In which young Richard Shelton, on the very morning of his marriage, encounters Sir Daniel Brackley and, with magnanimity, spares his life yet forbids him passage through York's lines, only to witness the knight struck down by a deadly arrow in the nearby thicket. As solemn prayers are offered beside the fallen, Ellis Duckworth reveals himself as the reluctant archer, sharing a moment of bitter reflection and farewell with Richard upon the shattered fellowship they once knew.