Kath. I do not know dat.
K. Hen. No; 'tis hereafter to know, but now to promise:
do but now promise, Kate, you will endeavour for your205
French part of such a boy; and for my English moiety take
the word of a king and a bachelor. How answer you, la plus
belle Katharine du monde, mon très cher et devin déesse?[5388]
Kath. Your majestee ave fausse French enough to[5389]
deceive de most sage demoiselle dat is en France.[5390]210
K. Hen. Now, fie upon my false French! By mine
honour, in true English, I love thee, Kate: by which
honour I dare not swear thou lovest me; yet my blood
begins to flatter me that thou dost, notwithstanding the
poor and untempering effect of my visage. Now, beshrew[5391]215
my father's ambition! he was thinking of civil wars
when he got me: therefore was I created with a stubborn
outside, with an aspect of iron, that, when I come to woo
ladies, I fright them. But, in faith, Kate, the elder I wax,
the better I shall appear: my comfort is, that old age, that220
ill layer up of beauty, can do no more spoil upon my face:
thou hast me, if thou hast me, at the worst; and thou
shalt wear me, if thou wear me, better and better: and
therefore tell me, most fair Katharine, will you have me?
Put off your maiden blushes; avouch the thoughts of your225
heart with the looks of an empress; take me by the hand,
and say 'Harry of England, I am thine:' which word thou
shalt no sooner bless mine ear withal, but I will tell thee
aloud 'England is thine, Ireland is thine, France is thine,
and Henry Plantagenet is thine;' who, though I speak it230
before his face, if he be not fellow with the best king, thou[5392]
shalt find the best king of good fellows. Come, your
answer in broken music; for thy voice is music and thy
English broken; therefore, queen of all, Katherine, break[5393]
thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou have me?235
Kath. Dat is as it sall please de roi mon père.[5394]
K. Hen. Nay, it will please him well, Kate; it shall
please him, Kate.
Kath. Den it sail also content me.[5394]
K. Hen. Upon that I kiss your hand, and I call you240
my queen.
Kath. Laissez, mon seigneur, laissez, laissez: ma foi, je
ne veux point que vous abaissiez votre grandeur en baisant
la main d'une de votre seigneurie indigne serviteur;[5395]
excusez-moi, je vous supplie, mon très-puissant seigneur.245
K. Hen. Then I will kiss your lips, Kate.