Sir Thomas More by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
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As shall contend.
SURREY. I go, my noble lord. [Exit Surrey.] SHREWSBURY. We'll straight go tell his highness these good news; Withal, Shrieve More, I'll tell him how your breath Hath ransomed many a subject from sad death. [Exit Shrewsbury and Cholmley.] LORD MAYOR. Lincoln and Sherwin, you shall both to Newgate; The rest unto the Counters. PALMER. Go guard them hence: a little breath well spent Cheats expectation in his fairest event. DOLL. Well, Sheriff More, thou hast done more with thy good words than all they could with their weapons: give me thy hand, keep thy promise now for the king's pardon, or, by the Lord, I'll call thee a plain coney-catcher. LINCOLN. |
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