Angels sing the Lamb exalted
High o'er all, and Satan quelled.
Then the angels sing the song of triumph, which ends the play:
Glory be to God on high,
Who our greatest enemy,
Satan, hath o'erthrown.
Honours to the Lamb express
By whom all the blessedness
Of the Father is made known.
The representation was finished and every one retired in admiration. The king was grateful for this condescension in his wife, and Margaret took advantage of it to induce him to listen to a few sermons. 'From the comedy he went to the preaching, which took place in the queen's chamber,' says a contemporary historian.[88]