Bl.Wherefore ’tis his policy
To meet the present rage by such concessions
As may be popular, and to give forth
The king is ill, not dead. ’Tis for this reason
No mass is sung nor mourning liveries worn:
To-night’s festivity, such as it is,
Hath only this pretence.
Fer.Are the two ladies
His daughters both?
Bl.The taller and the fairer,