Volume II Part 27 (1/2)

_Y. Mor_. I, if words will serve; if not, I must.

[_Exeunt._

SCENE III.

_Enter[188]_ GAVESTON _and the_ EARL _of_ KENT.

_Gav._ Edmund, the mighty prince of Lancaster, That hath more earldoms than an a.s.s can bear, And both the Mortimers, two goodly men, With Guy of Warwick, that redoubted knight, Are gone toward Lambeth--there let them remain.

[_Exeunt._

SCENE IV.

_Enter[189]_ n.o.bLES _and the_ ARCHBISHOP _of_ CANTERBURY.

_Lan._ Here is the form of Gaveston's exile: May it please your lords.h.i.+p to subscribe your name.

_Archbish._ Give me the paper.

[_He subscribes, as the others do after him._

_Lan._ Quick, quick, my lord; I long to write my name.

_War._ But I long more to see him banished hence.

_Y. Mor._ The name of Mortimer shall fright the king, Unless he be declined from that base peasant.

_Enter the_ KING, GAVESTON, _and_ KENT.

_Edw._ What, are you moved that Gaveston sits here?

It is our pleasure, and we will have it so.

_Lan._ Your grace doth well to place him by your side, 10 For nowhere else the new earl is so safe.

_E. Mor._ What man of n.o.ble birth can brook this sight?

_Quam male conveniunt!_[190]

See what a scornful look the peasant casts!

_Pem._ Can kingly lions fawn on creeping ants?

_War._ Ign.o.ble va.s.sal, that like Phaeton Aspir'st unto the guidance of the sun.

_Y. Mor._ Their downfall is at hand, their forces down: We will not thus be faced and over-peered.

_Edw._ Lay hands on[191] that traitor Mortimer! 20

_E. Mor._ Lay hands on that traitor Gaveston!

_Kent._ Is this the duty that you owe your king?

_War._ We know our duties--let him know his peers.