Thy love to me, begot this service;—
This treason, thou thyself dost say, has but
An hour's age; and I can give accompt30
Of him beyond that time. Brother, in the little tower,
Where now Aglaura's prisoner, you shall find him.
Bring him along:
He yet doth stand untainted in my thoughts;
And to preserve him so, he shall not stir35
Out of my eyes' command, till this great cloud
Be over.
Iol. Sir, 'twas the prince, who first
King. I know all that.
Urge it no more! I love the man; and 'tis with pain
We do suspect, where we do not dislike.40
Thou'rt sure he will have some, and that they will come
To-night?
Iol. As sure as night will come itself.
King. Get all your guards in readiness; we will ourself
Disperse them afterwards; and both be sure
To wear your thoughts within: I'll act the rest.[Exeunt45
Scene V
Enter Philan, Orsames, Courtiers
2 Court. Well, if there be not some great storm towards,
Ne'er trust me; Whisper (Court-thunder) is in
Every corner, and there has been to-day
About the town a murmuring and buzzing,
Such as men use to make when they do fear5
To vent their fears.
1 Court. True, and all the statesmen
Hang down their heads, like full-ear'd corn; two of them,
Where I supp'd, ask'd what time of night it was,
And, when 'twas told them, started, as if they
Had been to run a race.
2 Court. The king, too (if10
You mark him), doth feign mirth and jollity;
But, through them both, flashes of discontent
And anger make escapes.
Ors. Gentlemen! 'tis pity heav'n
Design'd you not to make the almanacs.15
You guess so shrewdly by the ill aspects,
Or near conjunctions of the great ones,
At what's to come still, that without all doubt
