Cha. So disrespectful, sir?

Straf. My liege, do not believe it! I am yours,

Yours ever: 't is too late to think about:

To the death, yours. Elsewhere, this untoward step

Shall pass for mine; the world shall think it mine.

But here! But here! I am so seldom here,

Seldom with you, my King! I, soon to rush

Alone upon a giant in the dark!

Cha. My Strafford!

Straf. [Examines papers awhile.] "Seize the passes of the Tyne!"