He'll be here soon enough. I'm sorry the judges were against you, John. I don't know what else you could expect, though. They are the King's judges, I suppose.
Hampden:
That's what we dispute, ma'am. The King says that they should serve him. We say that they should serve the laws.
Ireton:
It was just when Mr. Hampden was being heard. The law they said was the King's old and loyal servant: that lex was not rex, but that none could gainsay that rex was lex.
Hampden:
That's what we shall have to decide, and before long, I think.
Bridget:
Father says that.
Mrs. Cromwell: