The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 2 (of 3)Marlowe, Christopher
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The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 2 (of 3)
Marlowe, Christopher
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
GONZAGO _and others enter the_ ADMIRAL'S
_house; the_ ADMIRAL _discovered in bed_.
_Anj._ In lucky time: come, let us keep this lane,
And slay his servants that shall issue out.
_Gon._ Where is the Admiral?
_Adm._ O let me pray before I die!
_Gon._ Then pray unto our Lady; kiss this cross. [_Stabs him._
_Adm._ O God, forgive my sins! [_Dies._
_Guise._ Gonzago, what, is he dead?
_Gon._ I, my lord. 30
_Guise._ Then throw him down.[368]
[_The body of the_ ADMIRAL _is thrown down._
_Anj._ Now, cousin, view him well:
It maybe 'tis some other, and he escap'd.
_Guise._ Cousin, 'tis he; I know him by his look:
See where my soldier shot him through the arm;
He miss'd him near, but we have struck him now.--
Ah, base Chatillon and degenerate,
Chief Standard-bearer to the Lutherans,
Thus, in despite of thy religion,
The Duke of Guise stamps on thy lifeless bulk!
_Anj._ Away with him! cut off his head and hands, 40
And send them for a present to the Pope;[369]
And, when this just revenge is finishèd,
Unto Mount Falcon[370] will we drag his corse;
And he, that living hated so the Cross,
Shall, being dead, be hanged thereon in chains.
_Guise._ Anjou, Gonzago, Retes, if that you three
Will be as resolute as I and Dumaine,
There shall not a Huguenot breathe in France.
_Anj._ I swear by this cross, we'll not be partial,
But slay as many as we can come near. 50
_Guise._ Mountsorrell, go shoot the ordnance off,
That they, which have already set the street,
May know their watchword; then toll the bell,
And so let's forward to the massacre.
_Mount._ I will, my lord. [_Exit._
_Guise._ And now, my lords, let's closely to our business.
_Anj._ Anjou will follow thee.
_Dum._ And so will Dumaine.
[_The ordnance being shot off, the bell tolls_.
_Guise._ Come, then, let's away.
[_Exeunt_.
SCENE VII.
_Enter_[371] GUISE _and the rest with their swords drawn,
chasing the Protestants._
_Guise._ _Tuez, tuez, tuez!_
Let none escape! murder the Huguenots!
_Anj._ Kill them! kill them! [_Exeunt._
_Enter_ LOREINE _running_; GUISE _and the rest
pursuing him._
_Guise._ Loreine, Loreine! follow Loreine!--Sirrah,
Are you a preacher of these heresies?
_Lor._ I am a preacher of the word of God;
And thou a traitor to thy soul and him.
_Guise._ "Dearly belovèd brother,"--thus 'tis written.
[_Stabs_ LOREINE, _who dies_.
_Anj._ Stay, my lord, let me begin the psalm.
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