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.