As good as one could wish for. The King has been wounded and is near death. And, thanks to your son's luck, Prince Harry has been killed. Douglas killed both Lords Blunt. Prince John of Lancaster, Westmoreland, and Stafford fled the battlefield. And your son captured that hulking Sir John Falstaff, Prince Harry's fattened pig. Oh, there hasn't been a battle so well fought or a victory so well won since the days of Julius Caesar! It brings honor to our times.
NORTHUMBERLAND
How is this derived?
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Saw you the field? Came you from Shrewsbury?
NORTHUMBERLAND
How do you know all this? Did you see the battlefield? Did you come from Shrewsbury?
LORD BARDOLPH
I spake with one, my lord, that came from thence,
A gentleman well bred and of good name,
That freely rendered me these news for true.
LORD BARDOLPH
I talked with someone, my lord, who was coming from there. He was a gentleman, with good breeding and a good reputation. He swore that all this was the truth.
NORTHUMBERLAND
Here comes my servant Travers, who I sent
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On Tuesday last to listen after news.
NORTHUMBERLAND
Here comes my servant, Travers. I sent him last Tuesday to find out what was happening.
Enter TRAVERS
TRAVERS enters.
LORD BARDOLPH
My lord, I overrode him on the way;
And he is furnished with no certainties
More than he haply may retail from me.
LORD BARDOLPH
Sir, I passed him on my way here. He doesn't know anything more than what I told him.
