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XIX.
[King]Thou kennest how these English earls do bear
Such steadiness in the ill and evil thing,
But at the good they hover in denwere,
Unknowledging if thereunto to cling.
Hugh.
Unworthy such a marvel of a king!
Oh Edward! thou deservest purer leege,
To thee they shoulden all their mancas bring,
Thy nod should save men, and thy frown forslege.
I am no flatterer, I lack no wit,
I speak what is the truth, and what all see is right.
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