No man shall call me debtor to his tongue.
QUEEN (rising.)
'Tis proudly spoken; nobly too—but what—
What if a woman's hand were to bestow
Upon the Duke de Bourbon such high honours,
To raise him to such state, that grasping man,
E'en in his wildest thoughts of mad ambition,
Ne'er dreamt of a more glorious pinnacle?
BOURBON.
I'd kiss the lady's hand, an she were fair.