1667And carry her her fathers latest blessing:

1668Withall desire her, that she will forgiue me;

1669For I haue wrongd her without any cause.

1670Now, Lord, receyue me, for I come to thee,

1671And dye, I hope, in perfit charity.

1672Dispatch, I pray thee, I haue liued too long.

1673Mes. I, but you are vnwise, to send an errand

1674By him that neuer meaneth to deliuer it:

1675Why, he must go along with you to heauen:

1676It were not good you should go all alone.

1677Leir. No doubt, he shal, when by the course of nature,

1678He must surrender vp his due to death:

1679But that time shall not come, till God permit.

1680Mes. Nay, presently, to beare you company.

1681I haue a Pasport for him in my pocket,

1682Already seald, and he must needs ride Poste.

1684Leir. The letter which I read, imports not so,

1685It only toucheth me, no word of him.

1686Mess. I, but the Queene commaunds it must be so,

1687And I am payd for him, as well as you.

1688Per. I, who haue borne you company in life,

1689Most willingly will beare a share in death.

1690It skilleth not for me, my friend, a whit,

1691Nor for a hundred such as thou and I.

1692Mes. Mary, but it doth, sir, by your leaue; your good dayes

1693are past: though it bee no matter for you, tis a matter for me,

1694proper men are not so rife.

1695Per. Oh, but beware, how thou dost lay thy hand

1696Vpon the high anoynted of the Lord:

1697O, be aduised ere thou dost begin:

1698Dispatch me straight, but meddle not with him.

1699Leir. Friend, thy commission is to deale with me,

1700And I am he that hath deserued all:

1701The plot was layd to take away my life:

1702And here it is, I do intreat thee take it:

1703Yet for my sake, and as thou art a man,

1704Spare this my friend, that hither with me came:

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