Authors: Anonymous, Michael Drayton, Richard Hathway, Antony Munday, William Shakespeare, Robert Wilson

Editor: Michael Best

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The History of Sir John Oldcastle (Folio 3, 1664)

 2689Pri. O but, my Lord, sir Iohn repents, and he will mend.
 2690Iud. In hope thereof, together with the favour
 2691My Lord of Rochester intreats for you,
 2692We are content you shall be proved.
 2693Pri.I thank your good Lordship.
 2694Iud. These falsly here accus'd, and brought
 2695In peril wrongfully, we in like sort do set at liberty.
 2696Lee. And for amends,
 2697Touching the wrong unwittingly I have done,
 2698I give these few Crowns.
 2699Iud. Your kindnesse merits praise, sir Richard Lee,
 2700So let us hence.Exeunt all but L. Powess and Cobham.
 2701Pow. But Powess still must stay,
 2702There yet remains a part of that true love

 2703He owes his noble Friend, unsatisfied
 2704And unperform'd, which first of all doth bind me
 2705To gratulate your Lordship's safe delivery:
 2706And then intreat, that since unlookt for thus
 2707We here are met, your honour would vouchsafe
 2708To ride with me to Wales, where though my power,
 2709(Though not to quittance those great benefits
 2710I have receiv'd of you) yet both my house,
 2711My purse, my servants, and what else I have
 2712Are all at your command. Deny me not,
 2713I know the Bishop's hate pursues ye so,
 2714As there's no safety in abiding here.
 2715Cob. 'Tis true my Lord, and God forgive him for it.
 2716Pow. Then let us hence, you shall be straight provided
 2717Of lusty geldings: and once entred Wales,
 2718Well may the Bishop hunt, but spight his face,
 2719He never more shall have the game in chace.Exeunt.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The History of Sir John Oldcastle (Folio 3, 1664)