“Thou hast prevaricated with thy friend,
By underhand contrivances undone me:
And while my open nature trusted in thee,
Thou hast slept in between me and my hopes,
And ravish'd from me all my soul held dear.
Thou hast betray'd me.”

— Nicholas Rowe

Lady Jane Grey (1715), Act II, scene 1, line 235.

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