LEI. My lord, once more your subjects do submit,
Beseeching you to think how things have pass'd;
And let some comfort shine on us, your friends,
Through the bright splendour of your virtuous life.
KING. I thank you all; and, Leicester, I protest,
I will be better than I yet have been.
BRUCE. Of Windsor Castle here the keys I yield.
KING. Thanks, Bruce: forgive me, and I pray thee see
Thy mother and thy brother buried
[BRUCE offers to kiss MATILDA.
In Windsor Castle church. Do, kiss her cheek:
Weep thou on that, on this side I will weep.
QUEEN. Chaste virgin, thus I crown thee with these flowers.
KING. Let us go on to Dunmow with this maid:
Among the hallow'd nuns let her be laid.
Unto her tomb a monthly pilgrimage
Doth King John vow, in penance for this wrong.
Go forward, maids; on with Matilda's hearse,
And on her tomb see you engrave this verse.
"Within this marble monument doth lie
Matilda, martyr'd for her chastity."
[Exeunt.