the outlaw.
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1st Cit. Aye if he has a neck to hold the rope,
His fate is certain. To-day, at twelve o'clock,
His pranks are ended.
2nd Cit. Hark! 'tis the time;
I hear the coming crowd. Stand back
And let us both look on the show.
His fate is certain. To-day, at twelve o'clock,
His pranks are ended.
2nd Cit. Hark! 'tis the time;
I hear the coming crowd. Stand back
And let us both look on the show.
Enter Crowd, Soldiers, &c.
Oscar with a rope round his neck.
1st Cit. A villanous countenance!
2nd Cit. A most bloody one!
1st Cit. So wags the world! One day at liberty,
The next, caught like an ape, with noose about the neck.
Heaven! should we prove so tight a neck cloth———
2nd Cit. Thou'rt safe, my friend;
Heaven, in forming thee, forgot the neck.
Thou'lt live to good old age
If apoplexy does not catch thee napping.
1st Cit. Truly, friend, you need not mock my goodly size,
2nd Cit. A most bloody one!
1st Cit. So wags the world! One day at liberty,
The next, caught like an ape, with noose about the neck.
Heaven! should we prove so tight a neck cloth———
2nd Cit. Thou'rt safe, my friend;
Heaven, in forming thee, forgot the neck.
Thou'lt live to good old age
If apoplexy does not catch thee napping.
1st Cit. Truly, friend, you need not mock my goodly size,
