Whose virtue and obedience doth this instant
So much commend itself, you shall be ours: 116
Natures of such deep trust we shall much need;
You we first seize on.
Edm. I shall serve you, sir,
Truly, however else.
Glo. For him I thank your Grace.
Corn. You know not why we came to visit you,— 120
Reg. Thus out of season, threading dark-ey'd night:
Occasions, noble Gloucester, of some prize,
Wherein we must have use of your advice.
Our father he hath writ, so hath our sister, 124
Of differences, which I best thought it fit
To answer from our home; the several messengers
From hence attend dispatch. Our good old friend,
Lay comforts to your bosom, and bestow 128
Your needful counsel to our businesses,
Which craves the instant use.
Glo. I serve you, madam.
Your Graces are right welcome. Exeunt. Flourish.
Scene Two
[Before Gloucester's Castle]
Enter Kent and Steward [Oswald] severally.
Osw. Good dawning to thee, friend: art of
this house?
Kent. Ay.
Osw. Where may we set our horses? 4
Kent. I' the mire.
122 prize: advantage
126 from: away from
