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“ ‘And, should I haply ’counter let or stay, from Him who holds of things the ultime line, and fail to find you on our trysting day, scant fault to you shall bring default of mine.
You all shall do my duty in the fray; but, an my prescient sprite the Truth divine, ne stream, ne mount, ne jealous Fate hath pow’er to nill I hail you at th’ appointed hour.’