[Exeunt Oxford and Somerset, guarded.]
QUEEN MARGARET.
So part we sadly in this troublous world,
To meet with joy in sweet Jerusalem.
KING EDWARD.
Is proclamation made that who finds Edward
Shall have a high reward, and he his life?
RICHARD.
It is, and lo where youthful Edward comes.
Enter soldiers with Prince Edward.
KING EDWARD.
Bring forth the gallant; let us hear him speak.
What, can so young a man begin to prick?
Edward, what satisfaction canst thou make
For bearing arms, for stirring up my subjects,
And all the trouble thou hast turned me to?
PRINCE EDWARD.
Speak like a subject, proud, ambitious York.
Suppose that I am now my father’s mouth;
Resign thy chair, and where I stand kneel thou,
Whilst I propose the selfsame words to thee
Which, traitor, thou wouldst have me answer to.
QUEEN MARGARET.
Ah, thy father had been so resolved!
RICHARD.
That you might still have worn the petticoat
And ne’er have stol’n the breech from Lancaster.
PRINCE EDWARD.
Let Aesop fable in a winter’s night;
His currish riddle sorts not with this place.