Come hither, sirs. Take twenty of your fellows;

Post ten at the great gate of Nicholas;

The rest, by two's, guard every avenue

Leads from the convent to the plain or castle.

Charge them (and as their lives shall answer it,)

That none but of my train pass out, or enter.

1 Offi. We will, my lord, about it instantly.

Count. Temper your zeal, and know your orders first.

Take care they spill no blood:—no violence,

More than resisting who would force a passage: