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Scene I.] THE DEVOTED ONE. 193
'Tis not for thee to measure my deserts :
Would thou hadst all thine own !
GODWIN.
And speedy may they come ! And
They will be mine.
EVORA.
when they do,
Thoult be a scurvy Lord ; glad once again
To tend thy father's hogs ay, and to feed
Upon their husks and acorns.
GODWIN.
Thou must learn,
My lady malapert, to treat Earl Godwin
With more respect and worship, and forget
That thou hast ever known him in the forest.
EVORA.
Earl Godwin should have learnt to treat himself
With more respect. Is it the mode, I pray,
For Lords and Earls to break their vows of faith,
And hold their plighted honour as a thing
Of no account ? If so, what right have they
To claim from others homage or respect ?
GODWIN.
What, saucy maiden, do thy words imply ?
EVORA.
That thou, thy false heart yielding elsewhere worship,
Hast basely wronged a lovely, virtuous maid ;
One thy superior, far as Eve's bright star
Is to the ditch-born tadpole.
With her did come
Hither I
GODWIN.
To seek a wealthy husband.
Some old, time-crazed, and war-worn soldier, who
Shall tell thee endless tales of past exploits
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