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Cold friends to me! What do they in the north, Exit.
When they should serve their sovereign in the west? [485]
ST ANLEY
They have not been commanded, mighty King.
Pleaseth your Majesty to give me leave,
I’ll muster up my friends, and meet your Grace
Where and what time your Majesty shall please.
KING RICHARD
Ay, ay, thou wouldst be gone, to join with Richmond. [490]
But I’ll not trust thee.
ST ANLEY
Most mighty sovereign,
You have no cause to hold my friendship doubtful.
I never was, nor never will be, false.
KING RICHARD
Go then, and muster men - but leave behind
Your son George Stanley. Look your heart be firm, [495]
Or else his head’s assurance is but frail.
ST ANLEY
So deal with him as I prove true to you.
Enter a Messenger.
MESSENGER
My gracious sovereign, now in Devonshire -
As I by friends am well advertised -
Sir Edward Courtney and the haughty prelate, [500]
Bishop of Exeter, his elder brother,
With many more confederates, are in arms.
Enter another Messenger.
II MESSENGER
In Kent, my liege, the Guilfords are in arms,
