Without the aid of England he could not hope to recover them, and his interests, therefore, are wholly bound up with ours." "'Tis strange that there should be two Earls of March, of different families and names; and, now that Dunbar has become a vassal of the king, it will make the matter stranger.

However, at present no mistakes can arise, seeing that the one is an able warrior, and the other a mere boy.

But in the future, were the two Earls of March at the same time at the court of our king, mistakes might well be made, and strange complications take place.
"Doubtless you are aware that Sir Edmund's nephew is, by right of birth, King of England.

He was, you know, sprung from the Duke of Clarence, the elder brother of the Duke of Lancaster.

The duke died without male issue, and his rights fell to Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, the husband of his daughter Philippa.