12301243Will you permit that I
shall
stand condemnd
12311244A wandering vagabond, my rights and royalties
12321245Pluckt from my armes perforce; and giuen away
12331246To vp
start vnthrifts? wherefore was I borne?
12341247If that my cou
sin King be King in England,
12351248It mu
st be granted I am duke of Lanca
ster:
12361249You haue a
sonne, Aumerle, my noble cou
sin,
12371250Had you
fir
st died, and he bin thus trod downe,
12381251He
should haue found his vncle Gaunt a father,
12391252To rowze his wrongs and cha
se them to the baie.
12401253I am denyed to
sue my Liuery here,
12411254And yet my letters pattents giue me leaue.
12421255My fathers goods are all di
strainde and
sold,
12431256And the
se, and all, are all ami
sse employed.
12441257What would you haue me do
? I am a
subie
ct;
12451258And I challenge law, Atturnies are denied me,
12461259And therefore per
sonally I lay my claime
12471260To my inheritance of
free de
scent.
12481261North. The noble Duke hath bin too much abu
sed.
12491262Rosse It
stands your Grace vpon to do him right.
12501263Willo. Ba
se men by his endowments are made great.
12511264Yorke My Lords
of England, let me tell you this:
12521265I haue had feeling of my cou
sins wrongs,
12531266And labourd all I could to do him right:
12541267But in this kind to come, in brauing armes
12551268Be his owne caruer, and cut out his way,
12561269To
finde out right wyth wrong it may not be:
12571270And you that do abette him in this kinde,
12581271Cheri
sh rebellion, and are rebells all.
12591272North. The noble Duke hath
sworne his comming is,
12601273But for his owne; and for the right of that,
12611274We al haue
strongly
sworne to giue him ayde:
12621275And let him neuer
see ioy that breakes that oath.
12631276Yorke Wel wel, I
see the i
ssue of the
se armes,
12641277I cannot mend it I mu
st needes confe
sse,
12651278Becau
se my power is weake and all ill left:
12661279But if
I could, by him that gaue me life,
I
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