Pet. Now, thou art Hildebrand.
Hild. To make the Crown subservient to the Cross
In all things; kill out simony;
And make the church sole granter of all fiefs
In bishopric or abbey; hold all kings
In spiritual feudality to my will,
To wear or doff their crowns at word of Heaven,
As represent in me, God’s vicarate.
Pet. There spake Peter, indeed.
Hild. For this same reason I carry this purpose now,