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Why, no; for he hath made a solemn vow
Never to lie and take his natural rest [5]
Till Warwick or himself be quite suppressed.
SECOND WATCHMAN
Tomorrow then belike shall be the day
If Warwick be so near as men report.
THIRD WATCHMAN
But say, I pray, what nobleman is that
That with the king here resteth in his tent? [10]
SECOND WATCHMAN
’Tis the Lord Hastings, the king’s chiefest friend.
THIRD WATCHMAN
O is it so? But why commands the king
That his chief followers lodge in towns about him
While he himself keeps in the cold field?
SECOND WATCHMAN
’Tis the more honour because more dangerous. [15]
THIRD WATCHMAN
Ay, but give me worship and quietness:
I like it better than a dangerous honour.
If Warwick knew in what estate he stands
’Tis to be doubted if he would waken him.
FIRST WATCHMAN
Unless our halberds did shut up his passage. [20]
SECOND WATCHMAN
Ay, wherefore else guard we his royal tent
But to defend his person from night-foes?
Enter Warwick, Clarence, Oxford, Somerset, and French Soldiers, silent
all.
WARWICK
