ROGER OF YORK. Nay, But for their sake who stagger betwixt thine Appeal, and Henry's anger, yield. BECKET. Hence, Satan! [_Exit_ ROGER OF YORK. FITZURSE (re-entering), My lord, the King demands three hundred marks, Due from his castles of Berkhamstead and Eye When thou thereof wast warden. BECKET. Tell the King I spent thrice that in fortifying his castles. DE TRACY (_re-entering_.) My lord, the King demands seven hundred marks, Lent at the siege of Thoulouse by the King. BECKET. I led seven hundred knights and fought his wars. DE BRITO (_re-entering_). My lord, the King demands five hundred marks, Advanced thee at his instance by the Jews, For which the King was bound security. BECKET. I thought it was a gift; I thought it was a gift. _Enter Lord_ LEICESTER (_followed by_ BARONS _and_ BISHOPS). My lord, I come unwillingly. The King Demands a strict account of all those revenues From all the vacant sees and abbacies, Which came into thy hands when Chancellor. BECKET. How much might that amount to, my lord Leicester? LEICESTER. Some thirty--forty thousand silver marks. BECKET. Are these your customs? O my good lord Leicester, The King and I were brothers. All I had I lavish'd for the glory of the King; I shone from him, for him, his glory, his Reflection: now the glory of the Church Hath swallow'd up the glory of the King; I am his no more, but hers. Grant me one day To ponder these demands. LEICESTER. Hear first thy sentence! The King and all his lords-- BECKET. Son, first hear _me_! LEICESTER. Nay, nay, canst thou, that holdest thine estates In fee and barony of the King, decline The judgment of the King? BECKET. The King! I hold Nothing in fee and barony of the King. Whatever the Church owns--she holds it in Free and perpetual alms, unsubject to One earthly sceptre. LEICESTER. Nay, but hear thy judgment. The King and all his barons--