabaptist, Cham, As you yourself are. Lord Rochester [bowing, indignantly, aside. Charming courtesy! Cromwell.I know you for an earnest dogmatist.

How neatly he is caught! Rochester [aside.] A crafty trick Hath this same Frances played me!—None the less I love her so. Of craft and innocence The mixture I adore; her childlike mischief, And her angelic kindliness of heart: To save me from her father, marry me To her duenna; thus to find a way, While saving me to punish me withal! Dame Guggligoy [to. Come hither, love. You stand there like a stone. Rochester [sighing, aside.]This sibyl I must follow to the hell Of Hymen! [Exit with  and the musketeers.