"'And I'll take them to Cheshire, and there I will sow
Both hempseed and flaxseed, and them all in a row.
Why, they'd better be hanged, and stopped soon their breath,
If it please you, my liege, than to starve them to death.'
"Then up starts a French[2] lord, as we do hear,
Saying, 'Thou art a proud Jack,' to my Lord Delamere,
'Thou oughtest to be stabbed,' then he turn'd him about,
'For affronting the king in the parliament house.'
"Then up starts his grace the Duke of Devonshire,
Saying, 'I'll fight in defence of my Lord Delamere.'