27161407Flew. Captain Gower, in the name of Iesu,

27171408Come to his Maiestie, there is more good toward you,

27181409Then you can dreame off.

27201410Soul. Do you heare you sir? do you know this gloue?

27211411Flew. I know the the gloue is a gloue.

27221412Soul. Sir I know this, and thus I challenge it.

27281414Flew. Gode plut, and his. Captain Gower stand away:

1415Ile giue treason his due presently.

27351417Kin. How now, what is the matter?

27361418Flew. And it shall please your Maiestie,

27371419Here is the notablest peece of treason come to light,

27381420As you shall desire to see in a sommers day.

27411421Here is a rascall, beggerly rascall, is strike the gloue,

27421422Which your Maiestie tooke out of the helmet of Alonson:

27521423And your Maiestie will beare me witnes, and testimony,

27531424And auouchments, that this is the gloue.

27451425Soul. And it please your Maiestie, that was my gloue.

27461426He that I gaue it too in the night,

1427Promised me to weare it in his hat:

27471428I promised to strike him if he did.

1429I met that Gentleman, with my gloue in his hat,

27481430And I thinke I haue bene as good as my word.

27501431Flew. Your Maiestie heares, vnder your Maiesties

27511432Manhood, what a beggerly lowsie knaue it is.

27561433Kin. Let me see thy gloue. Looke you,

27571434This is the fellow of it.

27581435It was I indeed you promised to strike.

27591436And thou thou hast giuen me most bitter words.

27621437How canst thou make vs amends?

2762.11438Flew. Let his necke answere it,

2762.21439If there be any marshals lawe in the worell.

27631440Soul. My Liege, all offences come from the heart:

1441Neuer came any from mine to offend your Maiestie.

27671442You appeard to me as a common man:

27681443Witnesse the night, your garments, your lowlinesse,

27701444And whatsoeuer you receiued vnder that habit,

1445I beseech your Maiestie impute it to your owne fault

27711446And not mine. For your selfe came not like your selfe:

1447Had you bene as you seemed, I had made no offence.

27721448Therefore I beseech your grace to pardon me.

27741449Kin. Vncle, fill the gloue with crownes,

27751450And giue it to the souldier. Weare it fellow,

27761451As an honour in thy cap, till I do challenge it.

27771452Giue him the crownes. Come Captaine Flewellen,

27781453I must needs haue you friends.

27791454Flew. By Iesus, the fellow hath mettall enough

27801455In his belly. Harke you souldier, there is a shilling for you,

27811456And keep your selfe out of brawles & brables, & dissentiōs,

27821457And looke you, it shall be the better for you.

27841458Soul. Ile none of your money sir, not I.

27851459Flew. Why tis a good shilling man.

27861460Why should you be queamish? Your shoes are not so good:

1461It will serue you to mend your shoes.

27901462Kin. What men of sort are taken vnckle?

27951463Exe. Charles Duke of Orleance, Nephew to the King.

27961464Iohn Duke of Burbon, and Lord Bowchquall.

27971465Of other Lords and Barrons, Knights and Squiers,

27981466Full fifteene hundred, besides common men.

27991467This note doth tell me of ten thousand

28001468French, that in the field lyes slaine.

28011469Of Nobles bearing banners in the field,

F 3 Charles

28111470Charles de le Brute, hie Constable of France.

28121471Iaques of Chattillian, Admirall of France.

28131472The Maister of the crosbows, Iohn Duke Alōson.

28141473Lord Ranbieres, hie Maister of France.

1474The braue sir Gwigzard, Dolphin. Of Nobelle Charillas,

28181475Gran Prie, and Rosse, Fawconbridge and Foy.

2818.11476Gerard and Verton. Vandemant and Lestra.

28201477Here was a royall fellowship of death.

28211478Where is the number of our English dead?

28221479Edward the Duke of Yorke, the Earle of Suffolke,

28231480Sir Richard Ketley, Dauy Gam Esquier:

28241481And of all other, but fiue and twentie.

28261482O God thy arme was here,

28271483And vnto thee alone, ascribe we praise.

28281484When without strategem,

28291485And in euen shock of battle, was euer heard

28301486So great, and litle losse, on one part and an other.

28311487Take it God, for it is onely thine.

28331488Exe. Tis wonderfull.

28341489King. Come let vs go on procession through the camp:

28351490Let it be death proclaimed to any man,

28361491To boast hereof, or take the praise from God,

28371492Which is his due.

28381493Flew. Is it lawful, and it please your Maiestie,

1494To tell how many is kild?

28401495King. Yes Flewellen, but with this acknowledgement,

28411496That God fought for vs.

28421497Flew. Yes in my conscience, he did vs great good.

28441498King. Let there be sung, Nououes and te Deum.

28451499The dead with charitie enterred in clay:

28461500Weele then to Calice, and to England then,

28471501Where nere from France, arriude more happier men.