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RAYNER:
Lest it should be too late to save the innocent,
And he be sent unto his long account
With a most heavy charge upon his head.
COUNTESS ZATERLOO.
Send here the messenger.(Calling off the stage.)
His steed is ready:
He shall forthwith depart.
Enter Messenger.
CONFESSOR (to Messenger).
Go to the city to the governor,
And see thou give it into his own hand,
With charges that he read it instantly.
It is of precious moment to his life
Who on the scaffold should this morning suffer.
Quick mount thy horse: few minutes goaded speed
Will take thee to the gates.
MESSENGER.
CONFESSOR.
MESSENGER.
The flooded river hath last night broke down
The nearer bridge?
