"Princes must think not of themselves alone, but of the nation's weal.

Edward, listen.

If harm befalls you, then farewell to all the fond hopes of half of the people who obey the sway of England's sceptre.

You are not your own master; you are the servant of your loyal and true-hearted subjects, who have suffered already so much in the cause.

To throw your life away, nay, even to run into needless peril, were a sin to them and to the country.