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2017
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My liege, command its instant execution?
ELIZABETH
I said not that; I tremble but to think it.
DAVISON
Shall I retain it, then, 'till further orders?
ELIZABETH
At your own risk; you answer the event.
DAVISON
I! gracious heavens! Oh, speak, my queen, your pleasure!
ELIZABETH
My pleasure is that this unhappy business
Be no more mentioned to me; that at last
I may be freed from it, and that forever.
DAVISON
It costs you but a word – determine then
What shall I do with this mysterious scroll?
ELIZABETH
I have declared it, plague me, sir, no longer.
DAVISON
You have declared it, say you? Oh, my queen,
You have said nothing. Please, my gracious mistress,
But to remember —
ELIZABETH (stamps on the ground)
Insupportable!
DAVISON
Oh, be indulgent to me! I have entered
Unwittingly, not many months ago,
Upon this office; I know not the language
Of courts and kings. I ever have been reared
In simple, open wise, a plain blunt man.
Be patient with me; nor deny your servant
A light to lead him clearly to his duty.
[He approaches her in a supplicating posture, she turns her back on him; he stands in despair;
then speaks with a tone of resolution.
Take, take again this paper – take it back!
Within my hands it is a glowing fire.
Select not me, my queen; select not me
To serve you in this terrible conjecture.
ELIZABETH
Go, sir; – fulfil the duty of your office.
[Exit
SCENE XII
DAVISON, then BURLEIGH.
DAVISON
She goes! She leaves me doubting and perplexed
With this dread paper! How to act I know not;
Should I retain it, should I forward it?
[To BURLEIGH, who enters.
Oh! I am glad that you are come, my lord,
'Tis you who have preferred me to this charge;
Now free me from it, for I undertook it,
Unknowing how responsible it made me.
Let me then seek again the obscurity
In which you found me; this is not my place.
BURLEIGH
How now? Take courage, sir! Where is the warrant?
The queen was with you.
DAVISON
She has quitted me
In bitter anger. Oh, advise me, help me,
Save me from this fell agony of doubt!
My lord, here is the warrant: it is signed!
BURLEIGH
ELIZABETH
I said not that; I tremble but to think it.
DAVISON
Shall I retain it, then, 'till further orders?
ELIZABETH
At your own risk; you answer the event.
DAVISON
I! gracious heavens! Oh, speak, my queen, your pleasure!
ELIZABETH
My pleasure is that this unhappy business
Be no more mentioned to me; that at last
I may be freed from it, and that forever.
DAVISON
It costs you but a word – determine then
What shall I do with this mysterious scroll?
ELIZABETH
I have declared it, plague me, sir, no longer.
DAVISON
You have declared it, say you? Oh, my queen,
You have said nothing. Please, my gracious mistress,
But to remember —
ELIZABETH (stamps on the ground)
Insupportable!
DAVISON
Oh, be indulgent to me! I have entered
Unwittingly, not many months ago,
Upon this office; I know not the language
Of courts and kings. I ever have been reared
In simple, open wise, a plain blunt man.
Be patient with me; nor deny your servant
A light to lead him clearly to his duty.
[He approaches her in a supplicating posture, she turns her back on him; he stands in despair;
then speaks with a tone of resolution.
Take, take again this paper – take it back!
Within my hands it is a glowing fire.
Select not me, my queen; select not me
To serve you in this terrible conjecture.
ELIZABETH
Go, sir; – fulfil the duty of your office.
[Exit
SCENE XII
DAVISON, then BURLEIGH.
DAVISON
She goes! She leaves me doubting and perplexed
With this dread paper! How to act I know not;
Should I retain it, should I forward it?
[To BURLEIGH, who enters.
Oh! I am glad that you are come, my lord,
'Tis you who have preferred me to this charge;
Now free me from it, for I undertook it,
Unknowing how responsible it made me.
Let me then seek again the obscurity
In which you found me; this is not my place.
BURLEIGH
How now? Take courage, sir! Where is the warrant?
The queen was with you.
DAVISON
She has quitted me
In bitter anger. Oh, advise me, help me,
Save me from this fell agony of doubt!
My lord, here is the warrant: it is signed!
BURLEIGH
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