“Or this my steel shall work a double end.
2nd Mur. “Lay on, then! for I will defend the King,
“And may the gods aid this my good design.”
[They fight; 2nd Murderer dies behind the Scenes.
The King awakes.
Con. “Vassal, I say! what means this bloody deed?
“This bold intrusion on our royal presence?
“Can majesty command no more respect;
“But, that our very sleep must be disturb’d
“With murder, rude and most licentious?