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THE DEATH OF
DEVEREUX.
We wish no other.
We wish no other.
BUTLER.
Aye, arid make your fortunes.
Aye, arid make your fortunes.
MACDONALD.
That is still better.
That is still better.
BUTLER.
Listen!
Listen!
BOTH.
We attend.
We attend.
BUTLER.
It is the Emperor's will and ordinance
To seize the person of the Prince-Duke Friedland,
Alive or dead.
It is the Emperor's will and ordinance
To seize the person of the Prince-Duke Friedland,
Alive or dead.
DEVEREUX.
It runs so in the letter.
It runs so in the letter.
MACDONALD.
Alive or dead—these were the very words.
Alive or dead—these were the very words.
BUTLER.
And he shall be rewarded from the State
In land and gold, who proffers aid thereto.
And he shall be rewarded from the State
In land and gold, who proffers aid thereto.
DEVEREUX.
Ay? That sounds well. The words sound always well
That travel hither from the Court. Yes! yes!
We know already what Court-words import.
A golden chain perhaps in sign of favour,
Or an old charger, or a parchment patent,
And such like.—The Prince-Duke pays better.
Ay? That sounds well. The words sound always well
That travel hither from the Court. Yes! yes!
We know already what Court-words import.
A golden chain perhaps in sign of favour,
Or an old charger, or a parchment patent,
And such like.—The Prince-Duke pays better.
MAC-
