Alb. Half-blooded fellow, yes.
Reg. [To Edmund] Let the drum strike, and prove my title thine.[4657]
Alb. Stay yet; hear reason. Edmund, I arrest thee[4658]
On capital treason; and in thine attaint[4659]
This gilded serpent [pointing to Gon.]. For your claim, fair sister,[4660]85
I bar it in the interest of my wife;[4661]
'Tis she is sub-contracted to this lord,[4662]
And I, her husband, contradict your bans.[4663]
If you will marry, make your loves to me;[4664]
My lady is bespoke.
Gon. An interlude![4665] 90
Alb. Thou art arm'd, Gloucester: let the trumpet sound:[4665][4666]
If none appear to prove upon thy person[4667]
Thy heinous, manifest, and many treasons,
There is my pledge [throwing down a glove]: I'll prove it on thy heart,[4668][4669]
Ere I taste bread, thou art in nothing less 95
Than I have here proclaim'd thee.
Reg. Sick, O, sick!
Gon. [Aside] If not, I'll ne'er trust medicine.[4670]
Edm. [Throwing down a glove] There's my exchange: what in the world he is[4668][4671]
That names me traitor, villain-like he lies:
Call by thy trumpet: he that dares approach,[4672] 100
On him, on you,—who not?—I will maintain[4673]
My truth and honour firmly.
Alb. A herald, ho!
Edm. A herald, ho, a herald![4674]