[When[671]this was sayde, quoth[672]one of the company: “Let passe theseScottishmatters, and returne wee to ourEnglishstoryes which minister matter enough of tragedy, without seking or trauayling to forayne countreyes. Therefore returne wee to the rest of the tragicall troubles and broyles which happened in this realme during the minority of kingHenrythe sixt, and the sondry falls and ouerthrowes of great princes and other noble persons happening thereby.” “Well sayd (qd maisterFerrers) as[673]it happeneth I haue penned here two[674]notable tragedies, the one ofHumfreyduke ofGlocester, the other of the duchessElianorhis wife, which (as mee seemeth) be two of the most memorable matters fortuning in that[675]time: but whether of them is to bee placed first in[676]the order of our booke, I somwhat stand in doubt. For albeit the sayd duke’s death happened before the deceasse of the duches, yet was her fall first, which finally was cause of both.”[677]“Why should you doubt then (quod the rest of the company) for seeing the cause doth alwayes goe before th’effect and sequell of any thing, it is good reason you should begin with her first. And therefore wee pray you let vs heare first what shee hath to say: for all this while wee haue not heard the complaynt of any lady or other woman.”]
[When[671]this was sayde, quoth[672]one of the company: “Let passe theseScottishmatters, and returne wee to ourEnglishstoryes which minister matter enough of tragedy, without seking or trauayling to forayne countreyes. Therefore returne wee to the rest of the tragicall troubles and broyles which happened in this realme during the minority of kingHenrythe sixt, and the sondry falls and ouerthrowes of great princes and other noble persons happening thereby.” “Well sayd (qd maisterFerrers) as[673]it happeneth I haue penned here two[674]notable tragedies, the one ofHumfreyduke ofGlocester, the other of the duchessElianorhis wife, which (as mee seemeth) be two of the most memorable matters fortuning in that[675]time: but whether of them is to bee placed first in[676]the order of our booke, I somwhat stand in doubt. For albeit the sayd duke’s death happened before the deceasse of the duches, yet was her fall first, which finally was cause of both.”[677]“Why should you doubt then (quod the rest of the company) for seeing the cause doth alwayes goe before th’effect and sequell of any thing, it is good reason you should begin with her first. And therefore wee pray you let vs heare first what shee hath to say: for all this while wee haue not heard the complaynt of any lady or other woman.”]