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Show 6o GUSTAVUs VASA. Enter S C E N E II. Gentleman Vjher and Peterfon, who kneels. Gentleman. M y Liege, Lord ^eterfon ; rhriff RifetoonrTr-oft, moft wor hy ' eterjon, Rife to our Friendship : By m y Head, I IWeir, S rVu t our Trolljo here, there . „ g . W * nxru^ J,AU thv valued Level in cur Heart. Kr«ho0u1Jttuh^aKen,.tW thy NaUonf.erve ; Faithful among the laithlcfs. LetXiSm^M^efty. [dives a P^pA TiolL A Pacqaet ! Whence had y*a that » y »'««* ? p ^ r Ev'n from the Hands %ty. Then yotSU him. Tel. me, tf What ?dd ?ef E. ! How look'd the might, His M«n.1 hia Scope, the Pride of hi. »** tioo* Give m e the whole ! Ptf*r. Lrft Night, m y ^ c i o w L o r d, While vet I ield your Meffenger in Conference, ArrVo% wno brought a Letter from Guftavus, Wherein, digefting many ^ X l l Of mutinous Import againft the State Q\ The Deliverer of his Country. 61 Of your high Dignity^ by Morning. Light . He pray 'd me to attend him ; boaft/og much Of plenteous Hope*, and Means of boldeft Enter-p ize. Of this I gave you Notice ; and 'ere D a wn Set out for fr elh Intelligence' I came ; I faw him flirunk, that Glory Of the \forth, foil'd with the Vilenefs Of a Slave's Attire ; Wherein the Depth and Darknefs of the Mines, For ftx long Months he hath not feen the Sun ; Coileaga'd with circling Horrors; Hourly Toil hath been his Watch, And Penury his Earning ; but like The Lion newly brokefrom Bonds, The mingling Paffions from his Fyes dart Glory j pride lifts his Stature, and his opening Front Still looki Dominion. Chrift. W h o were his Adherents ? Peter. The Traitor Anderfon, And a few Friends, to whom, 'ere I fet out, he ftood, reveal'd. And When I feem'd to queftion on his Pow'n Ot Rivalfhip, the Props whereon he meant T o lift Contention to the princely Front Of fuch high Oppofition, he reply'd, H u Powers were near your Perfon. Chrift. H o w ! what's here ? To> Laurens, Aland, Haquin, ^fltrf, ^^ wtSnere?reaf°n',in0wC^! Genl M y Liege I The Swdijh Captain.. *"//. Might I bat prefurae- [Gives a Signet, t Chrift. |