THE FOOL. (kneeling) I was speaking of a love that is too high for pride and too deep for shame.
THE QUEEN. And whose love is that, fool?
THE FOOL. It is the love of all who really love, and it is the only love worth making a song about.
THE QUEEN. (smiling) And how do you come to be so wise as to know about such things?
THE FOOL. I know because I am a fool.
THE QUEEN. I am well answered. And you are not the only fool in the world, I am thinking. But tell me, fool, have you seen any of the Prince's men here?
THE FOOL. No, but I have heard that the ship is being got ready for sailing. . . .
THE QUEEN. (rebukingly) I did not ask you that. (She is about to go, but turns back, and gives him a piece of money.) This is for you to buy wine with and get drunken. You are not amusing when you are sober. (She starts to go, but turns again.) Fool, do you believe in magic?
THE FOOL. I have heard that the old wizard who lives in a cave down by the shore is able to rouse storms and keep vessels from sailing…..
THE QUEEN. (looking at him, for a moment fixedly) I have a great mind to have you poisoned. Here, take this, and remember that I said to be drunken.