Nor mortify the sinful flesh alone,
Must be restrained: or death will close the scene.”
While he is soliloquizing Gardiner enters with Elizabeth. Fakenham has requested the latter’s presence.
“Whate’er hath passed,
Be sure her Grace hath ever truly loved you.
Therefore we trust your coming may dispel
The baleful visions that enthrall her spirit;
Dispersed, as fiends before rebuking Saints.”
Elizabeth answers:
“You hope too much. Awakened jealousy