The first part of the contention of the two famous
14595As if our King were bound vnto your will,
145.196And might not do his will without your leaue,
145.297Proud Prote
ctor, enuy in thine eyes I
see,
145.398The big
swolne venome of thy hatefull heart,
145.499That dares pre
sume gain
st that thy Soueraigne likes.
146100Humphr. Nay my Lord tis not my words that troubles you,
148101But my pre
sence, proud Prelate as thou art:
148.1102But ile begone, and giue thee leaue to
speake.
152103Farewell my Lords, and
say when I am gone,
153104I prophe
sied
France would be lo
st ere long.
154106Card. There goes our Prote
ctor in a rage,
155107My Lords you know he is my great enemy,
155.1108And though he be Prote
ctor of the land,
155.2109And thereby couers his deceitfull thoughts,
155.3110For well you
see, if he but walke the
streets,
165111The common people
swarme about him
straight,
168112Crying Ie
sus ble
sse your royall exellence,
169113With God pre
serue the good Duke
Humphrey.
170114And many things be
sides that are not knowne,
171115Which time will bring to light in
smooth Duke
Humphrey.
177116But I will after him, and if I can
178117Ile laie a plot to heaue him from his
seate.
181119Buck. But let vs watch this haughtie Cardinall,
181.1120Co
sen of
Somerset be rulde by me,
181.2121Weele watch Duke
Humphrey and the Cardinall too,
181.3122And put them from the marke they faine would hit.
174123Somerset. Thanks co
sin
Buckingham, ioyne thou with me,
175124And both of vs with the Duke of
Suffolke,
176125Weele quickly heaue Duke
Humphrey from his
seate.
176.1126Buck. Content, Come then let vs about it
straight,
185127For either thou or I will be Prote
ctor.
187128Exet Buckingham and Somerset. 188129Salsb. Pride went before, Ambition follows after.
189130Whil
st the
se do
seeke their owne preferments thus,
My