And now what rests, but, in night's coverture, We may surprize and take him at our pleasure ? Our scouts have found the adventure very easy : * That as Ulysses, and stout Diomede, * With sleight and manhood stole to Rhesus' tents, * And brought from thence the Thracian fatal steeds; 5 * So we, well cover'd with the night's black mantle, * At unawares may beat down Edward's guard, * And seize himself; I say not slaughter him, * For I intend but only to surprize him. • You, that will follow me to this attempt, • Applaud the name of Henry, with your leader. [They all cry, Henry! • His soldiers lurking in the towns about,] Old copies-town. STEEVENS. Dr. Thirlby advised the reading towns here; the guard in the scene immediately following says: 3 66 but why commands the king, " That his chief followers lodge in towns about him ?" very easy:] THEOBALD. ere the quartos conclude this speech, adding only the following lines: " Then cry king Henry with resolved minds, " And break we presently into his tent." STEEVENS. * That as Ulysses, &c.] See the tenth book of the Iliad. These circumstances, however, were accessible, without reference to Homer in the original. STEEVENS. 5 - the Thracian fatal steeds;] We are told by some of the writers on the Trojan story, that the capture of these horses was one of the necessary preliminaries to the fate of Troy. STEEVENS. Why, then, let's on our way in silent sort: George! [Exeunt. SCENE IIІ. Edward's Camp, near Warwick. Enter certain Watchmen, to guard the King's Tent. *1 WATCH. Come on, my masters, each man take his stand; * The king, by this, is set him down to sleep. *2 WATCH. What, will he not to-bed? * 1 WATCH. Why, no: for he hath made a solemn vow * Never to lie and take his natural rest, * Till Warwick, or himself, be quite suppress'd. *2 WATCH. To-morrow then, belike, shall be the day, * If Warwick be so near as men report. * 3 WATCH. But say, I pray, what nobleman is that, * That with the king here resteth in his tent? * 1 WATCH. 'Tis the lord Hastings, the king's chiefest friend. and Saint George!] After the two concluding lines of this scene, which in the old play are given not to Warwick but to Clarence, we there find the following speeches, which Shakspeare has introduced in a subsequent place: " War. This is his tent; and see where his guard doth stand. "Courage, my soldiers; now or never. *3 WATCH. O, is it so ? 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 quietness, * I like it better than a dangerous honour." *1 WATCH. Unless our halberds did shut up his passage. *2 WATCH. Ay; wherefore else guard we his royal tent, * But to defend his person from night-foes? Enter WARWICK, CLARENCE, OXFORD, SOMERSET, and Forces. 'WAR. This is his tent; and see, where stand his guard. 'Courage, my masters: honour now, or never! But follow me, and Edward shall be ours. 1 WATCH. Who goes there? * 2 WATCH. Stay, or thou diest. [WARWICK, and the rest, cry all-Warwick! Warwick! and set upon the Guard; who fly, crying-Arm! Arm! WARWICK, and the rest, following them. " I like it better than a dangerous honour.] This honest Watchman's opinion coincides with that of Falstaff. See Vol. XI. p. 406. STEEVENS. The Drum beating, and Trumpets sounding, Reenter WARWICK, and the rest, bringing the King out in a Gown, sitting in a Chair: GLOSTER and HASTINGS fly. SOM. What are they that fly there? WAR. Richard, and Hastings: let them go, here's the duke. K. EDW. The duke! why, Warwick, when we parted last, Thou call'dst me king. WAR. 8 Ay, but the case is alter'd: 'When you disgrac'd me in my embassade, 8 9 * K. EDW. Yea, brother1 of Clarence, art thou here too? when we parted last,] The word last, which is found in the old play, was inadvertently omitted in the folio. MALONE. 9 And come now to create you duke of York.] Might we not read, with a slight alteration? 1 And come to new-create you duke of York. Johnson. Yea, brother &c.] In the old play this speech consists of only these two lines: "Well, Warwick, let fortune do her worst, Henry has made the same declaration in a former scene. MALONE. * Nay, then I see, that Edward needs must down.'Yet, Warwick, in despite of all mischance, Of thee thyself, and all thy complices, • Edward will always bear himself as king : * Though fortune's malice overthrow my state, * My mind exceeds the compass of her wheel. WAR. Then, for his mind, be Edward England's king: 2 [Takes off his Crown. But Henry now shall wear the English crown, * And be true king indeed; thou but the shadow.My lord of Somerset, 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 fel lows, 'I'll follow you, and tell what answer 'Lewis, and the lady Bona, send to him :Now, for a while, farewell, good duke of York. * K. EDW. What fates impose, that men must needs abide; * It boots not to resist 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 soldiers ? 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 hat now remains, &c.] Instead of this and the following speech, the quartos have : " Clar. What follows now? all hitherto goes well. " But we must dispatch some letters into France, |