[5.] Insert:—
Herod (aside).
I’ll do it—ay and must, though doubly sore
It sting me that no more is in my power.
[6.] Insert:—
Ay, and for us as well ’twill serve a turn,
Henceforth through all Judaea ’twill be ours
To fare at night-time and without our torches.
You see the King knows well what he’s about.
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