SCENE II.—The German Court, a Room in the Castle.

Enter the Queen and an Attendant.

Att. This way, Your Majesty.

Queen. You speak me, majesty. I am no Queen,

The lowest woman in this mighty realm,

Reigning in some humble herdsman’s heart,

Might top my queenship. O Henry, Henry,

What is there in my face, my form, my spirit,

That you should scorn me? Hath my essence changed,