Gon. That were the most, if he fhould husband you. Gon. Gon. Mean you to enjoy him? Alb. Half-blooded fellow, yes. Reg. Let the drum ftrike, and prove my title thine. [To EDMUND. Alb. Stay yet; hear reafon :-Edmund, I arrest thee On capital treason; and, in thy arrest, This gilded ferpent: [pointing to GON.]-for your claim, fair filter, I bar it in the interest of my wife; 'Tis fhe is fub-contracted to this lord, And I, her husband, contradict your bans. Alb. Thou art arm'd, Glofter:-Let the trumpet found: If none appear to prove upon thy perfon, Thy heinous, manifest, and many treasons, There is my pledge; [throwing down a glove.] I'll prove it on thy heart, Ere I tafte bread, thou art in nothing lefs Than I have here proclaim'd thee. Reg. Sick, O, fick! Gon. Gon. If not, I'll ne'er trust poison. [Afide. Edm. There's my exchange: [throwing down a glove.] what in the world he is That names me traitor, villain-like he lies : Alb. A herald, ho! Edm. A herald, ho, a herald! Alb. Truft to thy fingle virtue; for thy foldiers, All levied in my name, have in my name Took their discharge. Reg. This fickness grows upon me. Enter a Herald. Alb. She is not well; convey her to my tent. Come hither, herald,-Let the trumpet found, [Exit REGAN, led. And read out this. Off. Sound, trumpet. 【A trumpet sounds. Herald reads. army, If any man of quality, or degree, within the lifts of the will maintain upon Edmund, fuppofed earl of Glofter, that he is a manifold traitor, let him appear at the third found of the trumpet: He is bold in his defence. Edm. Sound. [1. trumpet. Her. Again. Her. Again. [2. trumpet. [3. trumpet. [Trumpet answers within. Enter EDGAR, armed, preceded by a Trumpet. Alb. Afk him his purposes, why he appears Upon this call o' the trumpet. Her. Her. What are you? Your name, your quality? and why you answer This prefent fummons ? Edg. Know, my name is loft; By treafon's tooth bare-gnawn, and canker-bit: I come to cope withal. Alb. Which is that adversary? Edg. What's he, that fpeaks for Edmund earl of Glofter? Edm. Himself;—What say'st thou to him? Edg. Draw thy fword; That, if my speech offend a noble heart, Thou lieft. Edm. In wifdom, I should ask thy name But, fince thy outside looks so fair and warlike, By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn: Which, (for they yet glance by, and scarcely bruife,) |