"Etant en son cabinet, leur ayant demandé s'ils avoient fait, en sortit et donna un coup de pied par le visage à ce pauvre mort."
Surely it was not without good cause that the Duke, a few minutes before, felt "a chill at his heart."—
In the next instance I shall cite, the sudden illness forbodes, not any calamity to the person affected by it, but to the companion of his journey. It is taken from "Arden of Feversham, his true and lamentable Tragedy," author unknown, 1592. Arden and his friend Franklin are travelling by night to Arden's house at Feversham. Franklin is beguiling the tediousness of the way with a tale. The rest the dramatist shall relate in his own words:
"Arden. Come, Master Franklin, onward with your tale.
Frank. I'll assure you, Sir, you task me much:
A heavy blood is gathered at my heart;
And on the sudden is my wind so short,
As hindereth the passage of my speech:
So fierce a qualm ne'er yet assailed me.
Arden. Come, Master Franklin, let us go on softly: