Page 280 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1

Yet so my fancy may be satisfied,
And peace establishèd between these realms.
But there remains a scruple in that too:
For though her father be the King of Naples,
Duke of Anjou and Maine, yet is he poor, [95]
And our nobility will scorn the match.

MARGARET

Hear ye, captain? Are you not at leisure?

SUFFOLK

[aside]
It shall be so, disdain they ne’er so much;
Henry is youthful and will quickly yield. -
Madam, I have a secret to reveal. [100]

MARGARET

[aside]
What though I be enthralled, he seems a knight,
And will not any way dishonour me.

SUFFOLK

Lady, vouchsafe to listen what I say.

MARGARET

[aside]
Perhaps I shall be rescued by the French,
And then I need not crave his courtesy. [105]

SUFFOLK

Sweet madam, give me hearing in a cause -

MARGARET

[aside]
Tush, women have been captivate ere now.

SUFFOLK

Lady, wherefore talk you so?

MARGARET