First Cit.
Neighbour, well met ^note: whither ^note away so fast?

Sec. Cit.
I promise you, I scarcely ^note know myself:
Hear ^note you the news abroad? ^note

First Cit.
Ay ^note, that ^note the king is dead.

Sec. Cit. ^note
Bad ^note news, by'r lady, seldom comes the better ^note:

I fear, I fear, 'twill prove a troublous ^note world. Enter another Citizen.

Third Cit.
Neighbours, God speed! ^note

First Cit. ^note
Give you good morrow, sir.

Third Cit.
Doth this ^note news hold of good King Edward's death?

Sec. Cit.
Ay, sir, it is too true; God help the while ^note!

Third Cit.
Then, masters, look to see a troublous ^note world.

First Cit.
No, no; by God's good ^note grace his son shall reign.

Third Cit.
Woe to that land that's govern'd by a child!

Sec. Cit.
In him there is a hope ^note of government ^note,
That ^note in his nonage council under him ^note,
And in his full and ^note ripen'd ^note years himself,
No doubt, shall then and till then govern well.

First Cit.
So stood the state ^note when Henry ^note the Sixth ^note
Was crown'd in Paris ^note but at nine ^note months old.

Third Cit.
Stood the state so? No, no, good friends, God wot ^note;
For then this ^note land was famously enrich'd
With ^note politic grave counsel; then the king
Had virtuous uncles to protect his grace.

First Cit. ^note
Why, so ^note hath this, both by the father ^note and mother.

Third Cit.
Better it were they all came by the father ^note,
Or by the father ^note there were none at all;
For emulation now, who shall ^note be nearest ^note,
Will ^note touch us all too near, if God prevent not.
O, full of danger is the Duke of Gloucester!
And the queen's sons and brothers haught ^note and proud ^note:
And were they to be ruled, and not to rule ^note,
This sickly land ^note might solace as before.

First Cit. ^{note note}
Come, come, we fear the worst; all shall ^note be well.

Third Cit.
When clouds appear ^note, wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall, the ^note winter is at hand;
When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
Untimely storms make ^note men ^note expect a dearth.
All may ^note be well; but, if God sort it so,
'Tis more than we deserve, or I expect.

Sec. Cit. ^note
Truly, the souls ^note of men are full of dread ^note:
Ye ^note cannot reason almost ^note with a man
That looks not heavily ^note and full of fear ^note.

Third Cit.
Before the times ^note of change, still is it ^note so:
By a divine instinct men's minds mistrust
Ensuing dangers ^note; as, by proof, we see
The waters ^note swell before a boisterous ^note storm.

But leave it all to God. Whither ^note away?

Sec. Cit.
Marry ^note, we were ^note sent for to the justices ^note.

Third Cit.
And so was I: I'll bear you company. [Exeunt. ^note

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