SCENE II. Before Lord Hastings' house.

Enter a Messenger

MESSENGER
What, ho! my lord!

HASTINGS
[Within] Who knocks at the door?

MESSENGER
A messenger from the Lord Stanley.

Enter HASTINGS

HASTINGS
What is't o'clock?

MESSENGER
Upon the stroke of four.

HASTINGS
Cannot thy master sleep these tedious nights?

MESSENGER
So it should seem by that I have to say.
First, he commends him to your noble lordship.