_Y. Mor._ Then so am I, and live to do him service: But whilst I have a sword, a hand, a heart, I will not yield to any such upstart. You know my mind; come, uncle, let's away. [_Exeunt._ ACT THE SECOND. SCENE I. _Enter_[214] YOUNG SPENCER _and_ BALDOCK. _Bald._ Spencer, Seeing that our lord the Earl of Gloucester's dead, Which of the nobles dost thou mean to serve? _Y. Spen._ Not Mortimer, nor any of his side; Because the king and he are enemies. Baldock, learn this of me, a factious lord Shall hardly do himself good, much less us; But he that hath the favour of a king, May with one word advance us while we live: The liberal Earl of Cornwall is the man 10 On whose good fortune Spencer's hope depends. _Bald._ What, mean you then to be his follower? _Y. Spen._ No, his companion; for he loves me well, And would have once preferred me to the king. _Bald._ But he is banished; there's small hope of him. _Y. Spen._ I, for a while; but, Baldock, mark the end. A friend of mine told me in secresy That he's repealed, and sent for back again; And even now a post came from the court With letters to our lady from the king; 20 And as she read she smiled, which makes me think It is about her lover Gaveston. _Bald._ 'Tis like enough; for since he was exiled She neither walks abroad, nor comes in sight. But I had thought the match had been broke off, And that his banishment had changed her mind. _Y. Spen._ Our lady's first love is not wavering; My life for thine she will have Gaveston. _Bald._ Then hope I by her means to be preferred, Having read unto her since she was a child. 30 _Y. Spen._ Then, Baldock, you must cast the scholar off, And learn to court it like a gentleman. 'Tis not a black coat and a little band, A velvet caped cloak, faced before with serge, And smelling to a nosegay all the day, Or holding of a napkin in your hand, Or saying a long grace at a table's end, Or making low legs to a nobleman, Or looking downward with your eyelids close, And saying, "Truly, an't may please your honour," 40 Can get you any favour with great men; You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute, And now and then stab, as occasion serves.