[Enter GLOUCESTER]
BISHOP OF ELY Now in good time, here comes the duke himself.
GLOUCESTER My noble lords and cousins all, good morrow.
I have been long a sleeper; but, I hope,
My absence doth neglect no great designs,
Which by my presence might have been concluded.
BUCKINGHAM Had not you come upon your cue, my lord
William Lord Hastings had pronounced your part,--
I mean, your voice,--for crowning of the king.
GLOUCESTER Than my Lord Hastings no man might be bolder;
His lordship knows me well, and loves me well.
HASTINGS I thank your grace.
GLOUCESTER My lord of Ely!
BISHOP OF ELY My lord?
GLOUCESTER When I was last in Holborn,
I saw good strawberries in your garden there
I do beseech you send for some of them.
BISHOP OF ELY Marry, and will, my lord, with all my heart.
[Exit]
GLOUCESTER Cousin of Buckingham, a word with you.
[Drawing him aside]
Catesby hath sounded Hastings in our business,
And finds the testy gentleman so hot,
As he will lose his head ere give consent
His master's son, as worshipful as he terms it,
Shall lose the royalty of England's throne.
BUCKINGHAM Withdraw you hence, my lord, I'll follow you.
[Exit GLOUCESTER, BUCKINGHAM following]
DERBY We have not yet set down this day of triumph.
To-morrow, in mine opinion, is too sudden;
For I myself am not so well provided
As else I would be, were the day prolong'd.
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