By Heaven's King, they've more right here than we!
[Enter nuns, led by the abbess, who kneels before the king]
Hen. Rise, holy abbess.
Abb. Sovereign of England,
May Heaven's Sovereign protect thy youth!
And as thy hand is on thy sceptre laid
Feel there the Hand invisible from whence
Thy power comes, and know thy way as His.
[Henry bows his head. The abbess and nuns pass to a station apart and kneel]
Hen. Say on, lord bishop. Let us hear how priests