Enter DERBY and SIR CHRISTOPHER URSWICK DERBY 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;
The fear of that withholds my present aid.
But, tell me, where is princely Richmond now? CHRISTOPHER At Pembroke, or at Harford-west, in Wales. DERBY What men of name resort to him? CHRISTOPHER Sir Walter Herbert, a renowned soldier;
Sir Gilbert Talbot, Sir William Stanley;
Oxford, redoubted Pembroke, Sir James Blunt, And Rice ap Thomas with a valiant crew;
And many more of noble fame and worth:
And towards London they do bend their course, If by the way they be not fought withal. DERBY 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. Farewell.
