Scene + 

III + 

Near Tynemouth Castle. + 

Enter Kent, Lancaster, the Younger Mortimer, Warwick, Pembroke, and others. + 

Kent + 

My lords, of love to this our native land, + 

I come to join with you, and leave the king; + 

And in your quarrel, and the realm’s behoof, + 

Will be the first that shall adventure life. + 

Lancaster + 

I fear me, you are sent of policy, + 

To undermine us with a show of love. + 

Warwick + 

He is your brother; therefore have we cause + 

To cast the worst, and doubt of your revolt. + 

Kent + 

Mine honour shall be hostage of my truth: + 

If that will not suffice, farewell, my lords. + 

Younger Mortimer + 

Stay, Edmund: never was Plantagenet + 

False of his word; and therefore trust we thee. + 

Pembroke + 

But what’s the reason you should leave him now? + 

Kent + 

I have informed the Earl of Lancaster. + 

Lancaster + 

And it sufficeth. Now, my lords, know this, + 

That Gaveston is secretly arrived, + 

And here in Tynmouth frolics with the king. + 

Let us with these our followers scale the walls, + 

And suddenly surprise them unawares. + 

Younger Mortimer + 

I’ll give the onset. + 

Warwick + 

And I’ll follow thee. + 

Younger Mortimer + 

This tattered ensign of my ancestors, + 

Which swept the desert shore of that Dead Sea + 

Whereof we got the name of Mortimer, + 

Will I advance upon this castle’s walls⁠— + 

Drums, strike alarum, raise them from their sport, + 

And ring aloud the knell of Gaveston! + 

Lancaster + 

None be so hardy as to touch the king; + 

But neither spare you Gaveston nor his friends. + 

Exeunt. + 