SCENE I. London. The palace
Flourish of trumpets; then hautboys.Enter the KING, DUKE
HUMPHREY OF GLOUCESTER, SALISBURY, WARWICK, and
CARDINAL BEAUFORT, on the one side; the QUEEN, SUFFOLK,
YORK, SOMERSET, and BUCKINGHAM, on the other
SUFFOLK. As by your high imperial Majesty I had in charge at my
depart for France, As procurator to your Excellence, To marry Princess
Margaret for your Grace; So, in the famous ancient city Tours, In presence
of the Kings of France and Sicil, The Dukes of Orleans, Calaber, Bretagne,
and Alencon, Seven earls, twelve barons, and twenty reverend bishops, I
have perform\'d my task, and was espous\'d; And humbly now upon my
bended knee, In sight of England and her lordly peers, Deliver up my title
in the Queen To your most gracious hands, that are the substance Of that
great shadow I did represent: The happiest gift that ever marquis gave, The
fairest queen that ever king receiv\'d. KING HENRY. Suffolk, arise.
Welcome, Queen Margaret: I can express no kinder sign of love Than this
kind kiss. O Lord, that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with
thankfulness! For thou hast given me in this beauteous face A world of
earthly blessings to my soul, If sympathy of love unite our thoughts.
QUEEN. Great King of England, and my gracious lord, The mutual
conference that my mind hath had, By day, by night, waking and in my
dreams, In courtly company or at my beads, With you, mine alder-liefest
sovereign, Makes me the bolder to salute my king With ruder terms, such
as my wit affords And over-joy of heart doth minister.