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at the house end:  it fills all the house full of fleas。
Ostler! ostler!

'Enter Ostler。'

OSTLER。
Who calls there? what would you have?

CLUB。
Zwooks; do you rob your guests? do you lodge rogues
and slaves; and scoundrels; ha? they ha stolen our clothes 
here:  why; ostler!

OSTLER。
A murrein choke you; what a bawlin you keep。

'Enter Host。'

HOST。
How now; what would the carrier have? look up there。

OSTLER。
They say that the man and woman that lay by them have
stolen their clothes。

HOST。
What; are the strange folks up yet that come in yester night?

CONSTABLE。
What; mine host; up so early?

HOST。
What; master Mayor; and master Constable!

MAYOR。
We are come to seek for some suspected persons;
And such as here we found; have apprehended。

'Enter the Carrier and Kate in lord Cobham and ladies apparel。'

CONSTABLE。
Who comes here?

CLUB。
Who comes here? a plague found ome! you bawl; quoth a!
ods hat; I'll forzwear your house:  you lodged a fellow and
his wife by that ha run away with our parrel; and left us such
gew…gaws here!Come Kate; come to me; thowse dizeard;
yfaith。

MAYOR。
Mine host; know you this man?

HOST。
Yes; master Mayor; I'll give my word for him。  Why; neighbor
Club; how comes this gear about?

KATE。
Now; a fowl ont; I can not make this gew…gaw stand on my
head:  now the lads and the lasses won flout me too too

CONSTABLE。
How came this man and woman thus attired?

HOST。
Here came a man and woman hither this last night; which I did
take for substantial people; and lodged all in one chamber by
these folks; me thinks; have been so bold to change apparel;
and gone away this morning ere they rose。

MAYOR。
That was that villain traitor; Old…castle; that thus escaped us:
make out hue and cry yet after him; keep fast that traitorous
rebel; his servant; there:  farewell; mine host。

CARRIER。
Come; Kate Owdham; thou and Ise trimly dizard。

'Exeunt。'


ACT V。 SCENE VIII。 A wood near St。 Albans。

'Enter sir John Old…castle; and his Lady disguised。'

COBHAM。
Come; Madam; happily escaped; here let us sit。
This place is far remote from any path;
And here awhile our weary limbs may rest;
To take refreshing; free from the pursuit
Of envious Rochester。

LADY COBHAM。
But where; my Lord;
Shall we find rest for our disquiet minds?
There dwell untamed thoughts that hardly stop;
To such abasement of disdained rags。
We were not wont to travel thus by night;
Especially on foot。

COBHAM。
No matter; love;
Extremities admit no better choice;
And were it not for thee; say froward time
Imposed a greater task; I would esteem it
As lightly as the wind that blows upon us;
But in thy sufference I am doubly tasked。
Thou wast not wont to have the earth thy stool;
Nor the moist dewy grass thy pillow; nor
Thy chamber to be the wide horizon。

LADY COBHAM。
How can it seem a trouble; having you
A partner with me in the worst I feel?
No; gentle Lord; your presence would give ease
To death it self; should he now seize upon me。
Behold what my foresight hath underta'en

'Here's bread and cheese & a bottle。'

For fear we faint; they are but homely cates;
Yet sauced with hunger; they may seem as sweet
As greater dainties we were wont to taste。

COBHAM。
Praise be to him whose plenty sends both this
And all things else our mortal bodies need;
Nor scorn we this poor feeding; nor the state
We now are in; for what is it on earth;
Nay; under heaven; continues at a stay?
Ebbs not the sea; when it hath overflown?
Follows not darkness when the day is gone?
And see we not sometime the eye of heaven
Dimmed with overflying clouds:  there's not that work
Of careful nature; or of cunning art;
(How strong; how beauteous; or how rich it be)
But falls in time to ruin。  Here; gentle Madame;
In this one draught I wash my sorrow down。

'Drinks。'

LADY COBHAM。
And I; encouraged with your cheerful speech;
Will do the like。

COBHAM。
Pray God poor Harpoole come。
If he should fall into the Bishop's hands;
Or not remember where we bade him meet us;
It were the thing of all things else; that now
Could breed revolt in this new peace of mind。

LADY COBHAM。
Fear not; my Lord; he's witty to devise;
And strong to execute a present shift。

COBHAM。
That power be still his guide hath guided us!
My drowsy eyes wax heavy:  early rising;
Together with the travel we have had;
Make me that I could gladly take a nap;
Were I persuaded we might be secure。

LADY COBHAM。
Let that depend on me:  whilst you do sleep;
I'll watch that no misfortune happen us。
Lay then your head upon my lap; sweet Lord;
And boldly take your rest。

COBHAM。
I shall; dear wife;
Be too much trouble to thee。

LADY COBHAM。
Urge not that;
My duty binds me; and your love commands。
I would I had the skill with tuned voice
To draw on sleep with some sweet melody;
But imperfection; and unaptness too;
Are both repugnant:  fear insert the one;
The other nature hath denied me use。
But what talk I of means to purchase that;
Is freely happened? sleep with gentle hand
Hath shut his eye…lids。  Oh victorious labour;
How soon thy power can charm the bodies sense?
And now thou likewise climbst unto my brain;
Making my heavy temples stoop to thee。
Great God of heaven from danger keep us free。

'Both sleep。'

'Enter sir Richard Lee; and his men。'

LEE。
A murder closely done; and in my ground?
Search carefully; if any where it were;
This obscure thicket is the likeliest place。

SERVANT。
Sir; I have found the body stiff with cold;
And mangled cruelly with many wounds。

LEE。
Look if thou knowest him; turn his body up。
Alack; it is my son; my son and heir;
Whom two years since I sent to Ireland;
To practice there the discipline of war;
And coming home (for so he wrote to me)
Some savage heart; some bloody devilish hand;
Either in hate; or thirsting for his coin;
Hath here sluiced out his blood。  Unhappy hour;
Accursed place; but most inconstant fate;
That hadst reserved him from the bullet's fire;
And suffered him to scape the wood…karn's fury;
Didst here ordain the treasure of his life;
(Even here within the arms of tender peace;
And where security gave greatest hope)
To be consumed by treason's wasteful hand!
And what is most afflicting to my soul;
That this his death and murther should be wrought
Without the knowledge by whose means twas done。

SECOND SERVANT。
Not so; sir; I have found the authors of it。
See where they sit; and in their bloody fists;
The fatal instruments of death and sin。

LEE。
Just judgement of that power; whose gracious eye;
Loathing the sight of such a heinous fact;
Dazzled their senses with benumbing sleep;
Till their unhallowed treachery were known!
Awake; ye monsters; murderers; awake;
Tremble for horror; blush; you cannot choose;
Beholding this inhumane deed of yours。

COBHAM。
What mean you; sir; to trouble weary souls;
And interrupt us of our quiet sleep?


LEE。
Oh devilish! can you boast unto your selves
Of quiet sleep; having within your hearts
The guilt of murder waking; that with cries
Deafs the loud thunder; and solicits heaven
With more than Mandrake's shrieks for your offence?

LADY COBHAM。
What murder? you upbraid us wrongfully。

LEE。
Can you deny the fact? see you not here
The body of my son by you mis…done?
Look on his wounds; look on his purple hue:
Do we not find you where the deed was done?
Were not your knives fast closed in your hands?
Is not this cloth an argument beside;
Thus stained and spotted with his innocent blood?
These speaking characters; were nothing else
To plead against ye; would convict you both。
Bring them away; bereavers of my joy。
At Hartford; where the Sizes now are kept;
Their lives shall answer for my son's lost life。

COBHAM。
As we are innocent; so may we speed。

LEE。
As I am wronged; so may the law proceed。

'Exeunt。'


ACT V。 SCENE IX。 St。 Albans。

'Enter bishop of Rochester; constable of St。 Albans;
with sir John of Wrotham; Doll his wench; and the
Irishman in Harpoole's apparel。'

BISHOP。   
What intricate confusion have we here?
Not two hours since we apprehended one;
In habit Irish; but in speech not so:
And

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