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Hither, th' oppressed shall henceforth resort, / / Justice to crave and succour at your court, / / And then your Highness, not for ours alone, / / But for the world's Protector shall be known. / / WALLER _to the Protector_.
It was past midnight when Manasseh Ben Israel, accompanied by Robin Hays, as his own servant, and disguised as we have seen him, arrived at Hampton Court. The night was murky, and the numerous turrets of the great monument of Wolsey's grandeur and ambition were seen but dimly through the thickened air, although looked upon with feelings of no ordinary interest by both Jew and servitor.