[♦] Let him depart before the battels ioine,
[15] Least he in time of need intise another,
And so withdraw the souldiers harts from vs.
I will not stand aloofe and bid you fight,
[♦] But with my sword presse in the thickest thronges,
And single Edward from his strongest guard,
20 And hand to hand enforce him for to yeeld,
Or leaue my bodie as witnesse of my thoughts.
Oxf. Women and children of so high resolue,
[♦] And Warriors faint, why twere perpetuall