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 Rochester [aside.] Nay, nay! If, haply, I my quatrain could bestow Upon her! Oft a quatrain lights the spark.
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Once in the citadel, what must I do? Davenant [handing him a phial.]Herein is a most potent sleeping-draught. The King to be is always served at night With hippocras wherein is dipped a sprig Of rosemary. Therein this powder pour, And bribe the guard at the park gate. [To .] The rest Is our affair. Ormond. But wherefore does the King Command that Cromwell, by a coup de main, Be carried off to-night, whenas he dies To-morrow? E'en by his own partisans His death is sworn. Davenant. And that's the reason on 't. The King would fain protect him from the blows Aimed by the Puritans. It is his will To do without their aid. And, furthermore, 'Tis often well to have a living foe For hostage. Rochester. And the funds? Davenant. Moored in the Thames There lies a brig with a large sum in gold Which will be brought to us. Meanwhile, at need, Manasseh, a vile Jew, doth offer us A gen'rous credit to be drawn upon. Ormond.'Tis well. Davenant. But let us none the less retain The Roundheads' succour. 'Tis an oak whose roots Spread deep and far, that we would overthrow. Let their alliance hold, and let th' old fox