Richard III

Act 4, Scene 5

SCENE V. Lord Derby's house.

    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.

    Exeunt