human
Pray you, Sir, is there news of import come? inquired the youth:
gpt
What means it? he said sadly.
human
Friend, the great bell of Paul's was rung this morrow.
gpt
I cry you mercy, Sir. Being a countryman, I take not your meaning.
human
The great bell of Paul's, explained the stranger,
gpt
Good lack! not the plague, I trust?
human
Would it were no worse! Nay, this means that we are sheep without a shepherd--that she who hath led us for three-and-forty years, who under God saved us from Pope and Spaniard, can lead us no more for ever. Lad, no worser news could come to Englishmen than this. Queen Elizabeth hath passed away.
gpt
O Conspiracy! Sham'st thou to show thy dangerous brow by night, When evils are most free? Oh, then, by day, Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough To mask thy monstrous visage?