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The Fatal Jealousie (1673) by Henry Nevil Payne
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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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