of Richard the third.
23552123Or lowlie fa
ctor for anothers gaine:
23562124But as
succe
ssiuelie from bloud to bloud,
23572125Your right of birth, your Emperie, your owne:
23582126For this con
sorted with the Citizens
23592127Your verie wor
shipfull and louing frinds,
23602128And by their vehement in
stigation,
23612129In this iu
st suite come I to moue your grace.
23622130Glo. I know not whether to depart in
silence,
23632131Or bitterlie to
speake in your reproofe,
23642132Be
st fitteth my degree or your condition:
23752133Your loue de
serues my thanks, but my de
sert
23762134Vnmeritable
shunes your high reque
st,
23772135Fir
st if all ob
stacles were cut awaie,
23782136And that my path were euen to the crown,
23792137As my ripe reuenew and dew by birth,
23802138Yet
so much is my pouerty of
spirit,
23812139So mightie and
so many my defe
cts,
23822140As I had rather hide me from my greatnes,
23832141Beeing a Barke to br
ooke no mightie
sea,
23842142Then in my greatnes couet to be hid,
23852143And in the vapour of my glorie
smotherd:
23862144But God be thanked there's no need of me,
23872145And much I need to helpe you if need were,
23882146The roiall tree hath left vs roiall fruit,
23892147Which mellowed by the
stealing houres of time,
23902148Will well become the
seat of maie
stie,
23912149And make no doubt vs happie by his raigne,
23922150On him I laie what you would laie on me:
23932151The right and fortune of his happie
stars,
23942152Which God defend that I
should wring from him.
23952153Buck. My lord, this argues con
science in your grace,
23962154But the re
spe
cts thereof are nice and triuiall,
23972155All circum
stances well con
sidered:
23982156You
saie that Edward is your brothers
sonne,
23992157So
saie we to, but not by Edwards wife,
24002158For
fir
st he was contra
ct to lady
Lucy,
24012159Your mother liues a witne
sse to that vowe,
24022160And afterward by
sub
stitute betrothed
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