Soldier.
Art thou exhausted? Is thy pain so great?
Bear thou thy brother, for the load is less;
And I thy spouse; it giveth more distress.
[Exeunt, bearing the two bodies.
[Scene II.]
Here enters a woman armed with a shield on the left arm, and a short lance in her hand, who represents War; along with her comes Sickness, leaning on a crutch, her head swathed with bandages, wearing a yellow mask; and Hunger follows, clad in a robe of yellow buckram, wearing a yellow or discoloured mask; these figures may be represented by men, as they wear masks.
War.
Hunger and Sickness, ministers most dire