This while was I in England, by the rood,

To appease a strife that was right foule befall,

Betweene duke Humfrey and the cardinall.

34.

The duke of Exeter shortly[639] after died,

Which of the king at home had gouernaunce,

Whose roume the earle of Warwicke then supplied,

And I tooke his and sped mee into Fraunce,

And hauing a zeale to[640] conquere Orliaunce,

With much a doe I gat the regent’s aide,