Whereupon, ill at ease, I said, "Pray Heaven they may find both the rogues," and so hastened back as fast as my legs would carry me to Temple Bar.
There I found my master ready to leave.
"Here are the letters," said he, "and money.

While you are gone I must hire a man to see to the printing here, since my duties will take me elsewhere.

Should aught befall me, Humphrey, you must keep the work going for the sake of your mistress and the children.

For it is like enough my head is none too safe on my shoulders, or if it is, it may chance I must hold it up a while across the seas.

My lad, God hath chosen you to assist in a mighty work, which, whether it succeed or fail, will be a thing to pride in some day hence.