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Rh Opens the heart, and shuts the eyes, we let A counterfeited paper, in the which This one particular clause has been left out, Go round for signatures.

How? think you then That they'll believe themselves bound by an oath, Which we have trick'd them into by a juggle?

We shall have caught and cag'd them! Let them then Beat their wings bare against the wires, and rave Loud as they may against our treachery, At court their signatures will be believ'd Far more than their most holy affirmations. Traitors they are, and must be; therefore wisely Will make a virtue of necessity.

Well, well, it shall content me; let but something Be done, let only some decisive blow Set us in motion.

Besides, 'tis of subordinate importance How, or how far, we may thereby propel The generals. 'Tis enough that we persuade The Duke, that they are his—Let him but act In his determin'd mood, as if he had them, And he will have them. Where he plunges in, He makes a whirlpool, and all stream down to it. Rh