Queen Mary and Harold by Alfred Lord Tennyson
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That, with an ass's, not a horse's head,
Skips every way, from levity or from fear. Well, we shall use him somehow, so that Gardiner And Simon Renard spy not out our game Too early. Roger, thinkest thou that anyone Suspected thee to be my man? ROGER. Not one, sir. NOAILLES. No! the disguise was perfect. Let's away. [_Exeunt_. SCENE IV.--LONDON. A ROOM IN THE PALACE. ELIZABETH. _Enter_ COURTENAY. COURTENAY. So yet am I, Unless my friends and mirrors lie to me, A goodlier-looking fellow than this Philip. Pah! The Queen is ill advised: shall I turn traitor? They've almost talked me into it: yet the word Affrights me somewhat: to be such a one As Harry Bolingbroke hath a lure in it. Good now, my Lady Queen, tho' by your age, And by your looks you are not worth the having, Yet by your crown you are. [_Seeing_ ELIZABETH. The Princess there? |
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