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Richard [unseen by the Cavaliers. These gentry have a questionable look. I'll stand apart. [He withdraws to the left, among the clumps of verdure. Murray [to , with a triumphant air. Your Cromwell hath a bed Without brocades! A paltry candle-end Was dying on his table. 'Twas so dark One could not see one's self. He did not move, Thanks to his lethargy, when we did seize him; We gagged him quietly, and here he is. Cromwell.Ah! this is he? Richard [aside.] What means this? Clifford. Victory! We hold him fast. Richard [aside.] What says he? Downie. The worst task Is done!—The night is dark. Let 's lose no time. Forward!

Well? Rosebery [to .] 'Tis a simple thing to say For one who has no burden on his back. Sedley [to .]As, to attain our purposed destination,