King Henry IV, Part I
| ACT IV SCENE IV | York. The Archbishop’s palace. | |
| [Enter the ARCHBISHOP OF YORK and SIR MICHAEL] | ||
| ARCHBISHOP OF YORK | Hie, good Sir Michael; bear this sealed brief | |
| With winged haste to the lord marshal; | ||
| This to my cousin Scroop, and all the rest | ||
| To whom they are directed. If you knew | ||
| How much they do to import, you would make haste. | 5 | |
| SIR MICHAEL | My good lord, | |
| I guess their tenor. | ||
| ARCHBISHOP OF YORK | Like enough you do. | |
| To-morrow, good Sir Michael, is a day | ||
| Wherein the fortune of ten thousand men | 10 | |
| Must bide the touch; for, sir, at Shrewsbury, | ||
| 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, | 15 | |
| Whose power was in the first proportion, | ||
| And what with Owen Glendower’s absence thence, | ||
| Who with them was a rated sinew too | ||
| And comes not in, o’er-ruled by prophecies, | ||
| I fear the power of Percy is too weak | 20 | |
| To wage an instant trial with the king. | ||
| SIR MICHAEL | Why, my good lord, you need not fear; | |
| There is Douglas and Lord Mortimer. | ||
| ARCHBISHOP OF YORK | No, Mortimer is not there. | |
| SIR MICHAEL | But there is Mordake, Vernon, Lord Harry Percy, | 25 |
| And there is my Lord of Worcester and a head | ||
| Of gallant warriors, noble gentlemen. | ||
| ARCHBISHOP OF YORK | 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, | 30 | |
| The noble Westmoreland and warlike Blunt; | ||
| And moe corrivals and dear men | ||
| Of estimation and command in arms. | ||
| SIR MICHAEL | Doubt not, my lord, they shall be well opposed. | |
| ARCHBISHOP OF YORK | I hope no less, yet needful ’tis to fear; | 35 |
| And, to prevent the worst, Sir Michael, speed: | ||
| For if Lord Percy thrive not, ere the king | ||
| Dismiss his power, he means to visit us, | ||
| For he hath heard of our confederacy, | ||
| And ’tis but wisdom to make strong against him: | 40 | |
| Therefore make haste. I must go write again | ||
| To other friends; and so farewell, Sir Michael. | ||
| [Exeunt] | ||
Continue to Henry IV, Part I, Act 5, Scene 1