Reading The second Part of Henry the Sixt, with the death of the Good Duke Humfrey.

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Queene.

My Lord of Suffolke, say, is this the guise?

Is this the Fashions in the Court of England?

Is this the Gouernment of Britaines Ile?

And this the Royaltie of Albions King?

What, shall King Henry be a Pupill still,

Vnder the surly Glosters Gouernance?

Am I a Queene in Title and in Stile,

And must be made a Subiect to a Duke?

I tell thee Poole, when in the Citie Tours

Thou ran'st a‑tilt in honor of my Loue,

And stol'st away the Ladies hearts of France;

I thought King Henry had resembled thee,

In Courage, Courtship, and Proportion:

But all his minde is bent to Holinesse,

To number Aue‑Maries on his Beades:

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