12861286Either well or ill, according to thy intent.
12871287If well thou wi
sh to him and Saxonie,
12881288He bids thee friendly welcome as he can:
12891289If ill thou wi
sh to him and Saxonie,
12901290He mu
st with
stand thy malice as he may.
12911291Zweno. William, for other name and title giue I none
12921292To him, who were he worthie of tho
se honours
12931293That Fortune and his predece
ssors left,
12941294I ought by right and humaine courte
sie
12951295To grace his
style with duke of Saxonie.
12961296But for I
finde a ba
se degenerate minde,
12971297I frame my
speech according to the man,
12981298And not the
state that he vnworthie holds.
12991299William. Herein
Zweno do
st thou aba
se thy
state,
13001300To breake the peace which by our aunce
sters
13011301Hath heretofore been honourably kept.
13021302Zweno. And
should that peace for euer haue been kept,
13031303Had not thy
selfe beene author of the breach:
13041304Nor
stands it with the honour of my
state,
13051305Or nature of a father to his childe,
13061306That I
should
so be robbed of my daughter,
13071307And not vnto the vtmo
st of my power
13081308Reuenge
so intolerable an iniurie.
13091309William. is this the colour of your quarrell
Zweno? 13101310I well perceiue the wi
se
st men may erre.
13111311And thinke you I conueied away your daughter
Blanch? 13121312Zweno. art thou
so impudent to deny thou did
st 13131313When that the proofe thereof is manife
st;
13151315Zweno. Thine owne confe
ssion is
su
fficient proofe.
13161316William. Did I confe
sse I
stole your daughter
Blanch? 13171317Zweno. Thou did
st confe
sse thou had
st a Ladie hence.
13191319Zweno. Why that was
Blanch my daughter,
13211321Who wrongfully thou detaine
st pri
soner.
Zweno