Sir John Oldcastle by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
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Any new rupture to disquiet them?
SUFFOLK. No new, my Lord; the old is great enough, And so increasing as, if not cut down, Will breed a scandal to your royal state, And set your Kingdom quickly in an uproar. The Kentish knight, Lord Cobham, in despite Of any law, or spiritual discipline, Maintains this upstart new religion still, And divers great assemblies by his means And private quarrels are commenced abroad, As by this letter more at large, my liege, Is made apparent. KING. We do find it here: There was in Wales a certain fray of late, Between two noblemen, but what of this? Follows it straight, Lord Cobham must be he Did cause the same? I dare be sworn, good knight, He never dreamt of any such contention. BISHOP. But in his name the quarrel did begin, About the opinion which he held, my liege. KING. How if it did? was either he in place, To take part with them, or abet them in it? |
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