Queen Mary and Harold by Alfred Lord Tennyson
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If I tried her and la--she's amorous.
Have we not heard of her in Edward's time, Her freaks and frolics with the late Lord Admiral? I do believe she'd yield. I should be still A party in the state; and then, who knows-- ELIZABETH. What are you musing on, my Lord of Devon? COURTENAY. Has not the Queen-- ELIZABETH. Done what, Sir? COURTENAY. --made you follow The Lady Suffolk and the Lady Lennox?-- You, The heir presumptive. ELIZABETH. Why do you ask? you know it. COURTENAY. You needs must bear it hardly. ELIZABETH. No, indeed! I am utterly submissive to the Queen. COURTENAY. Well, I was musing upon that; the Queen Is both my foe and yours: we should be friends. ELIZABETH. My Lord, the hatred of another to us Is no true bond of friendship. |
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