and handfbmcones in the houfehold of the prince it Bourdeaux. ' Such is the report of this country, which your conduâ has confirmed s for you have ever (hewn ' great afFe&ion to the French, and an inclination to live on good terms with them, to the lofs and dis-honour of England. Becaufe my uncle ofGloèef-ter and the carl of Arundel wifhed you would loy-ally defend the honour of the kingdom, by follow-ing the fteps of your ancestors, you have trcachc-roufly put thçm to death.* t c With regard f» me, I have ' taken you under my pnyeftioo, and will guard and prcferve your life, fhrough compailion, as long as I (hall be able. I will likewise entreat the Londoners in your behalf, and thç heirs of thofe you have put to death- ' Many thanfcs/ anfwere4 thç king : c I have greater confidence in you than in any other perfon in England.* € You are in the right,* replied the dukç i € for, had I not ftepped forward between you and the people, they would have feized you, and difgracefully killed you, in return for all your wicked ads, which are the c^ufe of the dan-gerous date you arc now in.1 King Richard heard vall this patiemly, for ht law that neither arguments nor force • could avail, and that refignation and humility were his only ' arms. He therefore humbled himfelf exceedingly to the duke, carneftly begging that his' life might f)e ipared. The duke of Lancafter remained with