1815Will accept of nought but fire and sword,

1816Except within these two daies sixe of them

1817That are the welthiest marchaunts in the towne,

1818Come naked all but for their linnen shirts,

1819With each a halter hangd about his necke,

1820And prostrate yeeld themselues vpon their knees,

1821To be afflicted, hanged, or what I please,

1822And so you may informe their masterships. Exeunt

1823Cap. Why this it is to trust a broken staffe.

1824Had we not been perswaded Iohn our King,

1825Would with his armie haue releeud the towne,

1826We had not stood vpon defiance so:

1827But now tis past that no man can recall,

1828And better some do go to wrack then all. Exit,

1830Ch: I wounder Villiers, thou shouldest importune me

1831For one that is our deadly ennemie.

1832Vil: Not for his sake my gratious Lord so much,

1833Am I become an earnest aduocate,

1834As that thereby my ransome will be quit,

1835Ch: Thy ransome man: why needest thou talke of that?

1836Art thou not free? and are not all occasions,

1837That happen for aduantage of our foes,

1838To be accepted of, and stood vpon?

1839Vil: No good my Lord except the same be iust,

1840For profit must with honor be comixt,

1841Or else our actions are but scandalous:

1842But letting passe these intricate obiections,

1843Wilt please your highnes to subscribe or no?

1844Ch. Villiers I will not, nor I cannot do it,

1845Salisbury shall not haue his will so much,

1846To clayme a pasport how it pleaseth himselfe,

1847Vil: Why then I know the extremitie my Loid,

1848I must returne to prison whence I came,

1849Ch. Returne, I hope thou wilt not,

1850What bird that hath e(s)capt the fowlers gin,