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"For Church and King," answered a voice, which presently added, "No, d n me I mean against Church and King, and for the people that are uppermost I forget which they are." "Roger Wildrake, as I guess?" said Everard. "The same Gentleman; of Squattlesea-mere, in the moist county of Lincoln." "Wildrake!" said Markham "Wildgoose you should be called.
"Colonel Everard? arrive you from him?" demanded young Lee. "No, sir; I come, sir, from Roger Wildrake, esquire, of Squattlesea-mere, if it like you," said the boy; "and I have brought a token to Mistress Lee, which I am to give into her own hands, if you would but open the door, sir, and let me in but I can do nothing with a three-inch board between us."
I have known the day when Roger Wildrake of Squattlesea-mere, Lincoln, a handsome young gallant, with a good estate, would have been thought no fellow of the bankrupt brewer of Huntingdon." "Be silent!" said Everard; "be silent, Wildrake, if you love your life!" "I care not a maravedi for my life," said Wildrake. "Zounds, if he dislikes what I say, let him take to his tools!
And I think I have heard of your name too. I beg to drink your health, Captain Wildrake of Squattlesea-mere, Lincolnshire." It was a remarkable part of what is called by theatrical folk the by-play of this scene, that Albert was conversing apart with Dr.
I have done something too. My name is Roger Wildrake of Squattlesea-mere, Lincoln; not that you are ever like to have heard it before, but I was captain in Lunsford's light-horse, and afterwards with Goring. I was a child-eater, sir a babe-bolter." "I have heard of your regiment's exploits, sir; and perhaps you may find I have seen some of them, if we should spend ten minutes together.
"Master Wildrake, I remember you well," said the King. "I trust the good news is certain?" "Certain! your Majesty; did I not hear the bells? did I not see the bonfires? did I not drink your Majesty's health so often, that my legs would scarce carry me to the wharf? It is as certain as that I am poor Roger Wildrake of Squattlesea-mere, Lincoln."
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