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204 Prince. I told thee 'twould be so before.

Philatel. Why, sir,

You do not mean to save him?

Prince. Yes, I do.

Samorat shall be released immediately.

Philatel. Sure, you forget I had a brother, sir;

And one that did deserve justice at least.

Prince. He did;

And he shall have it.

He that kill'd him shall die;

And 'tis high satisfaction that. Look not:

It must be so.

Peridor. No devils, Stramador.

Believe your eyes, to which I cannot be

So lost, but you may call to mind one Peridor.

Stramador. Ha! Peridor!

Thou didst command that day, in which

The Tamorens fell.

Peridor. I did; yet Tamoren lives.

Stramador. Ha!

Peridor. Not Tamoren the prince (he fell indeed);

But Tamoren his brother, who that day

Led our horse.

Young Reginella too, which is the subject

Of the suit you have engag'd yourself by oath

The Prince shall grant.

Stramador. O, 'tis impossible!

Instruct me how I should believe thee.

Peridor. Why, thus:

Necessity upon that great defeat

Forc'd us to keep the woods, and hide ourselves

In holes, which since we much inlarg'd,

And fortifi'd them in the entrance so,

That 'twas a safe retreat upon pursuit.

Then swore we all allegiance to this Tamoren:

These habits, better to disguise ourselves, we took

At first; but finding with what ease we robb'd,

We did continue 'em, and took an oath,

Till some new troubles in the state should happen,

Or fair occasion to make known ourselves