King Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
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[Exit.] SOMERSET. 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 Gloster be displac'd, he 'll be protector. BUCKINGHAM. Or thou or I, Somerset, will be protector, Despite Duke Humphrey or the cardinal. [Exeunt Buckingham and Somerset.] SALISBURY. 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 Gloster 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, |
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