The Porter opens the gate.
Where is the Earl?
PORTER.
What shall I say you are?
LORD BARDOLPH.
Tell thou the Earl
That the Lord Bardolph doth attend him here.
PORTER.
His lordship is walk’d forth into the orchard.
Please it your honour knock but at the gate,
And he himself will answer.
Enter Northumberland.
LORD BARDOLPH.
Here comes the Earl.
[Exit Porter.]
NORTHUMBERLAND.
What news, Lord Bardolph? Every minute now
Should be the father of some stratagem.
The times are wild; contention, like a horse
Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose
And bears down all before him.
LORD BARDOLPH.
Noble earl,
I bring you certain news from Shrewsbury.