Good Dook Umphrey

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  • good Duke Humphrey: Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester (1390-1447). youngest son of English King Henry IV, brother of Henry V, and uncle.protector of Henry VI. He is a character in three Shakespeare plays (Henry V, Henry VI part 1, and Henry VI part 2.) His wife was tried for sorcery and heresy, while Humphrey was tried for treason.
  • "dine out with Duke Humphrey": go dinnerless
  • "The Good Book" the Bible
  • doo .. Humfrey: Thomas Nashe: Works III.147: 'To his worthy good patron, Lustie Humfrey, according as the townsmen doo christen him, little Numps, as the Nobilitie and Courtiers do name, and Honest Humfrey as all...'