Come you then and tell us what the warning is.

SECOND PROPHET (goes up to the door and reads)

The stars have spoken. (He cloaks himself in black)

KING

What is it? What does it mean?

SECOND PROPHET

We do not know, but it is from the stars.

CHAMBERLAIN

It is a harmless thing; there is no harm in it, Majesty. Why should not birds die?

KING