KING EDWARD.
But now you partly may perceive my mind.
LADY GREY.
My mind will never grant what I perceive
Your Highness aims at, if I aim aright.
KING EDWARD.
To tell thee plain, I aim to lie with thee.
LADY GREY.
To tell you plain, I had rather lie in prison.
KING EDWARD.
Why, then thou shalt not have thy husband’s lands.
LADY GREY.
Why, then mine honesty shall be my dower,
For by that loss I will not purchase them.
KING EDWARD.
Therein thou wrong’st thy children mightily.
LADY GREY.
Herein your Highness wrongs both them and me.
But, mighty lord, this merry inclination
Accords not with the sadness of my suit.
Please you dismiss me either with ay or no.
KING EDWARD.
Ay, if thou wilt say ay to my request;
No, if thou dost say no to my demand.
LADY GREY.
Then no, my lord. My suit is at an end.