That I require a cleareneſſe; and with him; / To leaue no Rubs nor Botches in the Worke:

She walked quietly with apparent composure and lowered head but her pallor betrayed her mortal fear – her skin glowed almost nacrous in the warm rose of the flambeaux.

Preceded by the richly caparisoned guards, care had been taken to give them the appearance of an escort necessary to dignity—but not to security.

[I]n her boſome Ile vnclaſpe my heart, / And take her hearing priſoner with the force / And ſtrong incounter of my amorous tale: / Then after to her father will I breake, / And the concluſion is, ſhe ſhal be thine, …