For what is wedlock forced but a hell,

An age of discord and continual strife?

[♦] Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss,

65 And is a pattern of celestial peace.

Whom should we match with Henry, being a king,

But Margaret, that is daughter to a king?

Her peerless feature, joined with her birth,

Approves her fit for none but for a king:

70 Her valiant courage and undaunted spirit,

[♦] More than in women commonly is seen,