GREY.
The heavens have blessed you with a goodly son
To be your comforter when he is gone.
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
Ah, he is young, and his minority
Is put unto the trust of Richard Gloucester,
A man that loves not me, nor none of you.
RIVERS.
Is it concluded he shall be Protector?
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
It is determined, not concluded yet;
But so it must be, if the King miscarry.
Enter Buckingham and Stanley, Earl of Derby.
GREY.
Here come the Lords of Buckingham and Derby.
BUCKINGHAM.
Good time of day unto your royal Grace.
STANLEY.
God make your Majesty joyful as you have been.
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
The Countess Richmond, good my Lord of Derby,
To your good prayer will scarcely say amen.
Yet, Derby, notwithstanding she’s your wife,
And loves not me, be you, good lord, assured
I hate not you for her proud arrogance.
STANLEY.
I do beseech you, either not believe
The envious slanders of her false accusers,
Or if she be accused on true report,
Bear with her weakness, which I think proceeds
From wayward sickness, and no grounded malice.