*3 WATCH. O, is it fo? But why commands the

king,

*That his chief followers lodge in towns about

him,

* While he himself keepeth in the cold field?

*2 WATCH. 'Tis the more honour, because more dangerous.

* 3 WATCH. Ay; but give me worship and quietnefs,

* I like it better than a dangerous honour.?
* If Warwick knew in what estate he stands,
* 'Tis to be doubted, he would waken him.

* 1 WATCH. Unless our halberds did fhut up his paffage.

*2 WATCH. Ay; wherefore elfe guard we his royal tent,

* But to defend his perfon from night-foes?

Enter WARWICK, CLARENCE, OXFORD, SOMERSET, and Forces.

WAR. This is his tent; and fee, where ftand his

guard.

Courage, my mafters: honour now, or never! 'But follow me, and Edward shall be ours.

1 WATCH. Who goes there?

*2 WATCH. Stay, or thou dieft.

[WARWICK, and the reft, cry all-Warwick! Warwick! and fet upon the Guard; who fly, crying-Arm! Arm!

and the reft, following them.

WARWICK,

"I like it better than a dangerous honour,] This honeft Watchman's opinion coincides with that of Falstaff. See Vol. XI. p. 406. STEEVENS.

The Drum beating, and Trumpets founding, Reenter WARWICK, and the rest, bringing the King out in a Gown, fitting in a Chair: GLOSTER and HASTINGS fly.

· SOM.

What are they that fly there? 'WAR. Richard, and Haftings: let them go, here's the duke.

K. EDW. The duke! why, Warwick, when we parted last,8

Thou call'dft me king?

WAR. Ay, but the cafe is alter'd : "When you difgrac'd me in my embaffade, Then I degraded you from being king, And come now to create you duke of York. Alas! how fhould you govern any kingdom, That know not how to use ambaffadors; Nor how to be contented with one wife; Nor how to use your brothers brotherly; * Nor how to study for the people's welfare; Nor how to fhrowd yourself from enemies?

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*K. EDW. Yea, brother' of Clarence, art thou here too?

when we parted laft,] The word last, which is found in the old play, was inadvertently omitted in the folio.

MALONE.

And come now to create you duke of York.] Might we not read, with a flight alteration?

And come to new-create you duke of York. JOHNSON. Yea, brother &c.] In the old play this fpeech consists of only thefe two lines:

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Well, Warwick, let fortune do her worst, "Edward in mind will bear himself a king." Henry has made the fame declaration in a former scene.

MALONE,

* Nay, then I fee, that Edward needs muft down.'Yet, Warwick, in despite of all mischance, "Of thee thyfelf, and all thy complices, Edward will always bear himfelf as king: * Though fortune's malice overthrow my ftate, My mind exceeds the compafs of her wheel.

king:2

WAR. Then, for his mind, be Edward England's [Takes off his Crown. But Henry now fhall wear the English crown, * And be true king indeed; thou but the fhadow.My lord of Somerfet, at my request,

'See that forthwith duke Edward be convey'd 'Unto my brother, archbishop of York.

'When I have fought with Pembroke and his fellows,

'I'll follow you, and tell what answer

'Lewis, and the lady Bona, fend to him :Now, for a while, farewell, good duke of York.

*K. EDW. What fates impofe, that men must needs abide :

* It boots not to refift both wind and tide.

[Exit King EDWARD, led out; SOMERSET with him.

*OXF. What now remains,3 my lords, for us to do,

*But march to London with our foldiers?

2 Then, for his mind, be Edward England's king:] That is, in his mind; as far as his own mind goes. M. MASON.

3 What now remains, &c.] Instead of this and the following fpeech, the quartos have :

"Clar. What follows now? all hitherto goes well. "But we must dispatch some letters into France,

WAR. Ay, that's the first thing that we have to

do:

To free king Henry from imprifonment,

And fee him feated in the regal throne.

[Exeunt.

SCENE IV.

London. A Room in the Palace.

Enter Queen ELIZABETH and RIVERS.4

RIV. Madam, what makes you in this fudden change?

"To tell the queen of our happy fortune;
"And bid her come with fpeed to join with us.

"War. Ay, that's the first thing that we have to do,
"And free king Henry from imprisonment,
"And fee him feated on the regal throne.

"Come, let's away; and, having past thefe cares,
"I'll post to York, and fee how Edward fares."

STEEVENS, * Enter-Rivers.] Throughout this fcene the quartos vary in almost every fpeech from the folio. The variations, however, are hardly fuch as to deserve notice. STEEVENS.

They are, however, fo marked, as to prove decifively, I think, that either Shakspeare wrote two diftinct pieces on this subject at different periods, or that the play as exhibited in the folio was his, and that in quarto the production of a preceding writer. Let the second speech of Rivers be read with this view :

"What loffe? of some pitcht battaile against Warwicke? "Tufh, feare not, fair queene, but caft these cares afide. r King Edward's noble mind his honour doth display, "And Warwick may lofe, though then he got the day." See also the speech of Clarence quoted in the laft note.

MALONE.

Would not this prove rather too much, as a fimilar inference might be drawn from the two copies of Romeo and Juliet, in 1597 and 1599? STEEVENS,

Q. ELIZ. Why, brother Rivers, are you yet to learn,

What late misfortune is befall'n king Edward? RIV. What, lofs of fome pitch'd battle against Warwick?

'Q. ELIZ. No, but the lofs of his own royal perfon.

'RIV. Then is my fovereign flain ?

Q. ELIZ. Ay, almost flain, for he is taken pri-
foner;

• Either betray'd by falfehood of his guard,
'Or by his foe furpriz'd at unawares:
And, as I further have to understand,
Is new committed to the bishop of York,
'Fell Warwick's brother, and by that our foe.

RIV. These news, I must confefs, are full of
grief:

Yet, gracious madam, bear it as you may; 'Warwick may lofe, that now hath won the day. * Q. ELIZ. Till then, fair hope muft hinder life's decay.

* And I the rather wean me from defpair,
*For love of Edward's offspring in my womb :
*This is it that makes me bridle paffion,

* And bear with mildness my misfortune's crofs;
* Ay, ay, for this I draw in many a tear,
* And ftop the rifing of blood-fucking fighs,

* Left with my fighs or tears I blast or drown

*RIV. But, madam, where is Warwick then become?

• Q. ELIZ. I am informed, that he comes towards

London,

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