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CROMWELL.
ACT FIRST. THE CONSPIRATORS.
The Inn of the Three Cranes.—Rough wooden tables and chairs.—A door at the back of the stage opening on a square.—The interior of an old dwelling-house of the Middle Ages.
Scene 1.—Lord Ormond, disguised as a Roundhead: hair cut very short, high-crowned hat with a broad brim, black broadcloth coat, black serge breeches, and high boots.—Lord Broghill, fashionable, négligé costume of a Cavalier: hat with plumes, breeches and doublet of slashed satin, low shoes.
Lord Broghill [entering through the door at the back, which he leaves partly open, affording a glimpse of the square and of the old houses lighted by the first rays of dawn. He holds an open letter in his hand and is reading it with close attention. Lord Ormond is seated at a table in a dark corner.
"To-morrow—'twill be June the twenty-fifth—
A person whom Lord Broghill once esteemed
His Lordship will await at the Three Cranes,
Hard by the wine-market, where two streets meet."
[He looks about him.
This is the tavern—'tis the selfsame place
Which Charles, forsook of God at Worcester,
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