Come hither, herald. Let the trumpet sound
And read out this.
OFFICER.
Sound, trumpet!
[A trumpet sounds.]
HERALD.
[Reads.] ‘If any man of quality or degree within the lists of the army will maintain upon Edmund, supposed Earl of Gloucester, that he is a manifold traitor, let him appear by the third sound of the trumpet. He is bold in his defence.’
EDMUND.
Sound!
[First trumpet.]
HERALD.
Again!
[Second trumpet.]
HERALD.
Again!
Third trumpet. Trumpet answers within. Enter Edgar, armed, preceded by a trumpet.