A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Various
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_Char_. I am amazd: what I have reade & heard Tournes me like _Gorgon_ into senclessnes. He speaks heare of a rynge, a wytchcraft rynge, By which I was inchaunted to hys syster. Where is that damned juell? _Tur_. Here in my safe possessyon, thys is it, Which at her deathe, lodgd underneathe her tonge, I found by carefull searche. Good deare sir, keepe it And hencefourthe onlye love your royall selfe. The spell is past example, & hys synne Can onlye ballance downe the wyckednes. _Gan_. Butt I confes it, & the sorcerrer That made it I did murder conynglye, And at her deathe had I recompast it, I had beene kynge of _Fraunce_. Thys noble knave Was pryvie to the passadge. _Did_. Tys toe late Nowe to denye it: deathe never bryngs hys smarte But when a strycks gaynst lawe or gaynst desarte. _Char_. Away with them, & see theym presentlye Broken uppon the wheele. [_Ex. Gan. Did. & guard_. Nephewe, for you I give you freelye here the realme of _Spayne_ And all domynions in it; for your guarde |
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