Dall Glic: Come along, lad. Don't be putting
ears on yourself.
Manus: I ask the King did he give out that
promise as the Queen says?
King: I have but a poor memory.
Nurse: The King did say it within the hour,
and swore to it by the oath of his people, taking
contracts of the sun and moon of the air!
Dall Glic: What is it to you if he did? Come
on, now.
Manus: No. This is a matter that concerns
myself.
Queen: How do you make that out?
Manus: You, that called me in, know well that
I was the first to come into the house.
Queen: Ha, ha! You have the impudence! It
is a man the King said. He was not talking about
cooks.
Manus: (To the King.) I am before you as a
serving lad, and you are a King in Ireland. Because
you are a King and I your hired servant you will not
refuse me justice. You gave your word.