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O, Trickery! O, Falsity! Mark the fingers<br> | O, Trickery! O, Falsity! Mark the fingers<br> | ||
Cross’d behind thy back!<br> | Cross’d behind thy back!<br> | ||
Has this been but a prank, [[ | Has this been but a prank, [[Herculio]]? <br> | ||
My wretched decadal privation, just some ''jape''?<br> | My wretched decadal privation, just some ''jape''?<br> | ||
'' | ''HERCULIO'': All well meant, good [[Triago]]. Be not sour.<br> | ||
These are not grapes. <br> | These are not grapes. <br> | ||
''TRIAGO'': Indeed not sir: rather scrapes.<br> | ''TRIAGO'': Indeed not sir: rather scrapes.<br> | ||
And scars and knocks — the job lot doggedly sustained.<br> | And scars and knocks — the job lot doggedly sustained.<br> | ||
'' | ''HERCULIO'': Some more than others. The odd one feigned. <br> | ||
But come, Sir Tig: who goes there? | But come, Sir Tig: who goes there? <br> | ||
''TRIAGO'': A tract from a brother clerk in America. <br> | ''TRIAGO'': A tract from a brother clerk in America. <br> | ||
'' | ''HERCULIO'': Grim tidings?<br> | ||
''TRIAGO'': Forsooth: it wears its colours as if to fight. <br> | ''TRIAGO'': Forsooth: it wears its colours as if to fight. <br> | ||
A wordscape stain’d with tightly kernèd face <br> | A wordscape stain’d with tightly kernèd face <br> | ||
And girded round with fontish weaponry <br> | And girded round with fontish weaponry <br> | ||
'' | ''HERCULIO'' (''snatching the document''): Verily, convenantry this darkly speaks <br> | ||
Of litiginous untrust: wherefore such cruel indemnities? <br> | Of litiginous untrust: wherefore such cruel indemnities? <br> | ||
Wherefore such a want of fun? <br> | Wherefore such a want of fun? <br> | ||
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What is this pact? Who demand such fearsome consequence? <br> | What is this pact? Who demand such fearsome consequence? <br> | ||
''TRIAGO'': An entente of secrecy, no more. <br> | ''TRIAGO'': An entente of secrecy, no more. <br> | ||
'' | ''HERCULIO'': Forsooth, my deceitful ears mislead. <br> | ||
Say it again, my friend, what didst thou say? <br> | Say it again, my friend, what didst thou say? <br> | ||
''TRIAGO'': A trifling confi, My Lord, no more. An N.D.A. <br> | ''TRIAGO'': A trifling confi, My Lord, no more. An N.D.A. <br> | ||