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,