21572022This growing image of thy fiendlike face,

21582023Why doost not speake? what deafe, not a word?

21592024A halter Souldiers, hang him on this tree,

21602025And by his side his fruite of Bastardie.

21612026Aron. Touch not the boy, he is of Roiall bloud.

21622027Luc. Too like the sier for euer being good,

21632028First hang the child that he may see it sprall,

21642029A sight to vex the fathers soule withall.

21652030Aron. Get me a ladder, Lucius saue the child,

21662031And beare it from me to the Empresse:

21672032If thou do this, ile shew thee wondrous things,

21682033That highly may aduantage thee to heare,

21692034If thou wilt not, befall what may befall,

21702035Ile speake no more, but vengeance rotte you all.

21712036Lucius. Say on, and if it please me which thou speakst,

21722037Thy child shall liue, and I will see it nourisht.

21732038Aron. And if it please thee? why assure thee Lucius,

21742039Twill vexe thy soule to heare what I shall speake:

21752040For I must talke of murthers, rapes, and massakers,

21762041Acts of black night, abhominable deeds,

21772042Complots of mischiefe, treason, villanies,

21782043Ruthfull to heare, yet pitteously performde,

21792044And this shall all be buried in my death,

21802045Vnlesse thou sweare to me my child shall liue.

21812046Lucius. Tell on thy minde, I say thy child shall liue.

21832047Aron. Sweare that he shall, and then I will begin.

21842048Luci. Who should I sweare by, thou beleeuest no God,

21862049That graunted, how canst thou beleeue an oath.

21872050Aron. What if I doe not, as indeed I do not,

21882051Yet for I know thou art religious,

21892052And hast a thing within thee called conscience,

21902053With twenty popish tricks and ceremonies,

21912054Which I haue seene thee carefull to obserue,

21922055Therefore I vrge thy oath, for that I know,

21932056An ideot holds his bauble for a God,

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