Enter a Servant.[1155]
Serv. My lord, your son was gone before I came.[1156]
York. He was? Why, so! go all which way it will!
The nobles they are fled, the commons they are cold,[1157]
And will, I fear, revolt on Hereford's side.
Sirrah, get thee to Plashy, to my sister Gloucester;[1158]90
Bid her send me presently a thousand pound:[1159]
Hold, take my ring.[1160]
Serv. My lord, I had forgot to tell your lordship,[1156][1161]
To-day, as I came by, I called there;[1160][1162][1163]
But I shall grieve you to report the rest.[1163]95
York. What is't, knave?[1164]
Serv. An hour before I came, the duchess died.[1156]
York. God for his mercy! what a tide of woes[1165]
Comes rushing on this woeful land at once![1166]
I know not what to do: I would to God,[1165]100
So my untruth had not provoked him to it,
The king had cut off my head with my brother's.
What, are there no posts dispatch'd for Ireland?[1167]
How shall we do for money for these wars?
Come, sister,—cousin, I would say,—pray, pardon me.105
Go, fellow, get thee home, provide some carts[1168]
And bring away the armour that is there. [Exit Servant.[1169]
Gentlemen, will you go muster men?[1170]
If I know how or which way to order these affairs[1171]
Thus thrust disorderly into my hands,[1172]110
Never believe me. Both are my kinsmen:[1173]
The one is my sovereign, whom both my oath[1174]
And duty bids defend; the other again[1175]
Is my kinsman, whom the king hath wrong'd,[1176]
Whom conscience and my kindred bids to right.115
Well, somewhat we must do. Come, cousin, I'll[1177]
Dispose of you.[1177]
Gentlemen, go, muster up your men,[1177][1178]
And meet me presently at Berkeley.[1179]
I should to Plashy too;[1180]120
But time will not permit: all is uneven,[1180]
And every thing is left at six and seven.[1180]
[Exeunt York and Queen.[1181]
Bushy. The wind sits fair for news to go to Ireland,[1182]
But none returns. For us to levy power
Proportionable to the enemy[1183]125
Is all unpossible.[1183][1184]
Green. Besides, our nearness to the king in love
Is near the hate of those love not the king.