And either seek the murder’d king above,

Or down and join me in the pit below.

[Exeunt.

SCENE III.—THE BASSE-COURT OF THE TOWER.

Enter Aurelius and Uter.

Uter. Where, brother, are the sons of Vortigern?

Aur. I bade them with their gentle mother stay;

For much ’twould have offended righteous heaven,

If, ’gainst their father, they had join’d with us.

For here there always is a sacred tie,