QUEEN. That's true.
KING. But the feet that I became the brother-in-law of the Danish king helped the country to get peace, and so nobody has any right to complain.
QUEEN. The country first!
KING. The country first and last. That's why Eric must be married.
QUEEN. Do you really think he has any hopes with the English queen.
KING. I don't know, but we must find out—that is, without risking the honour of the country. It is not impossible. We have had a British princess on the throne before.
QUEEN. Who was that?
KING. Don't you know that Queen Philippa was a daughter of King Henry IV?[1]
QUEEN. No, I didn't know that.
KING. Then I suppose you don't know, either, that the Folkungs were among your ancestors, and that you are also descended from King Waldemar, the Conqueror of Denmark?[2]