Ambs. My lord, our thanks. We are blest indeed.
Hild. (To Page.) Bring hither our most costly banner.
(Page brings banner.) (Hildebrand takes banner.)
May all who fight beneath thee ever conquer,
And heaven strike the foe that meeteth thee.
(Gives the banner.) Take this banner to our well-beloved William of Normandy, and say thus to him,—
That sending him this we make him, William of England.
Amb. We will, Your Holiness.
Hild. My blessing with you. By him who maketh kings,