Q. Eliz. Which she shall purchase with still lasting war.
[345] K. Rich. Say that the king, which may command, entreats.
[♦] Q. Eliz. That at her hands which the king’s King forbids.
K. Rich. Say, she shall be a high and mighty queen.
[♦] Q. Eliz. To wail the title, as her mother doth.
K. Rich. Say, I will love her everlastingly.
[350] Q. Eliz. But how long shall that title ‘ever’ last?
[♦] K. Rich. Sweetly in force unto her fair life’s end.
[♦] Q. Eliz. But how long fairly shall her sweet life last?
[♦] K. Rich. So long as heaven and nature lengthens it.