40/45 Offer him money, a seniority amongst the dukes, the perpetual Presidentship of Wales--what you will, if you can but shake him. If not, sequestration, exile, and everlasting infamy. Have them ready by to-morrow at daybreak, when the messenger may start.' (Note H, Appendix.) 'They shall be ready, your Majesty,' said Wade. Should anything fresh arise I shall summon ye again, that I may profit by your wisdom. Here we shall stay, if Sir Stephen Timewell will have us, until the men are refreshed and the recruits enrolled. |