RIVERS.
By heaven, my soul is purged from grudging hate,
And with my hand I seal my true heart’s love.
HASTINGS.
So thrive I, as I truly swear the like.
KING EDWARD.
Take heed you dally not before your King,
Lest He that is the supreme King of kings
Confound your hidden falsehood, and award
Either of you to be the other’s end.
HASTINGS.
So prosper I, as I swear perfect love.
RIVERS.
And I, as I love Hastings with my heart.
KING EDWARD.
Madam, yourself is not exempt from this;
Nor you, son Dorset; Buckingham, nor you.
You have been factious one against the other.
Wife, love Lord Hastings, let him kiss your hand,
And what you do, do it unfeignedly.
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
There, Hastings, I will never more remember
Our former hatred, so thrive I and mine.
KING EDWARD.
Dorset, embrace him; Hastings, love lord Marquess.
DORSET.
This interchange of love, I here protest,
Upon my part shall be inviolable.
HASTINGS.
And so swear I.