398393Receiue thy launce, and God defend the right.
399394Bul. Strong as a tower in hope I cry, Amen.
400395Mart. Go beare this lance to Thomas Duke of Norfolke.
401396Herald Harry of Herford, Lanca
ster, and Darby
402397Stands here, for God, his
soueraigne, and him
selfe,
403398On paine to be found fal
se and recreant,
404399To proue the Duke of Norfolke Thomas Mowbray
405400A traitor to God, his king, and him,
406401And dares him to
set forward to the
fight.
407402Herald 2Here
standeth Thomas Mowbray D
.
of Norfolk
408403On paine to be found fal
se and recreant,
409404Both to defend him
selfe, and to approue
410405Henry of Hereford, Lanca
ster, and Darby,
411406To God, his
soueraigne, and to him di
sloyall,
412407Couragiou
sly, and with a free de
sire,
413408Attending but the
signall to beginne.
414409Mart. Sound trumpets, and
set forward Combatants:
415410Stay, the king hath throwen his warder downe.
416411King. Let them lay by their helmets, and their
speares,
417412And both returne backe to their chaires againe,
418413Withdraw with vs, and let the trumpets
sound,
419414While we returne the
se dukes what we decree.
422416What with our coun
sell we haue done:
423417For that our kingdomes earth
should not be
soild
424418With that deare bloud which it hath fo
stered
: 425419And for our eies do hate the dire a
spe
ct 426420Of cruell wounds plowd vp with neighbours
sword,
426.1421And for we thinke the Egle-winged pride
426.2422Of skie-a
spiring and ambitious thoughts,
426.3423With riuall hating enuy
set on you
426.4424To wake our peace, which in our Countries cradle
426.5425Draw the
sweet infant breath of gentle
sleepe,
427426Which
so rouZde vp with boi
strous vntunde drummes,
428427With har
sh re
sounding trumpets dreadfull bray,
429428And grating
shocke of har
sh re
sounding armes,
430429Might from our quiet con
fines fright faire Peace,
And