William Shakspeare.
“His cause fought valiantly; his fist but seconded it. He won,—proving the golden words to be no property of our lady’s, although her Highness hath never disclaimed them.”
Sir Thomas.
“What art thou saying?”
William Shakspeare.
“So I heard from a preacher at Oxford, who had preached at Easter in the chapel-royal of Westminster.”
Sir Thomas.
“Thou! why, how could that happen? Oxford! chapel-royal!”
William Shakspeare.
“And to whom I said (your worship will forgive my forwardness), ‘I have the honour, sir, to live within two measured miles of the very Sir Thomas Lucy who spake that.’ And I vow I said it without any hope or belief that he would invite me, as he did, to dine with him thereupon.”