_Glou._ So should I give consent to flatter sin.   ·aee025· You know, my lord, your highness is betroth’d Unto another lady of esteem: How shall we then dispense with that contract,   [aee028] And not deface your honour with reproach? _Suf._ As doth a ruler with unlawful oaths;   ·aee030· Or one that, at a triumph having vow’d To try his strength, forsaketh yet the lists By reason of his adversary’s odds: A poor earl’s daughter is unequal odds: And therefore may be broke without offence.   ·aee035· _Glou._ Why, what, I pray, is Margaret more than that? Her father is no better than an earl, Although in glorious titles he excel. _Suf._ Yes, my lord, her father is a king,   [aee039] The King of Naples and Jerusalem;   ·aee040· And of such great authority in France As his alliance will confirm our peace   [aee042] And keep the Frenchmen in allegiance. _Glou._ And so the Earl of Armagnac may do, Because he is near kinsman unto Charles.   ·aee045· _Exe._ Beside, his wealth doth warrant a liberal dower,   [aee046] Where Reignier sooner will receive than give.   [aee047] _Suf._ A dower, my lords! disgrace not so your king, That he should be so abject, base and poor, To choose for wealth and not for perfect love.   ·aee050· Henry is able to enrich his queen And not to seek a queen to make him rich: So worthless peasants bargain for their wives, As market-men for oxen, sheep, or horse. Marriage is a matter of more worth   [aee055] Than to be dealt in by attorneyship; Not whom we will, but whom his grace affects, Must be companion of his nuptial bed: And therefore, lords, since he affects her most, It most of all these reasons bindeth us,   [aee060] In our opinions she should be preferr’d. For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord and continual strife? Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss,   [aee064] And is a pattern of celestial peace.   ·aee065· Whom should we match with Henry, being a king, But Margaret, that is daughter to a king? Her peerless feature, joined with her birth, Approves her fit for none but for a king: Her valiant courage and undaunted spirit,   ·aee070· More than in women commonly is seen,   [aee071] Will answer our hope in issue of a king;   [aee072] For Henry, son unto a conqueror, Is likely to beget more conquerors, If with a lady of so high resolve   ·aee075· As is fair Margaret he be link’d in love. Then yield, my lords; and here conclude with me That Margaret shall be queen, and none but she.