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 But I vpon the instant met with him, And what he purchacde with the losse of bloud, With strokes I presently bereau'de him of, Some of the which is spent, the rest remaining, I willingly surrender to the hands Of old sir Richard Lee, as being his, Beside my Lord Iudge, I greet your honor, With letters from my Lord of Winchester.

LeeIs this the wolfe whose thirsty throate did drinke My deare sonnes bloud? art thou the snake He cherisht, yet with enuious piercing sting, Assaildst him mortally? foule stigmatike, Thou venome of the country where thou liuedst, And pestilence of this: were it not that law Stands ready to reuenge thy crueltie, Traitor to God, thy master, and to me, These hands should be thy executioner.

Iudge Patience sir Richard Lee, you shall haue iustice, And he the guerdon of his base desert, The fact is odious, therefore take him hence, And being hangde vntil the wretch be dead, His body after shall be hangd in chaines, Neare to the place, where he did act the murder.

Irish.Prethee Lord shudge let me haue mine own clothes, my strouces there, and let me be hangd in a with after my cuntry, the Irish fashion.

IudgeGo to, away with him, and now sir Iohn, Although by you, this murther came to light, And therein you haue well deseru'd, yet vpright law, So will not haue you be excusde and quit, For you did rob the Irishman, by which You stand attained here of felony, Beside, you haue bin lewd, and many yeares Led a lasciuious vnbeseeming life.

sir IohnOh but my Lord, he repents, sir Iohn repents he will mend. Iudge