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 Rochester [aside.]  Ah! what an amnesty! Wilmot, of all the fools upon this earth Art thou not the most foolish and the most Severely punished? See the strange effect That thy two halves produce, one with this coat, The other with that face! And Prances, too, Is looking on! I shall turn virtuous! Cromwell [pointing to  in the group of Cavaliers. Go, Murray, and receive the lash that Charles, Who commonly is called the Prince of Wales, Has earned by this abortive childish plot.

Yon Jew, who would have fittingly adorned The cross-beam of the gallows—he is free.

But, Barebones, to redeem his flesh, he'll pay Thy bill.

Manasseh [examining it.] 'Tis very dear. Cromwell [to the other prisoners.]You all are free.
 * [The archers remove the fetters of the Cavaliers.

Thurloe [to , in an undertone. All! But it is a serious affair— Cromwell [in an undertone. I have this people; of what use, I pray, Would thirty gallows be? [, as the archers are leading