The Fatal Jealousie (1673) by Henry Nevil Payne
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page 68 of 146 (46%)
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Be't as it will; my Actions shall be just,
And for my future State I Heav'n will trust. _Enter a Servant._ Return'd already; what can be the cause? _Serv._ Sir, _Don Antonio_ likewise is return'd. _Ger._ What reason had he for it, dost thou know? _Ser._ My Lord, I do not; for we by your appointment Having took Horse, did with our greatest speed Pursue the Road should lead us to _Don John_'s; When near a Thicket stands some two Miles off, I spy'd _Antonio_ lying on the ground, And _Jasper_ walking of the Horses by him, Fearing his seeing us, we took the Thicket, Where shelter'd from their Eyes, I left my Fellows. But I approach'd as near as possible, Hoping I did you Service, if I could By their Discourse gather their cause of stay. _Ger._ 'Twas like thy self, both diligent and prudent. _Serv._ But all my care did signifie but little, The Wind blew fresh, and rustling in the Wood, Wholly destroy'd their Voyces, so that few words Of what they said I heard; and those I did, Came so divided they had no connexion. _Ger._ What sort of Actions did you then perceive? |
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