Fly, lords, an! save yourselves; for Warwick bic's

You all farewell, to meet in heaven.

[Dies.

Oxf. Away, away, to meet the queen's great power.

[Exeunt, bearing off WARWICK's body.

SCENE III-Another part of the Field.

Flourish. Enter KING EDWARD, in triumph; with CLARE CE, GLOSTER, and the rest.

K. Edw. Thus far our fortune keeps an up-
ward course,

And we are graced with wreaths of victory,
But, in the midst of this bright-shining day,
I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud,
That will encounter with our glorious sun,
Ere he attain his easeful western bed:

I mean, my lords, those powers that the queen
Hath raised in Gallia have arrived our coast,
And, as we hear, march on to fight with us.
Clar. A little gale will soon disperse that
cloud,

And blow it to the source from whence it came :
Thy very beams will dry those vapours up;

For every cloud engenders not a storm.

Glo. The queen is valued thirty thousand

strong,

And Somerset, with Oxford, fled to her;

If she have time to breathe, be well assured
Her faction will be full as strong as ours.

K. Edw. We are advértised by our loving

friends,

That they do hold their course toward Tewks

bury;

We, having now the best at Barnet field,

Will thither straight, for willingness rids way: And, as we march, our strength will be augmented

In every county as we go along.

Strike up the drum; cry, Courage! and away.

[Exeunt.

SCENE IV.-Plains near Tewksbury.

March. Enter QUEEN MARGARET, PRINCE EDWARD, SOMERSET, OXFORD, and Soldiers.

2. Mar. Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss,

But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.
What, though the mast be now blown overboard,
The cable broke, the holding-anchor lost,
And half our sailors swallow'd in the flood,
Yet lives our pilot still. Is't meet that he
Should leave the helm, and, like a fearful lad,
With tearful eyes add water to the sea,

And give more strength to that which hath too

much;

Whiles, in his moan, the ship splits on the rock,
Which industry and courage might have saved?
Ah, what a shame! ah, what a fault were this!
Say, Warwick was our anchor; what of that?
And Montague our top-mast; what of him?
Our slaughter'd friends the tackles; what of
these?

Why, is not Oxford here another anchor?
And Somerset another goodly mast?

The friends of France our shrouds and tacklings?
And, though unskilful, why not Ned and I
For once allow'd the skilful pilot's charge?

We will not from the helm, to sit and weep;
But keep our course, though the rough wind sy

no,

From shelves and rocks that threaten us with

wreck.

As good to chide the waves as speak them fair.
And what is Edward but a ruthless sea?
What Clarence, but a quicksand of deceit?
And Richard, but a ragged fatal rock?
All these the enemies to our poor bark.
Say, you can swim; alas! 'tis but a while:
Tread on the sand; why, there you quickly sink:
Bestride the rock; the tide will wash you off,
Or else you famish, that's a threefold death.
This speak I, lords, to let you understand,
If case some one of you would fly from us,
That there's no hoped-for mercy with the
brothers,

More than with ruthless waves, with sands, and rocks.

Why, courage,

then! what cannot be avoided "Twere childish weakness to lament or fear.

Prince. Methinks a woman of this valiant

spirit

Should, if a coward hear her speak these words,
Infuse his breast with magnanimity,

And make him, naked, foil a man at arms.
I speak not this as doubting any here:
For did I but suspect a fearful man,

He should have leave to go away betimes;
Lest, in our need, he might infect another,
And make him of like spirit to himself.
If any such be here, as God forbid !

Let him depart, before we need his help.

Oxf. Women and children of so high a courage? And warriors faint! why, 'twere perpetual shame.

O, brave young prince! thy famous grandfather Doth live again in thee: long mayst thou live To bear his image, and renew his glories!

Som. And he that will not fight for such a hope, Go home to bed, and, like the owl by day, If he arise, be mock'd and wonder'd at.

2. Mar. Thanks, gentle Somerset ;-sweet Oxford, thanks.

Prince. And take his thanks that yet hath nothing else.

Enter a Messenger.

Mess. Prepare you, lords, for Edward is at hand,

Ready to fight; therefore be resolute.

Oxf. I thought no less it is his policy To haste thus fast, to find us unprovided. Som. But he's deceived, we are in readiness. 2. Mar. This cheers my heart, to see your forwardness.

Oxf. Here pitch our battle, hence we will not budge.

March. Enter, at a distance, KING EDWARD,
CLARENCE, GLOSTER, and Forces.

K. Edw. Brave followers, yonder stands the thorny wood,

Which, by the heavens' assistance, and your strength,

Must by the roots be hewn up yet ere night.

I need not add more fuel to your fire,

For well I wot ye blaze to burn them out:
Give signal to the fight, and to it, lords.

2. Mar. Lords, knights, and gentlemen, what I should say

My tears gainsay; for every word I speak,

Ye see, I drink the water of mine eyes. Therefore, no more but this: Henry, your sovereign,

Is prisoner to the foe; his state usurp'd,

His realm a slaughter-house, his subjects slain,
His statutes cancell'd, and his treasure spent ;
And yonder is the wolf that makes this spoil.
You fight in justice; then, in God's name, lords,
Be valiant, and give signal to the fight.

[Exeunt both Armies.

SCENE V.-Another Part of the same.

Alarums; excursions; and afterwards a retreat. Then enter KING EDWARD, CLARENCE, GLOSTER, and Forces; with QUEEN MARGARET, Oxford, and SOMERSET, prisoners.

K. Edw. Now, here a period of tumultuous broils.

Away with Oxford to Hammes' castle straight: For Somerset, off with his guilty head.

Go, bear them hence; I will not hear them speak.

Oxf. For my part, I'll not trouble thee with words.

Som. Nor I, but stoop with patience to my fortune.

[Exeunt OXFORD and SOMERSET, guarded. 2. Mar. So part we sadly in this troublous world,

To meet with joy in sweet Jerusalem.

K. Edw. Is proclamation made, that who finds Edward

Shall have a high reward, and he his life?

Glo. It is and lo, where youthful Edward

comes.