Crime & punishment > Peveril of the peak, or, The days of Charles II

PEVER1L OF THE PEAK.
Act in.
Jul. Where you shall lament the insults you have
offered to our house. Now for the Peak.
(Bridgenorth, Alice, Christian, and their Ser¬
vants exeunt on one side, while Julian,
Lance Outram, and the Miners leave the
stage by the entrance at which they cam*
on, singing thefollowing)
CHORUS.
Hey for Cavaliers! Ho for Cavaliers!
Pray for Cavaliers—rub a dub, dub.
Charge brave Cavaliers—Forward Cavaliers—
Have at old Beelzebub—rub a dub, dub.
END OF ACT II.
ACT III.
SCENE I A splendid Apartment in the Duke
of Buckingham’s Hotel.
Enter the Duke and Jerningham from folding
doors.
Duke. ’Sdeath, fool! have you lived with me so
long, and cannot discover that the eclat of an in¬
trigue is, with me, worth all the rest ?
Jer. But yet, your grace—
Duke. Peace, fool! Your dwarfish spirit cannot
measure the scope of mine. I would have the course
of my life a torrent: I am weary of easy achieve¬
ments, and wish for obstacles that I can sweep before
my irresistible course.
Enter a Servant.
Sen. I humbly crave your Grace’s pardon, but
Master Christian grows so importunate that