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