Sir M. My good lord,[3016][3017]
I guess their tenour.[3017]
Arch. Like enough you do.[3018]
To-morrow, good Sir Michael, is a day
Wherein the fortune of ten thousand men
Must bide the touch; for, sir, at Shrewsbury,10
As I am truly given to understand,
The king with mighty and quick-raised power
Meets with Lord Harry: and, I fear, Sir Michael,
What with the sickness of Northumberland,
Whose power was in the first proportion,15
And what with Owen Glendower's absence thence,[3019]
Who with them was a rated sinew too[3020]
And comes not in, o'er-ruled by prophecies,[3021]
I fear the power of Percy is too weak
To wage an instant trial with the king.20
Sir M. Why, my good lord, you need not fear;[3022][3023]
There is Douglas and Lord Mortimer.[3022][3024][3025]
Arch. No, Mortimer is not there.[3025]
Sir M. But there is Mordake, Vernon, Lord Harry Percy,[3026]
And there is my Lord of Worcester and a head[3027][3028]25
Of gallant warriors, noble gentlemen.[3027]
Arch. And so there is: but yet the king hath drawn
The special head of all the land together:
The Prince of Wales, Lord John of Lancaster,
The noble Westmoreland and warlike Blunt;30
And many moe corrivals and dear men[3029]
Of estimation and command in arms.
Sir M. Doubt not, my lord, they shall be well opposed.[3030]
Arch. I hope no less, yet needful 'tis to fear;
And, to prevent the worst, Sir Michael, speed:35
For if Lord Percy thrive not, ere the king[3031]
Dismiss his power, he means to visit us,
For he hath heard of our confederacy,[3032]
And 'tis but wisdom to make strong against him:
Therefore make haste. I must go write again40
To other friends; and so farewell, Sir Michael. [Exeunt.
FOOTNOTES:
[2867] Sc. I.: The....] Malone. At Shrewsbury. Pope. The rebel camp before Shrewsbury. Capell.