And want of foresight in gieuing assent
To condemne Humfrey that duke innocent.[846]
8.
Humfrey I meane[847] that was the protectour,
Duke of Glocester, of the royall bloud,
So long as hee was England’s directour,
King Henrie’s title to the crowne was good:
This prince as a piller most stedfastly stood,[848]
Or like a prop[849] set vnder a vyne,
In state to vpholde all Lancaster’s lyne.