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Richard III
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  • ACT IV SCENE V

    
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     Act IV  Scene I 
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     Act IV  Scene III
     Act IV  Scene IV
     Act IV  Scene V
     Act V   Scene I 
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     Act V   Scene III 
     Act V   Scene IV 
     Act V   Scene V
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     Act IV 

    
    ACT IV: SCENE V	Lord Derby's house.

    
    	Enter DERBY and SIR CHRISTOPHER URSWICK
    
    DERBY	Sir Christopher, tell Richmond this from me:
    	That in the sty of this most bloody boar
    	My son George Stanley is frank'd up in hold:
    	If I revolt, off goes young George's head;
    	The fear of that withholds my present aid.
    	But, tell me, where is princely Richmond now?
    
    CHRISTOPHER	At Pembroke, or at Harford-west, in Wales.
    
    DERBY	What men of name resort to him?
    
    CHRISTOPHER	Sir Walter Herbert, a renowned soldier;
    	Sir Gilbert Talbot, Sir William Stanley;
    	Oxford, redoubted Pembroke, Sir James Blunt,
    	And Rice ap Thomas with a valiant crew;
    	And many more of noble fame and worth:
    	And towards London they do bend their course,
    	If by the way they be not fought withal.
    
    DERBY	Return unto thy lord; commend me to him:
    	Tell him the queen hath heartily consented
    	He shall espouse Elizabeth her daughter.
    	These letters will resolve him of my mind. Farewell.
    
    	Exeunt
    
    
    

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