For trust ye well that your estate royál,
Nor vain delight, nor only worthiness
Of you in war or tourney martial,
Nor pomp, array, nobility, richés,
Of these none made me rue on your distress;
But moral virtue, grounded upon truth,
That was the cause I first had on you ruth.[25]
FOOTNOTES:
[20] Shakespeare King Henry the Fifth.
[21] "Memorials of Westminster," p. 599. "That the body of our very dear brother John late Count of Cornwall should be removed and translated from the spot where it lies to another and more suitable place among the Royals. Always reserving and keeping the most honorable places for the rest and sepulture of us and our heirs, according to that which reason will justly demand."
[22] Memorials, p. 352.
[23] "Ancien Régime." C. Kingsley.
[24] "Ancien Régime." C. Kingsley.
[25] "Chaucer's Troilus and Cressid."