[♦] Was, for that—young King Richard thus removed,
Leaving no heir begotten of his body—
I was the next by birth and parentage;
For by my mother I derived am
[75] From Lionel Duke of Clarence, the third son
[♦] To King Edward the Third; whereas he
From John of Gaunt doth bring his pedigree,
[♦] Being but fourth of that heroic line.
[♦] But mark: as in this haughty great attempt
80 They laboured to plant the rightful heir,