Vortigern an Historical Tragedy, in Five Acts |
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SCENE VII.
An Anti-Chamber.Enter Wortimerus and Catagrinus.
Wort.
Shall we in quiet tamely suffer this?
See our most excellent and gentle mother,
In bold defiance of all sacred laws,
So basely treated?
Cata.
Do they then think our substance form'd of flint;
Or that our hearts are adamant itself?
Where is our brother? our dearest sister?
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Wort.
Let's to the Princes, and our troops will follow.
They like not the rude treatment of these Saxons!
Cata.
I do accept thine offer.
Enter Lords.
2nd Lord.
Most gentle Princes, whither are ye bound?
Wort.
To quit oppression, and to seek for justice.
3rd. Lord.
Under your banners then we do enlist.
Cata.
Speak, what hath now been done that thus ye quit
Your King, your country, and your weighty trust?
2nd Lord.
The King, on the pretext of malady,
Most basely hath divorc'd your mother from him,
And means to take Rowena for his wife.
Wort.
Gods!
2nd. Lord.
And, her proud father, Hengist, to enrich,
He hath despoil'd me of mine heritage,
And from my sweet, my lovely babes cut off
Their rights, and ta'en from me my vast estate.
Wort.
Then look you quick repair towards our camp,
Thither in secret we'll convey our mother;
So fare ye well, good lords.
[Exeunt.
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