Whereto we are bound, together with thy victory,

Whereto we are bound? Alack, or we must lose

The country, our dear nurse, or else thy person,

Our comfort in the country. We must find

An evident calamity, though we had

Our wish, which side should win.

(V. iii. 103.)

But then the same sort of conflict puzzles the Lady Blanch in King John:

Which is the side that I must go withal?

I am with both: each army hath a hand;