Art thou so resolute as thou wast? _Light._ What else, my lord? and far more resolute. _Y. Mor._ And hast thou cast how to accomplish it? _Light._ Ay, ay; and none shall know which way he died. _Y. Mor._ But at his looks, Lightborn, thou wilt relent. _Light._ Relent! ha, ha! I use much to relent. _Y. Mor._ Well, do it bravely, and be secret. _Light._ You shall not need to give instructions; 'Tis not the first time I have kill'd a man: I learn'd in Naples how to poison flowers; To strangle with a lawn thrust down the throat; To pierce the wind pipe with a needle's point; Or, whilst one is asleep, to take a quill, And blow a little powder in his ears; Or open his mouth, and pour quick-silver down. But yet I have a braver way than these. _Y. Mor._ What's that? _Light._ Nay, you shall pardon me; none shall know my tricks. _Y. Mor._ I care not how it is, so it be not spied. Deliver this to Gurney and Matrevis: [_Gives letter._ At every ten-mile end thou hast a horse: Take this [_Gives money_]: away, and never see me more! _Light._ No? _Y. Mor._ No; unless thou bring me news of Edward's death. _Light._ That will I quickly do. Farewell, my lord. [_Exit._ _Y. Mor._ The prince I rule, the queen do I command, And with a lowly conge to the ground The proudest lords salute me as I pass; I seal, I cancel, I do what I will. Fear'd am I more than lov'd;--let me be fear'd, And, when I frown, make all the court look pale. I view the prince with Aristarchus' eyes, Whose looks were as a breeching to a boy. They thrust upon me the protectorship, And sue to me for that that I desire; While at the council-table, grave enough, And not unlike a bashful puritan, First I complain of imbecility, Saying it is _onus quam gravissimum;_ Till, being interrupted by my friends, _Suscepi_ that _provinciam_, as they term it; And, to conclude, I am Protector now. Now all is sure: the queen and Mortimer Shall rule the realm, the king; and none rule us. Mine enemies will I plague, my friends advance; And what I list command who dare control? _Major sum quam cui possit fortuna nocere:_ And that this be the coronation-day, It pleaseth me and Isabel the queen. [_Trumpets within._ The trumpets sound; I must go take my place. _Enter_ KING EDWARD THE THIRD, QUEEN ISABELLA, _the_ ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, Champion, _and_ Nobles.