_Duch._ Nay, do not say, 'stand up;' Say 'pardon' first, and afterwards 'stand up.'[1857] An if I were thy nurse, thy tongue to teach,[1858] 'Pardon' should be the first word of thy speech. I never long'd to hear a word till now; 115 Say 'pardon,' king; let pity teach thee how:[1859] The word is short, but not so short as sweet;[1860] No word like 'pardon' for kings' mouths so meet.[1860][1861] _York._ Speak it in French, king; say, 'pardonne moi.'[1860][1862] _Duch._ Dost thou teach pardon pardon to destroy?[1860][1863] 120 Ah, my sour husband, my hard-hearted lord,[1860] That set'st the word itself against the word![1860][1864] Speak 'pardon' as 'tis current in our land;[1860] The chopping French we do not understand.[1860] Thine eye begins to speak, set thy tongue there:[1860] 125 Or in thy piteous heart plant thou thine ear;[1860] That hearing how our plaints and prayers do pierce,[1860] Pity may move thee 'pardon' to rehearse.[1860][1865] _Boling._ Good aunt, stand up. _Duch._ I do not sue to stand; Pardon is all the suit I have in hand. 130 _Boling._ I pardon him, as God shall pardon me.[1866] _Duch._ O happy vantage of a kneeling knee! Yet am I sick for fear: speak it again; Twice saying 'pardon' doth not pardon twain, But makes one pardon strong. _Boling._ With all my heart[1867] 135 I pardon him.[1867] _Duch._ A god on earth thou art. _Boling._ But for our trusty brother-in-law, and the abbot,[1868] With all the rest of that consorted crew, Destruction straight shall dog them at the heels. Good uncle, help to order several powers 140 To Oxford, or where'er these traitors are:[1869] They shall not live within this world, I swear,[1870] But I will have them, if I once know where.[1870][1871] Uncle, farewell: and, cousin too, adieu:[1870][1872] Your mother well hath pray'd, and prove you true.[1870] 145 _Duch._ Come, my old son: I pray God make thee new.[1866][1870] [_Exeunt._[1873] SCENE IV. _The same._ _Enter_ EXTON _and_ Servant.[1874] _Exton._ Didst thou not mark the king, what words he spake,[1875] 'Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?' Was it not so? _Ser._ These were his very words.[1876][1877] _Exton._ 'Have I no friend?' quoth he: he spake it twice.[1878] And urged it twice together, did he not? 5 _Ser._ He did.[1876]