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] Thy love to me, begot this service;—

This treason, thou thyself dost say, has but

An hour's age; and I can give accompt

Of him beyond that time. Brother, in the little tower,

Where now Aglaura's prisoner, you shall find him.

Bring him along:

He yet doth stand untainted in my thoughts;

And to preserve him so, he shall not stir

Out of my eyes' command, till this great cloud

Be over.

Iol. Sir, 'twas the prince, who first

King. I know all that.

Urge it no more! I love the man; and 'tis with pain

We do suspect, where we do not dislike.

Thou'rt sure he will have some, and that they will come

To-night?

Iol. As sure as night will come itself.

King. Get all your guards in readiness; we will ourself

Disperse them afterwards; and both be sure

To wear your thoughts within: I'll act the rest.

2 Court. Well, if there be not some great storm towards,

Ne'er trust me; Whisper (Court-thunder) is in

Every corner, and there has been to-day

About the town a murmuring and buzzing,

Such as men use to make when they do fear

To vent their fears.

1 Court. True, and all the statesmen

Hang down their heads, like full-ear'd corn; two of them,

Where I supp'd, ask'd what time of night it was,

And, when 'twas told them, started, as if they

Had been to run a race.

2 Court. The king, too (if

You mark him), doth feign mirth and jollity;

But, through them both, flashes of discontent

And anger make escapes.

Ors. Gentlemen! 'tis pity heav'n

Design'd you not to make the almanacs.

You guess so shrewdly by the ill aspects,

Or near conjunctions of the great ones,

At what's to come still, that without all doubt