3029Which 1400. yeares ago were naild,
3130For our aduantage on the bitter cro
sse.
3231But this our purpo
se now is twelue month old,
3332And bootele
sse tis to tell you we wil go.
3433Therefore we meet not nowe: then let me heare
3534Of you my gentle Co
sen We
stmerland,
3635What ye
sternight our coun
sell did decree
3736In forwarding this deere expedience.
3837West. My liege, this ha
ste was hot in que
stion,
3938And many limits of the charge
set down
4039But ye
sternight, when all athwart there came
4140A po
st from Wales, loden with heauy newes,
4241Who
se wor
st was that the noble Mortimer,
4342Leading the men of Herdfor
shire to
fight
4443Again
st the irregular, and wild Glendower,
4544Was by the rude hands of that Welchman taken,
4645A thou
sand of his people butchered,
4746Vpon who
se dead corpes there was
such mi
su
se,
4847Such bea
stly
shamele
sse transformation
4948By tho
se Welch-women done, as may not be
5049Without much
shame, retould, or
spoken of.
5150King. It
seemes then that the tidings of this broile,
5251Brake o
ff our bu
sine
sse for the holy land.
5352West. This matcht with other did, my gratious L.
5453For more vneuen and vnwelcome newes
5554Came from the North, and thus it did import,
5655On holly rode day, the gallant Hot
spur there,
5756Yong Harry Percy, and braue Archibold,
5857That euer valiant and approued Scot,
5958At Holmedon met, where they did
spend
6059A
sad and bloudy houre:
6160As by di
scharge of their artillery,
6261And
shape of likelihood the newes was told:
6362For he that brought them in the very heat
6463And pride of their contention, did take hor
se
6564Vncertaine of the i
ssue any way.
6665King. Here is deere, a true indu
strious friend,
6766Sir Walter Blunt new lighted from his hor
se,
Staind