My mind's distemper'd, and my body's numb'd, And whether I have limbs or no I know not. O, would my blood dropp'd out from every vein, As doth this water from my tatter'd robes! Tell Isabel the queen, I look'd not thus, When for her sake I ran at tilt in France, And there unhors'd the Duke of Cleremont. _Light._ O, speak no more, my lord! this breaks my heart. Lie on this bed, and rest yourself a while. _K. Edw._ These looks of thine can harbour naught but death; I see my tragedy written in thy brows. Yet stay a while; forbear thy bloody hand, And let me see the stroke before it comes, That even then when I shall lose my life, My mind may be more steadfast on my God. _Light._ What means your highness to mistrust me thus? _K. Edw._ What mean'st thou to dissemble with me thus? _Light._ These hands were never stain'd with innocent blood, Nor shall they now be tainted with a king's. _K. Edw._ Forgive my thought for having such a thought. One jewel have I left; receive thou this: [_Gives jewel._ Still fear I, and I know not what's the cause, But every joint shakes as I give it thee. O, if thou harbour'st murder in thy heart, Let this gift change thy mind, and save thy soul! Know that I am a king: O, at that name I feel a hell of grief! where is my crown? Gone, gone! and do I [still] remain alive? _Light._ You're overwatch'd, my lord: lie down and rest. _K. Edw._ But that grief keeps me waking, I should sleep; For not these ten days have these eye-lids clos'd. Now, as I speak, they fall; and yet with fear Open again. O, wherefore sitt'st thou here? _Light._ If you mistrust me, I'll be gone, my lord. _K. Edw._ No, no; for, if thou mean'st to murder me, Thou wilt return again; and therefore stay. [_Sleeps._ _Light._ He sleeps. _K. Edw._ [_waking_] O, let me not die yet! O, stay a while! _Light._ How now, my lord! _K. Edw._ Something still buzzeth in mine ears, And tells me, if I sleep, I never wake: This fear is that which makes me tremble thus; And therefore tell me, wherefore art thou come? _Light._ To rid thee of thy life.--Matrevis, come! _Enter_ MATREVIS _and_ GURNEY.