k]xg» : n-R¥ m axd. h is cour t .
|T I t pljqp represents a part « 1
l till», grbup Mfjl ‘ffiwM^uips tlie
^rsltaffnP^ompai^inpnl'Sl^mc
papIcMpeljl J
iiifuijTlIii^trjtioiLJ pytar’great I
dramatic bard which-? £^re I
■ man j^utethiirui'^md Mg his
flowing board, isl&aid. ,TO^)ie^ T^^^g™vauk(>;H.umpbrev.:'’ wbd.11 in the
p^^^^Mleeiing behind the kin»1. wpf f i i pl i da - ] hi s uncle and
rivlu^neTCai'diual peltry mu^T tlicTpfofc.’have been
rua'dp^bpfore 1 l L7,Ml.e|®ate' of- Duke H um p h rey « ^ ^ ^ » This group
ha’^^pec iiliar Merest for the reader ^mee^jc^kliibits
ta^^^Sseveral of , th.e. 'persoifagbs; the
BtujflfiffiPart of King Henry ^ I . (Rouu^kr^pn ~L1iit> much of-tKaf’
claracter^oubh is j®o|yi} idly painte'djpy^the bard: lie is the man loved',
ha the ^people, ahd respected'by, the^go^^.arVougythe ‘)iop£es:—
—— “ The coinmon^ebple'favour him,
Calling him,—Humphrey, the good^duJce^io^^Glpsiefi■<
^^SM§giiigJ;lie^) handsi itnd crying
Jesu maintain youf-roya} excellence!
With—God. preserveike good duke Humphrey J”
We£fe|n*jhkrdly Contemplate the rival ip i||S p f Henry'^(•ofu^t^thus assem-
’Splogether before our eyes',_^r$ie parties 'of Beaufort and Gloucester
oa'upying their places in the &me court, perhaps but a few months hetore
the^dgath of-their two- leaders,-—Yorkists and Lancastrians mftpamicably
u| | | e| the-isame roT>f but a few years before^jhc breaking di|b of those
pl§®yeivil wars which carried desolation throughouttthj; land,—without
.j^ljBBstS mind the jealousies which>#ere at this pdpjjld rankling in their
bospriis, and the intrigues in which they were already engaged;*- The
words of the Earl of Salisbury present themselves forcibly-to our-mind:—
“ I never saw but Humphrey duke-of Gloster
Hid bear him like a noble gentleman.
Oft have I seen the haughty cardinal— ,"
More like a soldier, than a man o’t.h’ chui uh,
As stout, and proud, as he ivihi lord of all.—
Swear like a ruffian, and demean himself. .
Unlike tliO ruler of a common-weal,
—Warwick, my Son, the comfort o f my age!
Thy deeds, thy plainnesh, and thy housekeeping,
Hath won the greatest favour of tho'clmmons,
Excepting none but'good duke Humphrey.
—And, brother York, thy acts in Ireland,
*Tn bringing them to civil discipline';"'
Thy late exploits, dote in the heart of France,
When thou wert regent fbr Our sovereign,
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