1. C.
Good morrow, neighbour: Whither away so fast?

2. C.
I promise you, I hardly ^note know myself:
Hear you the news abroad?

1. C.
Yes, that ^note the king is dead.

2. C.
Ill news ^note, by'r lady; seldom comes a better ^{note note}:
I fear, I fear, 'twill prove a giddy world ^note. Enter another Citizen.

3. C.
Neighbours ^note, God speed!

1. C.
Give you good morrow, sir.

3. C.
Doth the news hold of good king Edward's death?

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

3. C.
Then, masters, look to see a troublous ^note world.

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

3. C.
Woe to that land, that's govern'd by a child!

2. C.
In him there14Q0875 is a hope ^note of government;
That, in ^note his nonage, counsel under him,
And, in his full and ripen'd ^note years, himself,
No doubt, shall then, and 'till then, govern well.

1. C.
So stood the state, when ^note Henry the sixth
Was crown'd in Paris ^note but at nine months old.

3. C.
Stood the state so? no, no, good friends, ^note God wot;

For then this land was famously enrich'd
With politick grave counsel; then the king
Had virtuous uncles to protect his grace.

1. C.
Why, so hath ^note this, both by his father ^note and mother,

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

1. C.
Come, come, we fear the worst; all will be well. ^note

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

2. C.
Truly, the hearts of ^note men are full of fear:
You cannot reason almost ^note with a man,
That looks not heavily ^note, and full of dread ^note.

3. C.
Before the days of ^note change, still is it so:
By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust
Ensuing danger; as, by proof, we see
The water ^note swell before a boist'rous storm.
But leave it all to God. Whither away?

2. C.
Marry, we were sent for to the justices. ^note

3. C.
And so was I; I'll bear you company. [Exeunt.

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