Let me befriend our foe. ’Tis four days since

I was his prisoner, and he set me free.

This claim the prince most generously puts by;

Let us not pass it over: let him too

Go find another army: we meanwhile

Have ample force to march against the town.

K. And why should blood be spent where ink will serve?

’Twere thankless answer to our good ally

To put fresh pains upon him, and not use

His full sufficient victory.