1st Pr. See, he has brought him, and the knight too; salute him, I pray. Sir, this gentleman, upon our report, is very desirous to hear some piece of your Repentance.
Qu. Sir, with all my heart; and, as I told Master Toby, I shall be glad to have any man a witness of it. And the more openly I profess it, I hope it will appear the heartier, and the more unfeigned.
To. Who is this?—my man Francis, and my son-in-law?
Qu. Sir, it is all the testimony I shall leave behind me to the world, and my master that I have so offended.
Fr. Good, sir! 40
Qu. I writ it when my spirits were oppressed.
Pe. Ay, I’ll be sworn for you, Francis.
Qu. It is in imitation of Mannington’s,[122] he that was hanged at Cambridge, that cut off the horse’s head at a blow.
Fr. So, sir!
Qu. To the tune of “I wail in woe, I plunge in pain.”