Becket and other plays by Alfred Lord Tennyson
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To set that precious jewel, Roger of York.
No. BECKET. Henry of Winchester? HENRY. Him who crown'd Stephen-- King Stephen's brother! No; too royal for me. And I'll have no more Anselms. BECKET. Sire, the business Of thy whole kingdom waits me: let me go. HENRY. Answer me first. BECKET. Then for thy barren jest Take thou mine answer in bare commonplace-- _Nolo episcopari_. HENRY. Ay, but _Nolo Archiepiscopari_, my good friend, Is quite another matter. BECKET. A more awful one. |
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