F. Go, fool, at once. [Exit T.

(To R.) Richard, you come in time:

You are recognised. See here! The Countess bids me

Deliver you this letter.

R. (taking).To me! Diana!

Why! ’tis addressed to Milan. ’Tis impossible.

Nay, nay; she knows not. What hath made you think it?

F. Because she bade me post this night to Milan

To give this in your hands. I pleaded sickness,

Begged she would find some other messenger: