The First Part of Henry IV:
Act 4, Scene 4
Enter the ARCHBISHOP OF YORK,
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SIR MICHAEL.
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
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Hie, good Sir Michael; bear this sealed brief
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With winged haste to the lord marshal;
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This to my cousin Scroop, and all the rest
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To whom they are directed. If you knew
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How much they do to import, you would make haste.
SIR MICHAEL
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My good lord,
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I guess their tenor.
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
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Like enough you do.
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tomorrow, good Sir Michael, is a day
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Wherein the fortune of ten thousand men
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Must bide the touch; for, sir, at Shrewsbury,
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As I am truly given to understand,
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The king with mighty and quick-raised power
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Meets with Lord Harry: and, I fear, Sir Michael,
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What with the sickness of Northumberland,
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Whose power was in the first proportion,
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And what with Owen Glendower's absence thence,
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Who with them was a rated sinew too
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And comes not in, o'er-ruled by prophecies,
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I fear the power of Percy is too weak
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To wage an instant trial with the king.
SIR MICHAEL
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Why, my good lord, you need not fear;
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There is Douglas and Lord Mortimer.
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
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No, Mortimer is not there.
SIR MICHAEL
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But there is Mordake, Vernon, Lord Harry Percy,
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And there is my Lord of Worcester and a head
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Of gallant warriors, noble gentlemen.
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
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And so there is: but yet the king hath drawn
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The special head of all the land together:
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The Prince of Wales, Lord John of Lancaster,
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The noble Westmoreland and warlike Blunt;
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And moe corrivals and dear men
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Of estimation and command in arms.
SIR MICHAEL
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Doubt not, my lord, they shall be well opposed.
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
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I hope no less, yet needful 'tis to fear;
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And, to prevent the worst, Sir Michael, speed:
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For if Lord Percy thrive not, ere the king
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Dismiss his power, he means to visit us,
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For he hath heard of our confederacy,
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And 'tis but wisdom to make strong against him:
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Therefore make haste. I must go write again
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To other friends; and so farewell, Sir Michael.