“Hast thou forgot thine errand?

“Wast sent here to prate thus,

“Or to fulfil thy promise?

“I’ll do’t; nor this my dagger will I sheath

“Till reeking with his blood.

2nd Mur. “Yet, one moment, I pray thee, comrade.

1st Mur. “I tell thee, I will not:

“For, as I am a man and soldier,

“So will I scorn to break my promis’d vow.

2nd Mur. “Thou shall not yet;