The nation might rally beneath the banner of such a prince; and the proud nobles of the rival king know it well, and could they get the prince into their own power, they know that victory is from that moment theirs.

Wherefore, Edward, if it be true that you are known, we must fly, and that instantly.

These lawless men will not quit the trail till they have run the quarry down, and delivered you dead or alive into the hands of the foe.

They know well the value of the prize, and they will not let it escape them." Edward felt the truth of these words.

Paul had been anxious and alarmed before, but never with the same cause.