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 'Tis well! So Rochester 's the Devil's Chaplain! 'Tis wondrous well devised—ay, wondrous well! They deem it no hard task to close my eyes. They hoodwink me, drug me, and kidnap me; Most excellent.
 * [To .] Your tragi-comedies,

Sirrah, are past compare, if all your plays Equal your perfidy.
 * [To , who enters at this moment.

Let this good man Be taken under escort to the Tower.

Charles hatted you, I lodge you in my turn. May Heaven bless you! Davenant [aside.] Ominous conclusion!
 * [Exit with the guards.

Thurloe [to .]The Parliament, to whom, by your command, A holy minister, my lord, has given A solemn exhortation, waits without, Bringing for your approval divers bills And notably th' address whereby the crown Is placed upon your head. Cromwell. Let them come in.
 * [Exit.

O tenebrous affair! By their own ruse They must be brought to nought. 'Tis my design To ensnare them in the nets they spread for me. [He looks at ' scroll and ' despatch in turn. I hold them in my hand—
 * [He closes his hands with a forcible gesture.