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THE FALL OF MORTIMER. 25
Scene changes, difcovering Mortimer in a Chair of
State^ with Turrington ^w^Nevill attending.
Mort. Say, trufty 'Turrington^ how brooks the
Queen
The late Behaviour of rafh Mountacute ?
Turr. As you or I, or any one could wifh,
That has his Country's Good fincere at Heart.
After the Oracle of your Mind declar'd,
That Mountacute^ with Delamore and Holland,
Thofe Bellows which keep in young Edward's fire,
And raife, and calm it as their Need requires,
rShouid be removed -, their Interefl: was great ;
Their Prudence ftrifl ; Mountacute's Courage firm ;•
Their Fortunes able to maintain their Meafures,
Which ftruck for her Son's Greatnefs and our Ruin,
^' Infolence ! and Treafon to the State, cry'd ihe '-r
*' Howe'er, the Boy (hall bend to all my wifiies :
" 'Tis a half Soul, bred in the Lag of Love,
" And fpiritlefs as the Defire that got him —
" Bid Mortimer not fear what's crufh'd fo foon.
Mort. 'Tis well while fhe protefts I cannot
rfall r-Eut now proceed we to what concerns
;US next—— Nevill!
NevilL My Lord !
Mort. I think thou haft got the Lift of thofe of
tOur Friends, whofe Services entitle them to our
Bounty ?
NevilL Pleafe your Honour, 'tis here; and
fpeaks the great Regard you pay to Merit. Did
but the World know what Liberality it contains,
they would vote you the Standard of Virtue,
nemine contradicente.
Mort. They arc not unacquainted with our Vir-
tues, Nevill but I would hear it read, that we
may proportion the Reward with Juftice,
Nevill. [Reads the Lift.'] Imprimis^ the Lord Vif-
count Landlefs 400 Marks per Annum,