fde SCENE V. Lord DERBY’S house

Enter DERBY and Sir CHRISTOPHER URSWICK.

♦ Der. Sir Christopher, tell Richmond this from me:

♦ That in the sty of this most bloody boar

My son George Stanley is frank’d up in hold:

If I revolt, off goes young George’s head;

5 The fear of that withholds my present aid.

♦ But, tell me, where is princely Richmond now?

♦ Chris. At Pembroke, or at Ha’rford-west, in Wales.

♦ Der. What men of name resort to him?

♦ Chris. Sir Walter Herbert, a renowned soldier;

10 Sir Gilbert Talbot, Sir William Stanley;

♦ Oxford, redoubted Pembroke, Sir James Blunt,

♦ And Rice ap Thomas, with a valiant crew,

♦ And many moe of noble fame and worth:

♦ And towards London they do bend their course,

15 If by the way they be not fought withal.

♦ Der. Return unto thy lord; commend me to him:

Tell him the queen hath heartily consented

He shall espouse Elizabeth her daughter.

♦ These letters will resolve him of my mind.

20 Farewell. [Exeunt.