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SIR JOHN SUCKLING
[Act V., Sc. 3

Prince. I told thee 'twould be so before.

Philatel. Why, sir,
You do not mean to save him?

Prince. Yes, I do.
Samorat shall be released immediately.

Philatel. Sure, you forget I had a brother, sir;80
And one that did deserve justice at least.

Prince. He did;
And he shall have it.
He that kill'd him shall die;
And 'tis high satisfaction that. Look not:85
It must be so.[Exeunt

Scene III
Enter Stramador and Peridor

Peridor. No devils, Stramador.
Believe your eyes, to which I cannot be
So lost, but you may call to mind one Peridor.

Stramador. Ha! Peridor!
Thou didst command that day, in which5
The Tamorens fell.

Peridor. I did; yet Tamoren lives.

Stramador. Ha!

Peridor. Not Tamoren the prince (he fell indeed);
But Tamoren his brother, who that day
Led our horse.10
Young Reginella too, which is the subject
Of the suit you have engag'd yourself by oath
The Prince shall grant.

Stramador. O, 'tis impossible!
Instruct me how I should believe thee.

Peridor. Why, thus:
Necessity upon that great defeat15
Forc'd us to keep the woods, and hide ourselves
In holes, which since we much inlarg'd,
And fortifi'd them in the entrance so,
That 'twas a safe retreat upon pursuit.
Then swore we all allegiance to this Tamoren:20
These habits, better to disguise ourselves, we took
At first; but finding with what ease we robb'd,
We did continue 'em, and took an oath,
Till some new troubles in the state should happen,
Or fair occasion to make known ourselves25