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REGAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
nothing, nor of diligense, studie, and businesse, she was not unexpert : but yet she
had one pointe of a very woman ; for oftentimes, when she was vehement and fully
bent in a matter, she was sodainely like to the weather-cocke mutable and turning.
This woman, perceyving that her husband did not frankly rule as he would, but
did all things by the advice and counsaile of Humfrey duke of Gloucester, and that
he passed not much on the authoritye and governaunce of the realme, determined
with herself to take uppon her the rule and regiment both of the king and his
kingdome, and to deprive and remove out of all rule and aucthoritye the sayde
duke, then called the lord protectour of the realme ; least men shoulde say and
report, that she had neither wit nor stomack, which would permit and suffer her
husband, being of perfite age and man's estate, like a young scholar, or innocent
pupile, to be governed by the disposition of another man."
I take this opportunity of expressing my acknowledgments of the favours I
received at the hands of Dr. Bever, of All Souls, and the Rev. Mr. Price, master
of the Bodleian Library, who kindly procured me the use of this and the foregoing
MS. and also for the pains they jointly took in shewing me whatever they thought
worthy notice, while I was at Oxford.
The throne is red, starred with gold : the king's robe is blue, lined with
ermine ; the under garment is dark pink and the gloves are deep orange: the officer
on his right is in green and red, his hose red figured with white ; the figure to the
left is in green and red, and a green and gold coronet; all having golden girdles.
Lidgate is in black, presenting the book, edged with gold. The back ground is
red striped and flowered with gold, and the frame blue and white.1
1 [I have corrected the above description.—Ed.]
REGAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
nothing, nor of diligense, studie, and businesse, she was not unexpert : but yet she
had one pointe of a very woman ; for oftentimes, when she was vehement and fully
bent in a matter, she was sodainely like to the weather-cocke mutable and turning.
This woman, perceyving that her husband did not frankly rule as he would, but
did all things by the advice and counsaile of Humfrey duke of Gloucester, and that
he passed not much on the authoritye and governaunce of the realme, determined
with herself to take uppon her the rule and regiment both of the king and his
kingdome, and to deprive and remove out of all rule and aucthoritye the sayde
duke, then called the lord protectour of the realme ; least men shoulde say and
report, that she had neither wit nor stomack, which would permit and suffer her
husband, being of perfite age and man's estate, like a young scholar, or innocent
pupile, to be governed by the disposition of another man."
I take this opportunity of expressing my acknowledgments of the favours I
received at the hands of Dr. Bever, of All Souls, and the Rev. Mr. Price, master
of the Bodleian Library, who kindly procured me the use of this and the foregoing
MS. and also for the pains they jointly took in shewing me whatever they thought
worthy notice, while I was at Oxford.
The throne is red, starred with gold : the king's robe is blue, lined with
ermine ; the under garment is dark pink and the gloves are deep orange: the officer
on his right is in green and red, his hose red figured with white ; the figure to the
left is in green and red, and a green and gold coronet; all having golden girdles.
Lidgate is in black, presenting the book, edged with gold. The back ground is
red striped and flowered with gold, and the frame blue and white.1
1 [I have corrected the above description.—Ed.]