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LADY GREY:
Why, then mine honesty shall be my dower;
For by that loss I will not purchase them.
KING EDWARD IV:
Therein thou wrong'st thy children mightily.
LADY GREY:
Herein your highness wrongs both them and me.
But, mighty lord, this merry inclination
Accords not with the sadness of my suit:
Please you dismiss me either with 'ay' or 'no.'
KING EDWARD IV:
Ay, if thou wilt say 'ay' to my request;
No if thou dost say 'no' to my demand.
LADY GREY:
Then, no, my lord. My suit is at an end.
GLOUCESTER:
CLARENCE:
KING EDWARD IV:
LADY GREY:
'Tis better said than done, my gracious lord:
I am a subject fit to jest withal,
But far unfit to be a sovereign.
KING EDWARD IV:
Sweet widow, by my state I swear to thee
I speak no more than what my soul intends;
And that is, to enjoy thee for my love.
LADY GREY:
And that is more than I will yield unto:
I know I am too mean to be your queen,
And yet too good to be your concubine.
KING EDWARD IV:
You cavil, widow: I did mean, my queen.
LADY GREY:
'Twill grieve your grace my sons should call you father.
KING EDWARD IV:
No more than when my daughters call thee mother.
Thou art a widow, and thou hast some children;
And, by God's mother, I, being but a bachelor,
Have other some: why, 'tis a happy thing
To be the father unto many sons.
Answer no more, for thou shalt be my queen.
GLOUCESTER:
CLARENCE:
KING EDWARD IV:
Brothers, you muse what chat we two have had.
GLOUCESTER:
The widow likes it not, for she looks very sad.
KING EDWARD IV:
You'll think it strange if I should marry her.
CLARENCE:
To whom, my lord?
KING EDWARD IV:
Why, Clarence, to myself.
GLOUCESTER:
That would be ten days' wonder at the least.
CLARENCE:
That's a day longer than a wonder lasts.
GLOUCESTER:
By so much is the wonder in extremes.
KING EDWARD IV:
Well, jest on, brothers: I can tell you both
Her suit is granted for her husband's lands.
Nobleman:
My gracious lord, Henry your foe is taken,
And brought your prisoner to your palace gate.
KING EDWARD IV:
See that he be convey'd unto the Tower:
And go we, brothers, to the man that took him,
To question of his apprehension.
Widow, go you along. Lords, use her honourably.
GLOUCESTER:
Ay, Edward will use women honourably.