First Messenger

First Messenger
My gracious sovereign, now in Devonshire,
As I by friends am well advertisèd,
Sir Edward Courtney and the haughty prelate,
Bishop of Exeter, his elder brother,
With many more confederates are in arms.
   Enter another Messenger.
Second Messenger
In Kent, my liege, the Guilfords are in arms,
And every hour more competitors
Flock to the rebels,
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