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Arch. A peace is of the nature of a conquest;

For then both parties nobly are subdu'd,

And neither party loser.

Lanc.Go, my lord,

And let our army be discharged too.

Exit [Westmoreland].

And, good my lord, so please you, let our trains

March by us, that we may peruse the men

We should have cop'd withal.

Arch. Go, good Lord Hastings,

And, ere they be dismiss'd, let them march by.

Exit [Hastings].

Lanc. I trust, lords, we shall lie to-night together.

Now, cousin, wherefore stands our army still?

West. The leaders, having charge from you to stand,

Will not go off until they hear you speak.

Lanc. They know their duties.

Hast. My lord, our army is dispers'd already:

Like youthful steers unyok'd, they take their courses

East, west, north, south; or, like a school broke up,

Each hurries toward his home and sporting-place.

West. Good tidings, my Lord Hastings; for the which

I do arrest thee, traitor, of high treason:

And you, lord archbishop, and you, Lord Mowbray,

Of capital treason I attach you both.

Mowb. Is this proceeding just and honourable?

West. Is your assembly so?

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