I will go summon all the lords to council,

And well consider that ’twere best to do.

[Exeunt.

SCENE VI.—ASSEMBLY OF BARONS.

Enter Vortigen.

Vor. Oh! my thrice noble and right worthy peers,

We now are met upon the heaviest summons

That ever yet did occupy our thoughts:

The sparkling drop which graces every eye,

And fain would deluge every manly cheek,