LEOFWIN. Nor thou be a wild thing
Out of the waste, to turn and bite the hand
Would help thee from the trap.
TOSTIG. Thou playest in tune.
LEOFWIN. To the deaf adder thee, that wilt not dance
However wisely charm'd.
TOSTIG. No more, no more!
GURTH. I likewise cry 'no more.' Unwholesome talk
For Godwin's house! Leofwin, thou hast a tongue!
Tostig, thou look'st as thou wouldst spring upon him.
St. Olaf, not while I am by! Come, come,
Join hands, let brethren dwell in unity;
Let kith and kin stand close as our shield-wall,
Who breaks us then? I say, thou hast a tongue,
And Tostig is not stout enough to bear it.
Vex him not, Leofwin.
TOSTIG. No, I am not vext,--
Altho' ye seek to vex me, one and all.
I have to make report of my good earldom
To the good king who gave it--not to you--
Not any of you.--I am not vext at all.
HAROLD. The king? the king is ever at his prayers;
In all that handles matter of the state
I am the king.
TOSTIG. That shall thou never be
If I can thwart thee.
HAROLD. Brother, brother!
TOSTIG. Away!
[_Exit_ TOSTIG.
QUEEN. Spite of this grisly star ye three must gall
Poor Tostig.
LEOFWIN.
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