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For they account his head upon the Bridge.

HAST INGS

I know they do, and I have well deserv’d it. [70]

Enter Stanley Earl of Derby.

Come on, come on: where is your boar-spear, man?
Fear you the boar, and go so unprovided?

ST ANLEY

My lord, good morrow; good morrow, Catesby.
You may jest on, but by the holy Rood,
I do not like these several Councils, I. [75]

HAST INGS

My lord, I hold my life as dear as you,
And never in my days, I so protest,
Was it so precious to me as ’tis now:
Think you, but that I know our state secure,
I would be so triumphant as I am? [80]

ST ANLEY

The lords at Pomfret, when they rode from London,
Were jocund, and suppos’d their states were sure,
And they indeed had no cause to mistrust:
But yet you see how soon the day o’ercast.
This sudden stab of rancour I misdoubt; [85]
Pray God, I say, I prove a needless coward.
What, shall we toward the Tower? The day is spent.

HAST INGS

Come, come: have with you. Wot you what, my lord?
Today the lords you talk’d of are beheaded.

ST ANLEY

They, for their truth, might better wear their heads [90]
Than some that have accus’d them wear their hats.
But come, my lord, let’s away.