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By that sin fell the angels; how can man, then,
The image of his Maker, hope to win by it?
Love thyself last cherish those hearts that hate thee
Corruption wins not more than honesty.

5 Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace,

To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not:
Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's,

Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell,
Thou fall'st a blessed martyr! Serve the king;

10 And,

prithee, lead me in:

There take an inventory of all I have,

To the last penny; 't is the king's: my robe,
And my integrity to heaven, is all

I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell!
15 Had I but served my God with half the zeal
I served my king, he would not in mine age
Have left me naked to mine enemies.

Crom. Good sir, have patience.

Wol.

So I have. Farewell

The hopes of court! my hopes in heaven do dwell.

Abridged.

cross: perverse, contrary. - a bright exhalation: a meteor. pres'ently: at once. jaded: spurned. scarlet: cardinals wear scarlet caps. like larks: one of the ways of catching larks was to attract the attention of the birds by a mirror placed on a scarlet cloth. The fowler thus had a chance to cast his net over them. wanton playful. their ruin the ruin they cause. — Lucifer: Satan, the chief of the fallen angels. See Milton's "Paradise Lost," Book I.

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