25882364Arch. Hie good sir Mighell, beare this sealed briefe

25892365With winged haste to the Lord Marshall,

25902366This to my coosen Scroope, and all the rest

25912367To whom they are directed. If you knew

25922368How much they do import you would make haste.

25942369Sir M. My good Lord I gesse their tenor.

25952370Arch. Like enough you do.

25962371To morrow good sir Mighell is a day,

25972372Wherein the fortune of ten thousand men

25982373Must bide the touch. For sir at Shrewsbury

25992374As I am truly giuen to vnderstand,

26002375The king with mighty and quicke raised power

26012376Meetes with Lord Harry. And I feare sir Mighell

26022377What with the sicknesse of Northumberland,

26032378Whose power was in the first proportion,

26042379And what with Owen Glendowers absence thence,

26052380Who with them was a rated sinew too,

I1. And

26062381And comes not in ouerrulde by prophecies,

26072382I feare the power of Percy is too weake

26082383To wage an instant triall with the king.

26092384Sir M. Why my good Lord, you need not feare,

26102385There is Douglas, and Lord Mortimer.

26112386Arch. No, Mortimer is not there.

26122387Sir M. But there is Mordake, Vernon, Lord Harry Percy.

26132388And there is my Lord of Worcester, and a head

26142389Of gallant warriours, noble gentlemen.

26162390Arch. And so there is: but yet the king hath drawn

26172391The speciall head of all the land togither,

26182392The Prince of Wales, Lord Iohn of Lancaster,

26192393The noble Westmerland, and warlike Blunt,

26202394And many mo coriuals and deare men

26212395Of estimation and command in armes.

26222396Sir M. Doubt not my Lo: they shalbe wel oppos'd.

26232397Arch. I hope no lesse, yet needfull tis to feare,

26242398And to preuent the worst, sir Mighell speed:

26252399For if Lord Percy thriue not ere the king

26262400Dismisse his power, he meanes to visit vs,

26272401For he hath heard of our confederacy,

26282402And tis but wisedome to make strong against him,

26292403Therefore make haste, I must go write againe

26302404To other friends, and so farewell sir Mighel.