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King Henry the Sixth, I. i

I fear me, lords, for all this flattering gloss,

He will be found a dangerous protector.

Buck. Why should he then protect our sovereign,

He being of age to govern of himself?

Cousin of Somerset, join you with me,

And all together, with the Duke of Suffolk,

We'll quickly hoise Duke Humphrey from his seat.

Car. This weighty business will not brook delay;

I'll to the Duke of Suffolk presently.

Exit Cardinal.

Som. Cousin of Buckingham, though Humphrey's pride

And greatness of his place be grief to us,

Yet let us watch the haughty cardinal:

His insolence is more intolerable

Than all the princes in the land beside:

If Gloucester be displac'd, he'll be protector.

Buck. Or thou, or I, Somerset, will be protector,

Despite Duke Humphrey or the cardinal.

Exit Buckingham, and Somerset.

Sal. Pride went before, ambition follows him.

While these do labour for their own preferment,

Behoves it us to labour for the realm.

I never saw but Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester,

Did bear him like a noble gentleman.

Oft have I seen the haughty cardinal

More like a soldier than a man o' the church,

As stout and proud as he were lord of all,

Swear like a ruffian and demean himself

Unlike the ruler of a commonweal.

Warwick, my son, the comfort of my age,

Thy deeds, thy plainness, and thy housekeeping

 164 flattering gloss: specious flattery

167 of age; cf. n.

170 hoise: hoist

177 all: that of all

179 Or: either

181 Pride ambition; cf. n.

188 as: as if

189 demean: behave

192 housekeeping: hospitality 