DANGLE.
Nem. con. egad!
PUFF.
O yes!—where they do agree on the stage, their unanimity is wonderful!
EARL OF LEICESTER.
Then let’s embrace—and now—[Kneels.
SNEER.
What the plague, is he going to pray?
PUFF.
Yes; hush!—in great emergencies, there Is nothing like a prayer.
EARL OF LEICESTER.
O mighty Mars!
DANGLE.
But why should he pray to Mars?
PUFF.
Hush!
EARL OF LEICESTER.
If in thy homage bred,
Each point of discipline I’ve still observed;
Nor but by due promotion, and the right
Of service, to the rank of major-general
Have risen; assist thy votary now!
GOVERNOR.
Yet do not rise—hear me! [Kneels.]