Becket and other plays by Alfred Lord Tennyson
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page 41 of 378 (10%)
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Good ears too!
ELEANOR. You are going to the Castle, Will you subscribe the customs? BECKET. I leave that, Knowing how much you reverence Holy Church, My liege, to your conjecture. ELEANOR. I and mine-- And many a baron holds along with me-- Are not so much at feud with Holy Church But we might take your side against the customs-- So that you grant me one slight favour. BECKET. What? ELEANOR. A sight of that same chart which Henry gave you With the red line--'her bower.' BECKET. And to what end? ELEANOR. That Church must scorn herself whose fearful Priest |
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