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King Henry the Sixth, I. iii

Wood. [Within.] Have patience, noble Duke; I may not open;

The Cardinal of Winchester forbids:

From him I have express commandment

That thou nor none of thine shall be let in.

Glo. Faint-hearted Woodvile, prizest him 'fore me?

Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate,

Whom Henry, our late sovereign, ne'er could brook?

Thou art no friend to God or to the king:

Open the gates, or I'll shut thee out shortly.

First Serv. Open the gates unto the Lord Protector;

Or we'll burst them open, if that you come not quickly.

Win. How now, ambitious Humphrey! what means this?

Glo. Peel'd priest, dost thou command me to be shut out?

Win. I do, thou most usurping proditor,

And not protector, of the king or realm.

Glo. Stand back, thou manifest conspirator,

Thou that contriv'dst to murder our dead lord;

Thou that giv'st whores indulgences to sin:

I'll canvass thee in thy broad cardinal's hat,

If thou proceed in this thy insolence.

Win. Nay, stand thou back; I will not budge a foot:

 19 Cardinal; cf. n.

22 Woodvile; cf. n.

30 Peel'd: tonsured

31 proditor: betrayer

34 contriv'dst: plottedst; cf. n.

35 Cf. n.

36 canvass: toss, as in a canvas sheet 