York. Which now they hold by force, and not by right;

For Richard the firft fon's heir being dead,

The Iffue of the next fon fhould have reign'd.

Sal. But William of Hatfield dy'd without an heir.
York. The third son, duke of Clarence, from whose
Line

I claim the Crown, had iffue Philip, a daughter,
Who married Edmond Mortimer, Earl of March.
Edmond had iffue, Roger Earl of March:

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Roger had iffue, Edmond, Anne, and Eleanor.

Sal. This Edmond, in the reign of Bolingbroke,
As I have read, laid Claim unto the Crown;
And, but for Owen Glendower, had been King;
Who kept him in captivity, till he dy'd.
But, to the reft

York. His eldest fifter, Anne,

My mother, being heir unto the Crown,
Married Richard Earl of Cambridge,
Who was the fon to Edmond Langley,
Edward the Third's fifth fon.

By her I claim the Kingdom; fhe was heir
To Roger Earl of March, who was the fon
Of Edmond Mortimer, who married Philip,
Sole daughter unto Lionel Duke of Clarence.
So, if the iffue of the elder fon

Succeed before the younger, I am King.

War. What plain proceeding is more plain than this? Henry doth claim the Crown from John of Gaunt, The fourth fon; York here claims it from the third, Till Lionel's iffue fail, his fhould not reign; It fails not yet, but flourisheth in thee And in thy fons, fair flips of fuch a stock. Then, father Salisbury, kneel we together, And in this private Plot be we the first, That fhall falute our righful Sovereign With honour of his birth-right to the Crown. D 2

Both.

Both. Long live our Sov'reign Richard, England's King!

York. We thank you, Lords: but I am not your King,
'Till I be crown'd; and that my fword be ftain'd
With heart-blood of the House of Lancaster:
And that's not fuddenly to be perform'd,
But with advice and filent fecrecy.

Do you, as I do, in thefe dang'rous days,
Wink at the Duke of Suffolk's Infolence,
At Beauford's Pride, at Somerfet's Ambition,
At Buckingham, and all the crew of them;
Till they have foar'd the fhepherd of the flock.
That virtuous Prince, the good Duke Humphry,
'Tis that they feek; and they in feeking that
Shall feek their deaths, if York can prophefy.
Sal. My Lord, here break we off; we know your mind.
War. My heart affures me, that the Earl of Warwick
Shall one day make the Duke of York a King.
York. And, Nevill, this I do affure myself,
Richard fhall live to make the Earl of Warwick
The greatest man in England, but the King. [Exeunt.

SCENE V..

Changes to a House near Smithfield.

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Sound Trumpets. Enter King Henry and Nobles, the Dutchefs, Mother Jordan, Southwel, Hume, and Bolinbrook, under guard.

K. Henry. STAN Glo'ßter's wife,

TAND forth, Dame Eleanor Cobham,

In fight of God and us your guilt is great;
Receive the fentence of the law for fins,
Such as by God's Book are adjudg'd to death.
-You four from hence to prifon back again;

[To the other prisoners.
From thence unto the place of execution.
The Witch in Smithfield fhall be burn'd to afhes.
And you three thall be ftrangled on the gallows.

-You,

You, Madam, for you are more nobly born,
Defpoiled of your honour in your life,
Shall after three days open Penance done,
Live in your country here, in Banifhment,
With Sir John Stanley in the Isle of Man.

Elean. Welcome is exile, welcome were my death. Glo. The law, thou feeft, hath judg'd thee, Eleanor; I cannot justify, whom law condemns.

[Exeunt Eleanor, and the others, guarded.

age

Mine eyes are full of tears, my heart of grief.
Ah, Humphry this dishonour in thine
Will bring thy head with forrow to the ground.
I befeech your Majefty, give me leave to go;
Sorrow would Solace, and my age would Eafe. *
K. Henry. Stay Humphry, Duke of Glofter; ere

thou go,

Give up thy ftaff; Henry will to himfelf
Protector be, and God shall be my hope,
My ftay, my guide, and lanthorn to my feet.
And go in peace, Humphry, no lefs belov'd,
Than when thou wert Protector to thy King.
Q. Mar. I fee no reafon, why a King of years
Should be to be protected like a child:
God and King Henry govern England's realm:
Give up your staff, Sir, and the king his realm.
Glo. My ftaff? here, noble Henry, is my staff;
As willingly do I the fame refign,

As e'er thy father Henry made it mine;
And even as willing at thy feet I leave it,
As others would ambitiously receive it.

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Farewel, good King; when I an dead and gone,
May honourable peace attend thy throne. [Exit Glo'fter.

2. Sorrow would folace, and my age would Eafe.] That is, for row would have, forrow requires folace, and age requires eafe.

* God and King Henry govern England's realm: 1 The word realm at the end of two

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lines together is difpleafing; and when it is confidered that much of this feene s written in rhyme, it will not appear improbable that the author wrote, govern England's helm.

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Q. Mar

Q. Mar. Why, now is Henry King, and Margret
Queen.

And Humphry, Duke of Glo'fter, scarce himself,
That bears fo fhrew'd a maim; two pulls at once;
His lady banifh'd, and a limb loft off.

This ftaff of honour raught, there let it stand,
Where beft it fits to be, in Henry's hand.

Suf. Thus drops this lofty pine, and hangs his fprays;

Thus Eleanor's pride dies in her younger days.
York. Lords, let him go. Pleafe it your Majefty,
This is the day appointed for the combat,
And ready are th' appellant and defendant.
The armourer and his man, to enter the lifts,
So please your Highness to behold the fight.

Q. Mar. Ay, good my Lord; for purposely therefore Left I the court, to fee this quarrel try'd,

K, Henry, A'God's name, see the lifts and all things

Here let them end it, and God guard the right!
York. I never faw a fellow worse bestead,
Or more afraid to fight, than is th' appellant,
The fervant of the armourer, my Lords.

Enter at one door the armourer and his neighbours, drinke ing to him so much, that he is drunk; and be enters with a drum before him, and his staff with a fand

bag fastened to it; and at the other door bis man, with a drum and fand-bag, and prentices drinking to

bim.

1 Neigh. Here, neighbour Horner, I drink to you in a cup of fack; and fear not, neighbour, you fhall do well enough.

2 Neigh. And here, neighbour, here's a cup of char

3 Neigh, And here's a pot of good double beer, neighbour; drink, and fear not your man.

Arm. Let it come, i'faith, and I'll pledge you all and a fig for Peter.

1 Pren. Here, Peter, I drink to thee, and be not afraid.

2 Pren. Be merry, Peter, and fear not thy mafter; fight for the credit of the 'prentices.

Peter. I thank you all; drink, and pray for me, I pray you; for, I think, I have taken my last draught in this world. Here, Robin: if I die, I give thee my apron; and, Will, thou fhalt have my hammer; and here, Tom, take all the mony that I have. O Lord, blefs me I pray God; for I am never able to deal with my mafter, he hath learn'd fo much fence already.

5 a cup of charneco.] On which the Oxford Editor thus criticifes in his Index. This feems to bave been a cant word for fome frong liquor, which was apt to bring drunken fellows to the flocks, fince in Spanish Charniegos is a term used for the flocks. It was no cant word, but a common name for a fort of fweet wine, as appears from a paffage in a pamphlet, intitled, The difcovery of a London Monster, called the black dog of Newgate, printed 1612. Some drinking the neat

wine of Orleance, fome the Gafcony, fome the Bourdeaux. There wanted neither fherry, fack nor charneco, maligo nor amber-colour'd candy, nor liquerish ipocras, brown beloved baftard, fat aligant, or any quick-spirited liquor.- -And as charneca is, in Spanish, the name of a kind of turpentine tree, I imagine the growth of it was in fome district abounding with that tree; or that it had its name from a certain flavour refembling it.

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WARBURTON.

Sal.

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