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 ''QUEEN'' (''aside''): That irksome twerp. <br>
 A world of richness awaits this piffling parley. <br>
-''TRIAGO'': How say you, brave Herculio? What doth the gods portend?<br>
+''TRIAGO'': How say you, brave Herculio? <br>
+What doth the gods portend?<br>
 ''HERCULIO'':  The gods? The ''gods''? I think you jest. <br>
 Th’almighty has no use for paltry conference.<br>
 ''TRIAGO'': I think he does sirrah! <br>
-''HERCULIO'': Oh, ho! How so? <br>
+''QUEEN'': Oh, ho! How so? <br>
-What matter lies upon thy parchèd record <br>
+What matters lie upon thy parchèd record <br>
-Yet unknown to the sacred holy mind? <br>
+Yet unknown by sacred holy mind? <br>
-Whose golden cogs and toothèd gears <br>
+Whose cogs and toothèd gears <br>
 And immaculate escapements <br>
-All history gone and yet to come defined? <br>
+All history — gone and yet to come — defined? <br>
 What need hath she, or he <br>
 Who bid the lion lay with lamb <br>
-For your miserable convention? <br>
+For this dismal convention? <br>
 ''TRIAGO'': How should I know? <br>
-''QUEEN'': Quite so, good sir, quite so.
+''QUEEN'': Quite so, good sir, quite so.<br>
-Hercule will let the time-ball drop. I must away.
+Hercule: let the time-ball drop. I must away.<br>
-''HERCULIO'': As must we all: I am afraid —
+''HERCULIO'': As must we all I fear —<br>
-I have to hop.
+I have to hop.<br>
 ::''Exeunt'' }}
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