THIRD MEMBER. Peace--the Queen, Philip, and Pole. [_All rise, and stand_. _Enter_ MARY, PHILIP, _and_ POLE. [GARDINER _conducts them to the three chairs of state_. PHILIP _sits on the_ QUEEN'S _left_, POLE _on her right_. GARDINER. Our short-lived sun, before his winter plunge, Laughs at the last red leaf, and Andrew's Day. MARY. Should not this day be held in after years More solemn than of old? PHILIP. Madam, my wish Echoes your Majesty's. POLE. It shall be so. GARDINER. Mine echoes both your Graces'; (_aside_) but the Pope-- Can we not have the Catholic church as well Without as with the Italian? if we cannot, Why then the Pope. My lords of the upper house, And ye, my masters, of the lower house, Do ye stand fast by that which ye resolved? VOICES. We do. GARDINER. And be you all one mind to supplicate The Legate here for pardon, and acknowledge The primacy of the Pope? VOICES. We are all one mind. GARDINER. Then must I play the vassal to this Pole. [_Aside_. [_He draws a paper from under his robes and presents it to the_ KING _and_ QUEEN, _who look through it and return it to him; then ascends a tribune, and reads_. We, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, And Commons here in Parliament assembled, Presenting the whole body of this realm Of England, and dominions of the same, Do make most humble suit unto your Majesties, In our own name and that of all the state, That by your gracious means and intercession Our supplication be exhibited To the Lord Cardinal Pole, sent here as Legate From our most Holy Father Julius, Pope, And from the Apostolic see of Rome; And do declare our penitence and grief For our long schism and disobedience, Either in making laws and ordinances Against the Holy Father's primacy, Or else by doing or by speaking aught Which might impugn or prejudice the same; By this our supplication promising, As well for our own selves as all the realm, That now we be and ever shall be quick, Under and with your Majesties' authorities, To do to the utmost all that in us lies Towards the abrogation and repeal Of all such laws and ordinances made; Whereon we humbly pray your Majesties, As persons undefiled with our offence, So to set forth this humble suit of ours That we the rather by your intercession May from the Apostolic see obtain, Thro' this most reverend Father, absolution, And full release from danger of all censures Of Holy Church that we be fall'n into, So that we may, as children penitent, Be once again received into the bosom And unity of Universal Church; And that this noble realm thro' after years May in this unity and obedience Unto the holy see and reigning Pope Serve God and both your Majesties. VOICES. Amen. [_All sit. [He again presents the petition to the_ KING _and_ QUEEN, _who hand it reverentially to_ POLE.