A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Various
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Be wise. [_Ex. Eldegrad_.
_Did_. Am I then noosd! will styll my villanous wytts Betray me to mysfortune, am I lymed! What shall I doe? flight will not nowe avayle me. I knowe hys projects like hys mallyce runns To everye place of hoped securytie. I have't: thys key, which I have choycelye kepte (Longe synce by me most fynelye counterfaytt) Enters hys chambers & hys cabanett And everye place retyrd. I am resolvde; Thoughe I had thousand ways to scape besyde, Yet I will stay onlye to murther hym. Within hys lodginge will I hyde me safe, And when sleepe lulls hym--farwell _Ganelon_! He shall not outlive mydnyght: here Ile lye, And thoughe I followe nexte thys lorde shall dye. [_Hydes hym_. _Enter Ganelon_. _Gan_. My plotts are layd most certayne & no fatte Can interposse betwixte theym: _Didier_ dyes And so shall _Richarde_. O the wearye thoughts That keepe a daylie senate in my braynes, Repeat unto me what I loathe to heare, A frends disloyaltye. Be wysser you That undertake the greate & hallowed leauge Of frendlye comforte. Scoole your ryotous bloode And teache your fancyes Wisdome; be not drawne |
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