Pem. Ah, son, I've been
A careless holder all my life, and still
With my last hour play spendthrift. Well, here be
Three friends of England—Gualo makes a fourth—
And trusting you I ease my bones to death.
[Enter attendant with a letter, which he gives to Pembroke]
Pem. [After reading] De Burgh! O gallant soul!
Now am I young!
With forty ships he'll meet the fleet of France!
I live again, for courage is not dead!