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Scene 13.
Now we are resolved to put our selves into a Warlike body, our greatest difficulty will be to get Arms; but if you will take my advise we may be furnished with those necessaries, as thus, the Garrison we are to enter is full of Arms and Amunition, and few men to guard them, for not only most of the Souldiers are drawn out to strengthen the Generals Army, and to fight in the battel, but as many of the Townsmen as are fit to bear Arms; wherefore it must of necessity be very slenderly guarded, and when we are in the Town, we will all agree in one Night, when they shall think themselves most secure, to rise and surprize those few men that are left, and not only disarm them and possess our selves of the Town and all the Arms and Amunition, but we will put those men out of the Town or in safe places, untill such time as we can carry away whatsoever is usefull or need∣full for us, and then to go forth and intrench, untill such time as we have made our selves ready to march, and being once Master or Mistriss of the Field we shall easily Master the Pesants, who are for the most part naked and de∣fenceless, having not Arms to guard them, by which means we may plunder all their Horses, and victual our selves out of their Granaties; besides, I make no question but our Army will increase numerously by those women that will adhere to our party, either out of private and home discontents, or for honour and fame, or for the love of change, and as it were a new course of life; wherefore let us march to the Town and also to our design, but first I must have you all swear secrecy.
We are all ready to swear to what you will have us.