Page 1236 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1
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O, true, good Catesby! Bid him levy straight
The greatest strength and power that he can make, [450]
And meet me suddenly at Salisbury.
CAT ESBY
I go.
Exit.
RAT CLIFFE
What, may it please you, shall I do at Salisbury?
KING RICHARD
Why, what wouldst thou do there before I go?
RAT CLIFFE
Your Highness told me I should post before. [455]
KING RICHARD
My mind is chang’d.
Enter Stanley Earl of Derby.
Stanley, what news with you?
ST ANLEY
None good, my liege, to please you with the hearing;
Nor none so bad but well may be reported.
KING RICHARD
Hoyday, a riddle! Neither good nor bad -
What need’st thou run so many miles about [460]
When thou mayst tell thy tale the nearest way?
Once more, what news?
ST ANLEY
Richmond is on the seas.
KING RICHARD
There let him sink, and be the seas on him -
