Enter Zarack.

Zar. The king is dead!

Ele. Ah, dead! [ah, dead!] You hear this?
Is't true, is't true? The king [is] dead!
Who dare knock thus?

Zar. It is the cardinal
Making inquiry if the queen were here.

Ele. See, she is here, [go] tell him; and yet [no—]
Zarack, stay.

Enter Balthazar.

Bal. Don Roderigo's come to seek the queen.

Ele. Why should Roderigo seek her here?

Bal. The king hath swooned thrice; and, being recovered,
Sends up and down the court to seek her grace.

Ele. The king was dead with you. [To Zarack.] Run, and with a voice
Erected high as mine, say thus, thus threaten,
To Roderigo and the cardinal:
Seek no queens here, I'll broach them, if they do,
Upon my falchion's point: