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 Syndercomb [with a wrathful glance at. A Perrizite is he, or at the least A Zoroastrian! Garland. What is the source Of this ill-omened sympathy for Cromwell? Barebones.To shed his blood is to infringe the law. Syndercomb [striking him on the shoulder. Must not this monarch's purple cloak be dyed? Pride.Barebones is mad! Wildman. Brother, dost thou draw back? Ludlow [shaking his head. Treasons there be that masquerade as scruples. Barebones [alarmed.]You cannot think— Syndercomb [to , in a rage.] Silence! Garland [to .] Hast thou by chance Drunk of the Dead Sea water? Harrison. He upholds Belshazzar! Overton. Can it be that you have come, Another Achan, to our peaceful vales, To vex the calm of the abandoned tribes? Pride.I know not Barebones thus!—May it not be A demon hath his features taken on To succour Ammon-Cromwell? Garland. So it is!— I had last night an evil dream; 'twas this— Syndercomb [drawing his dagger. Let us subject his magic to the test of steel!

Barebones.But listen! Lambert. Speak. Barebones [in terror.] My friends, I have no wish To save the English Ehud from a death Too well deserved; nathless, he may be slain