Becket and other plays by Alfred Lord Tennyson
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HERBERT. Not heavier than thine armour at Thoulouse? BECKET. O Herbert, Herbert, in my chancellorship I more than once have gone against the Church. HERBERT. To please the King? BECKET. Ay, and the King of kings, Or justice; for it seem'd to me but just The Church should pay her scutage like the lords. But hast thou heard this cry of Gilbert Foliot That I am not the man to be your Primate, For Henry could not work a miracle-- Make an Archbishop of a soldier? HERBERT. Ay, For Gilbert Foliot held himself the man. BECKET. Am I the man? My mother, ere she bore me, Dream'd that twelve stars fell glittering out of heaven Into her bosom. HERBERT. |
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