Glou. Nay, Eleanor, then must I chide outright:

[♦] Presumptuous dame, ill-nurtured Eleanor,

Art thou not second woman in the realm,

And the protector’s wife, beloved of him?

45 Hast thou not worldly pleasure at command,

Above the reach or compass of thy thought?

And wilt thou still be hammering treachery,

To tumble down thy husband and thyself

From top of honour to disgrace’s feet?

50 Away from me, and let me hear no more!