_K. Hen._ My queen and son are gone to France for aid; And, as I hear, the great commanding Warwick [cca029] Is thither gone, to crave the French king’s sister ·cca030· To wife for Edward: if this news be true, Poor queen and son, your labour is but lost; For Warwick is a subtle orator, And Lewis a prince soon won with moving words. By this account then Margaret may win him; ·cca035· For she’s a woman to be pitied much: Her sighs will make a battery in his breast; Her tears will pierce into a marble heart; The tiger will be mild whiles she doth mourn; [cca039] And Nero will be tainted with remorse, [cca040] To hear and see her plaints, her brinish tears. Ay, but she’s come to beg, Warwick, to give; She, on his left side, craving aid for Henry, He, on his right, asking a wife for Edward. She weeps, and says her Henry is deposed; ·cca045· He smiles, and says his Edward is install’d; That she, poor wretch, for grief can speak no more; Whiles Warwick tells his title, smooths the wrong, [cca048] Inferreth arguments of mighty strength, And in conclusion wins the king from her, ·cca050· With promise of his sister, and what else, [cca051] To strengthen and support King Edward’s place. O Margaret, thus ’twill be; and thou, poor soul, [cca053] Art then forsaken, as thou went’st forlorn! _Sec. Keep._ Say, what art thou that talk’st of kings and queens? [cca055] _K. Hen._ More than I seem, and less than I was born to: A man at least, for less I should not be; And men may talk of kings, and why not I? _Sec. Keep._ Ay, but thou talk’st as if thou wert a king. _K. Hen._ Why, so I am, in mind; and that’s enough. [cca060] _Sec. Keep._ But, if thou be a king, where is thy crown? _K. Hen._ My crown is in my heart, not on my head; Not deck’d with diamonds and Indian stones, [cca063] Nor to be seen: my crown is call’d content: [cca064] A crown it is that seldom kings enjoy. ·cca065· _Sec. Keep._ Well, if you be a king crown’d with content, Your crown content and you must be contented To go along with us; for, as we think, You are the king King Edward hath deposed; And we his subjects sworn in all allegiance ·cca070· Will apprehend you as his enemy. _K. Hen._ But did you never swear, and break an oath? _Sec. Keep._ No, never such an oath; nor will not now. [cca073] _K. Hen._ Where did you dwell when I was King of England? [cca074] _Sec. Keep._ Here in this country, where we now remain. ·cca075· _K. Hen._ I was anointed king at nine months old; My father and my grandfather were kings, And you were sworn true subjects unto me: And tell me, then, have you not broke your oaths? _First Keep._ No; [cca080] For we were subjects but while you were king. [cca081]