And spend her strength with over-matching waves. [A short alarum within.

Ah, hark! the fatal followers do pursue;

And I am faint, and cannot fly their fury:

And were I strong, I would not shun their fury:

[25] The sands are number’d that make up my life;

[♦] Here must I stay, and here my life must end.

Enter QUEEN MARGARET, CLIFFORD, NORTHUMBERLAND, the young Prince, and Soldiers.

Come, bloody Clifford, rough Northumberland,

I dare your quenchless fury to more rage:

I am your butt, and I abide your shot.