Much more a knight, a captain, and a leader.
Tal. When first this order was ordain'd, my lords,
Knights of the Garter were of noble birth,
Valiant and virtuous, full of haughty courage,
Such as were grown to credit by the wars ;

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Not fearing death, nor shrinking for distress,
But always resolute in most extremes.
He, then, that is not furnish'd in this sort.
Doth hut usurp the sacred name of knight.
Profaning this most honourahle order ;
And should (if I were worthy to be judge)
Be quite degraded, like a hedge-born swain
That doth presume to boast of gentle blood.
K. Hen. Stain to thy countrymen ! thou hear'st
thy doom :
Be packing therefore, thou that wast a knight.
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.
Glo. What means his Grace, that he hath chang'd
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 ?
What's here ? \_Reads.~\ " I have upon especial

cause, —
Mov'd with compassion of my country's wrack.
Together with the pitiful complaints
Of such as your oppression feeds upon, —
Forsaken your pernicious faction.
And join' d with Charles, the rightful King of France."
O, monstrous treachery! Can this be so?
That in alliance, amity, and oaths.
There should be found such false dissembling guile ?

K. Hen. What, doth my uncle Burgundy revolt?

Glo. He doth, my lord ; and is become your foe.
