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Nothing but odds with England: to that end,

As matching to his youth and vanity,

I did present him with the Paris balls.

Exe. He'll make your Paris Louvre shake for it,

Were it the mistress-court of mighty Europe:

And, be assur'd, you'll find a difference—

As we his subjects have in wonder found—

Between the promise of his greener days

And these he masters now. Now he weighs time

Even to the utmost grain; that you shall read

In your own losses, if he stay in France.

Fr. King. To-morrow shall you know our mind at full.

Exe. Dispatch us with all speed, lest that our king

Come here himself to question our delay;

For he is footed in this land already.

Fr. King. You shall be soon dispatch'd with fair conditions:

A night is but small breath and little pause

To answer matters of this consequence.

  ACT THIRD

Flourish. Enter Chorus.

Thus with imagin'd wing our swift scene flies

In motion of no less celerity

Than that of thought. Suppose that you have seen

The well-appointed king at Hampton pier

Embark his royalty; and his brave fleet

With silken streamers the young Phoebus fanning:

 129 odds: discord

136 greener: younger

137 masters: possesses

145 breath: breathing space

 1 imagin'd wing: wings of imagination

5 brave: fine 