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My heart, sweet boy, shall be thy sepulchre,

For from my heart thine image ne'er shall go:

My sighing breast shall be thy funeral bell;

And so obsequious will thy father be,

E'en for the loss of thee, having no more,

As Priam was for all his valiant sons.

I'll bear thee hence; and let them fight that will,

For I have murther'd where I should not kill.

Exit [with the body].

Hen. Sad-hearted men, much overgone with care,

Here sits a king more woeful than you are.

Prince. Fly, father, fly! for all your friends are fled,

And Warwick rages like a chafed bull.

Away! for death doth hold us in pursuit.

Queen. Mount you, my lord; towards Berwick post amain.

Edward and Richard, like a brace of greyhounds

Having the fearful flying hare in sight,

With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath,

And bloody steel grasp'd in their ireful hands,

Are at our backs; and therefore hence amain.

Exe. Away! for vengeance comes along with them.

Nay, stay not to expostulate; make speed,

Or else come after: I'll away before.

Hen. Nay, take me with thee, good sweet Exeter:

Not that I fear to stay, but love to go

Whither the queen intends. Forward! away!

Exeunt.  118 obsequious: dutiful in mourning

123 overgone: oppressed

126 chafed: angered

131 very: veritable 