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Another time, valiant Justiniani, With more respect to warlike ceremony We will conduct ourselves. Rodrigo well hath pled his own excuse; And I, thou knowest, am but new in arms.

Methinks, ev'n to a child it had been plain That, when so circumstanced

Hush, hush, I pray thee, now! the emp'ror comes: This is his hour of cheerful relaxation, Snatch'd from each circling day of busy cares, A faint gleam thrown across a dismal gloom, Let us not dark it with our petty brawls.

A pleasant meeting to us all, brave friends, After our day of toil! There be amongst us Tir'd limbs that well have earn'd their hour of rest; This kindly-social hour, this fleeting bliss Of the tir'd labourer. Undo our bracings, This galls me strangely; Mine armourer, methinks, has better skill