(to QUEEN ELIZABETH) Madam, you're not exempt from this—nor are you, Dorset— nor you, Buckingham. You have had too many separate factions among you. My dear wife, let Lord Hastings kiss your hand. And don't do it merely for appearance's sake.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
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There, Hastings, I will never more remember
Our former hatred, so thrive I and mine.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
Take my hand, Hastings. From now on, I'll forget the hatred I used to feel for you.
HASTINGS kisses her hand
HASTINGS kisses her hand.
KING EDWARD IV
Dorset, embrace him.—Hastings, love Lord Marquess.
KING EDWARD IV
Dorset, embrace Hastings.—Hastings, express your affection for the marquess of Dorset.
DORSET
This interchange of love, I here protest,
Upon my part shall be inviolable.
DORSET
I swear I will never break this promise of love.
HASTINGS
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And so swear I.
HASTINGS
And so do I, my lord.
They embrace
They embrace.
KING EDWARD IV
Now, princely Buckingham, seal thou this league
With thy embracements to my wife's allies
And make me happy in your unity.
KING EDWARD IV
Now, noble Buckingham, seal this alliance by embracing my wife's friends, and make me happy in your unity.
