Brunelli. You must meet Henry.

Hild. Never!

Brunelli. Then Peter, tell him for I cannot.

Pet. The matter, Gregory, is in short thou must

Plant empery upon bold Henry’s head

Or lose thy tiara.

Hild. Never, as I am Pope, I will do neither!

Though I am wasted, agéd, worn and weak,

Deserted by false friends and hireling hounds,