KING RICHARD.
Infer fair England’s peace by this alliance.
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
Which she shall purchase with still-lasting war.
KING RICHARD.
Tell her the King, that may command, entreats.
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
That at her hands, which the King’s King forbids.
KING RICHARD.
Say she shall be a high and mighty queen.
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
To vail the title, as her mother doth.
KING RICHARD.
Say I will love her everlastingly.
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
But how long shall that title “ever” last?
KING RICHARD.
Sweetly in force unto her fair life’s end.
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
But how long fairly shall her sweet life last?