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THE BRIDE: A DRAMA.
Reminds them anxiously, that preparation
For the defence of this neglected hold,
Is pressing matter of necessity.
SECOND DOMESTIC.
On which good viands smoke or wine cups sparkle,
For all the words of threat'ning or entreaty,
That mortal tongue can utter.
Enter a Third Domestic in great alarm.
THIRD DOMESTIC.
FIRST DOMESTIC.
THIRD DOMESTIC.
I saw their dark heads winding through the pass
Above the bushes shown; a lengthen'd line,
Two hundred strong, I guess.
FIRST DOMESTIC.
SECOND DOMESTIC.
And rouse those drunken thieves from their debauch.