The first part of the contention of the two famous
29901947Enter the Duke of Yorke with Drum and souldiers, 29921948Yorke. In Armes from Ireland comes Yorke amaine,
29941949Ring belles aloud, bon
fires perfume the ayre,
29951950To entertaine faire Englands royall King.
29961951Ah
Sancta Maiesta, who would not buy thee deare?
30041953But
soft, who comes here
Buckingham, what newes with him?
30061954Buc. Yorke, if thou meane well, I greete thee
so.
30071955Yorke. Humphrey of Buckingham, welcome I
svveare:
30081956What comes thou in loue or as a Me
ssenger?
30091957Buc. I come as a Me
ssenger from our dread Lord and
soueraign,
30101958Henry. To knovv the rea
son of the
se Armes in peace?
30111959Or that thou being a
subie
ct as I am,
30131960Should
st thus approach
so neare vvith colours
spred,
30141961Whereas the per
son of the King doth keepe?
30161963Oh hovv I hate the
se
spitefull abie
ct termes,
30171964But Yorke di
ssemble, till thou meete thy
sonnes,
3017.11965Who novv in Armes expe
ct their fathers
sight,
3017.21966And not farre hence I knovv they cannot be.
30241967Humphrey Duke of Buckingham, pardon me,
30251968That I an
svvearde not at
fir
st, my mind vvas troubled,
30271969I came to remoue that mon
strous Rebell Cade,
30281970And heaue proud Somer
set from out the Court,
30291971That ba
sely yeelded vp the Tovvnes in France.
30301972Buc. Why that vvas pre
sumption on thy behalfe,
30311973But if it be no othervvi
se but
so,
30321974The King doth pardon thee, and gran
st to thy reque
st,
30331975And
Somer
set is
sent vnto the Tovver.
30341976Yorke. Vpon thine honour is it
so?
30351977Buc. Yorke, he is vpon mine honour.
30361978York. Then before thy face, I here di
smi
sse my troopes,
30381979Sirs, meete me to morrovv in
saint Georges
fields,
30391980And there you
shall receiue your paie of me.
30471982Buc. Come York, thou
shalt go
speake vnto the King,
3047.11983But
see, his grace is comming to meete vvith vs.
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