Richard III
Act IV, Scene 5
Lord Stanley’s house.
Shield design for Lord Stanley
Charles Hamilton Smith, Emma Hamilton Smith, 19th century
- Enter Stanley the Earl of Derby, and Sir
- Christopher Urswick, a priest.
Stanley
1 - 9- Sir Christopher, tell Richmond this from me:
- That in the sty of the most deadly boar
- My son George Stanley is frank’d up in hold;
- If I revolt, off goes young George’s head;
- The fear of that holds off my present aid.
- So get thee gone; commend me to thy lord.
- Withal say that the Queen hath heartily consented
- He should espouse Elizabeth her daughter.
- But tell me, where is princely Richmond now?
Christopher
10- At Pembroke or at Ha’rford-West in Wales.
Stanley
11- What men of name resort to him?
Christopher
12 - 18- 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 other of great name and worth;
- And towards London do they bend their power,
- If by the way they be not fought withal.
Stanley
19 - 21- Well, hie thee to thy lord; I kiss his hand.
- My letter will resolve him of my mind.
- Farewell.
- Exeunt.