Becket and other plays by Alfred Lord Tennyson
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My tenants or my household.
BECKET. Look to your king. HENRY. No man without my leave shall cross the seas To set the Pope against me--I pray your pardon. BECKET. Well--will you move? HENRY. There. [_Moves_. BECKET. Check--you move so wildly. HENRY. There then! [_Moves_. BECKET. Why--there then, for you see my bishop Hath brought your king to a standstill. You are beaten. HENRY (_kicks over the board_). Why, there then--down go bishop and king together. I loathe being beaten; had I fixt my fancy Upon the game I should have beaten thee, |
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