1 My lord of Salisbury, we have stay'd ten days, 2 And hardly kept our countrymen together, 3 And yet we hear no tidings from the king; 4 Therefore we will disperse ourselves: farewell.
EARL OF SALISBURY
5 Stay yet another day, thou trusty Welshman: 6 The king reposeth all his confidence in thee.
Captain
7 'Tis thought the king is dead; we will not stay. 8 The bay-trees in our country are all wither'd 9 And meteors fright the fixed stars of heaven; 10 The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth 11 And lean-look'd prophets whisper fearful change; 12 Rich men look sad and ruffians dance and leap, 13 The one in fear to lose what they enjoy, 14 The other to enjoy by rage and war: 15 These signs forerun the death or fall of kings. 16 Farewell: our countrymen are gone and fled, 17 As well assured Richard their king is dead.
Exit
EARL OF SALISBURY
18 Ah, Richard, with the eyes of heavy mind 19 I see thy glory like a shooting star 20 Fall to the base earth from the firmament. 21 Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west, 22 Witnessing storms to come, woe and unrest: 23 Thy friends are fled to wait upon thy foes, 24 And crossly to thy good all fortune goes.