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 To this end came I from the Continent. I fain would save your head, Broghill, and now I ask you in King Charles the Second's name, My royal master: "Do you choose to live A faithful subject, or to die a traitor?" Broghill.What say you? Ormond. To the standard of the King Return. Broghill. Alas! I, too, in the old days Was a leal, faithful subject; for our King I took strong castles and defended towns; And I, who once was soldier of the Stuarts, Am now, by cruel destiny, transformed To Cromwell's courtier! To his dreary fate, Dear Ormond, leave a wretched renegade! Do you, in your turn, list, and be my judge.— During the conflict with the Parliament, I hither came to raise a regiment. Like you I lay in hiding, and a price Was set upon my head. One day I had A visit from a stranger. It was Cromwell.— My life was in his hand. He saved my life. In gratitude my duty I forgot. He took possession of me, and ere long I was, like him, a sacrilegious rebel. My arm doth his republicans uphold, And, for my King first raised, against him fights. Cromwell hath since created me a peer, Lieutenant-general of artillery, A judge of his High Court and Privy Council. Thus, by his favour raised to highest rank, Falls he, I must fall likewise by his side; Nor can I, faithless to my lawful King, Whatever love I bear his noble house, Renew my faith unstained by treachery.