“I better wot you be,” returned the unabashed Princess.
“And who aided and counselled you thereto?” asked the Chancellor—who was the prisoner’s own cousin, Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Lincoln, and brother of the King.
“I can aid myself, and counsel myself,” answered the prisoner.
“My question is not answered, Dame.”
“Ay so, Sir. And ’tis like to abide thus a while longer.”
“I must know who were your counsellors. Name but one man.”
“Very well. I will name one an’ you press me so to do.”
“So do.”
“Sir Henry de Beaufort, Chancellor of England.”
A peal of laughter rang through the House.