[♦] Henceforth we banish thee, on pain of death. [Exit Fastolfe.
[♦] And now, my lord protector, view the letter
Sent from our uncle Duke of Burgundy.
50 Glou. What means his grace, that he hath changed his style?
[♦] No more but, plain and bluntly, ‘To the king!’
Hath he forgot he is his sovereign?
Or doth this churlish superscription
[♦] Pretend some alteration in good will?
[55] What’s here? [Reads] ‘I have, upon especial cause,
[♦] Moved with compassion of my country’s wreck,