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Bead. I will, my lord. Come on, sirrah; off

with your doublet quickly.

Simp. Alas! master, what shall I do? I am

not able to stand.

After the Beadle hath hit him once, he leaps over the stool, and runs away: and they follow and cry, 'A miracle!'

King. O God! seest thou this, and bear'st so long?

Queen. It made me laugh to see the villain run.

Glo. Follow the knave; and take this drab away.

Wife. Alas! sir, we did it for pure need.

Glo. Let them be whipp'd through every market town

Till they come to Berwick, from whence they came.

Exit [Mayor, with Beadle, Wife, &c].

Car. Duke Humphrey has done a miracle to-day.

Suf. True; made the lame to leap and fly away.

Glo. But you have done more miracles than I;

You made in a day, my lord, whole towns to fly.

King. What tidings with our cousin Buckingham?

Buck. Such as my heart doth tremble to unfold.

A sort of naughty persons, lewdly bent,

Under the countenance and confederacy

Of Lady Eleanor, the protector's wife,

The ringleader and head of all this rout,

Have practis'd dangerously against your state,

Dealing with witches and with conjurers:

Whom we have apprehended in the fact,

Raising up wicked spirits from under ground,

Demanding of King Henry's life and death,

 165 sort: set

naughty: good-for-naught

lewdly bent: with evil intent

168 rout: company

169 practis'd: plotted

171 in the fact: red-handed

173 Demanding of: inquiring about 