O fairest beauty, do not fear nor fly!

[♦] For I will touch thee but with reverent hands;

[♦] I kiss these fingers for eternal peace,

And lay them gently on thy tender side.

[50] Who art thou? say, that I may honour thee.

Mar. Margaret my name, and daughter to a king,

The King of Naples, whosoe’er thou art.

[♦] Suf. An earl I am, and Suffolk am I call’d.

Be not offended, nature’s miracle,

55 Thou art allotted to be ta’en by me: