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GLOUCEST ER

Thou art reverend
Touching thy spiritual function, not thy life. [50]

WINCHEST ER

Rome shall remedy this.

WARWICK

Roam thither then.
[To Gloucester]

My lord, it were your duty to forbear.

SOMERSET

Ay, see the bishop be not overborne.
[To Winchester]

Methinks my lord should be religious,
And know the office that belongs to such. [55]

WARWICK

Methinks his lordship should be humbler:
It fitteth not a prelate so to plead.

SOMERSET

Yes, when his holy state is touched so near.

WARWICK

State holy or unhallowed, what of that?
Is not his grace Protector to the king? [60]

PLANT AGENET

[aside]
Plantagenet, I see, must hold his tongue,
Lest it be said, ‘Speak, sirrah, when you should;
Must your bold verdict entertalk with lords?’
Else would I have a fling at Winchester.

KING HENRY

Uncles of Gloucester and of Winchester, [65]
The special watchmen of our English weal,
I would prevail, if prayers might prevail,