The first part of the contention of the two famous
256167Nor
shall proud
Lancaster v
surpe my right,
257168Nor hold the
scepter in his childi
sh fist,
258169Nor vveare the Diademe vpon his head,
259170Who
se church-like humours
fits not for a Crovvne:
260171Then
Yorke be
still a vvhile till time do
serue,
261172Watch thou, and vvake vvhen others be a
sleepe,
262173To prie into the
secrets of the
state,
263174Till
Henry surfeiting in ioyes of loue,
264175With his nevv bride, and Englands dear bought queene,
265176And
Humphrey vvith the Peeres be falne at iarres,
266177Then vvill I rai
se aloft the milke-vvhite Ro
se,
267178With vvho
se
svveete
smell the aire
shall be perfumde,
268179And in my Standard beare the Armes of
Yorke,
269180To gra
ffle vvith the Hou
se of
Lancaster:
270181And force perforce, ile make him yeeld the Crovvne,
271182Who
se booki
sh rule hath puld faire England dovvne.
273184 Enter Duke Humphrey, and Dame Ellanor,
274186Elnor. Why droopes my Lord like ouer ripened corne,
275187Hanging the head at
Cearies plentious loade,
280188What
see
st thou Duke
Humphrey King
Henries Crovvne?
284189Reach at it, and if thine arme be too
short,
285190Mine
shall lengthen it. Art not thou a Prince,
285.1191Vnckle to the King, and his Prote
ctor?
285.2192Then vvhat
should
st thou lacke that might content thy minde.
292193Humph. My louely
Nell, far be it from my heart,
293194To thinke of Trea
sons gain
st my
soueraigne Lord,
295195But I vvas troubled vvith a dreame to night,
295.1196And God I pray, it do betide no ill.
296197Elnor. What drempt my Lord. Good
Humphrey tell it me,
296.1198And ile interpret it, and vvhen thats done,
297199Ile tell thee then, vvhat I did dreame to night.
298200Humphrey. This night vvhen I vvas laid in bed, I dreampt that
this