[♦] Q. Eliz. So long as hell and Richard likes of it.
[355] K. Rich. Say, I, her sovereign, am her subject love.
Q. Eliz. But she, your subject, loathes such sovereignty.
K. Rich. Be eloquent in my behalf to her.
Q. Eliz. An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
[♦] K. Rich. Then in plain terms tell her my loving tale.
360 Q. Eliz. Plain and not honest is too harsh a style.
[♦] K. Rich. Your reasons are too shallow and too quick.
[♦] Q. Eliz. O no, my reasons are too deep and dead;
[♦] Too deep and dead, poor infants, in their grave.