Act 5 — cec SCENE III. Another part of the field.

Flourish. Enter KING EDWARD in triumph; with GLOUCESTER, CLARENCE, and the rest.

♦ K. Edw. Thus far our fortune keeps an upward course,

And we are graced with wreaths of victory.

But, in the midst of this bright-shining day,

I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud,

5 That will encounter with our glorious sun,

Ere he attain his easeful western bed:

I mean, my lords, those powers that the queen

Hath raised in Gallia have arrived our coast

And, as we hear, march on to fight with us.

10 Clar. A little gale will soon disperse that cloud

And blow it to the source from whence it came:

The very beams will dry those vapours up,

For every cloud engenders not a storm.

Glo. The queen is valued thirty thousand strong,

15 And Somerset, with Oxford, fled to her:

If she have time to breathe, be well assured

Her faction will be full as strong as ours.

K. Edw. We are advertised by our loving friends

♦ That they do hold their course toward Tewksbury:

20 We, having now the best at Barnet field,

Will thither straight, for willingness rids way;

And, as we march, our strength will be augmented

In every county as we go along.

Strike up the drum; cry ‘Courage!’ and away. [Exeunt.