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All of bygone noon. 2ND YEOMAN This the autumn of our life, This the evening of our day; Weary we of battle strife, Weary we of mortal fray. But our year is not so spent, And our days are not so faded, But that we with one consent, Were our loved land invaded, Still would face a foreign foe, As in days of long ago, Still would face a foreign foe, As in days of long ago, As in days of long ago, As in days of long ago. YEOMEN Still would face a foreign foe, As in days of long ago. CROWD Tower warders, Under orders, Gallant pikemen, valiant sworders! Brave in bearing, Foemen scaring, In their bygone days of daring! CROWD YEOMEN Tower warders, This the autumn of our life Under orders, Gallant pikemen, Valiant sworders Brave in bearing, This the evening of our day; Foemen scaring, In their bygone days of daring! Ne'er a stranger Weary we of battle strife, There to danger Each was o'er the world a ranger: To the story Weary we of mortal fray. Of our glory Each a bold, A bold contributory. To the story This the autumn of our life. Of our glory Each a bold contributory! This the evening of our day, Each a bold contributory! This the evening of our day. [Exit CROWD. Manent YEOMEN. Enter DAME CARRUTHERS. DAME A good day to you! 2ND YEOMAN Good day, Dame Carruthers. Busy to-day? DAME Busy, aye! the fire in the Beauchamp [pronounced Bee'cham] last night has given me work enough. A dozen poor prisoners-- Richard Colfax, Sir Martin Byfleet, Colonel Fairfax, Warren the preacher-poet, and half-a- score others-- all packed into one small cell, not six feet squ
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