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That the loyal Commons, here assembled,
will speedily enact this bill, I doubt not.
1:20:06
For as much as it concerns the King's
new title and his marriage to Queen Anne.
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Both matters pleasing to a loyal subject.
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Mark, my Masters...
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...there is among us
a brood of discreet traitors...
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...to which deceit
the King can brook no longer.
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And we, his loyal huntsmen, must now
drive these subtle foxes from their covert.
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Father?
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Margaret!
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I couldn't get a boat.
1:21:03
What is it, Meg?
1:21:05
Father, there's a new act
going through parliament.
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And by this act,
they're going to administer an oath...
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...about the marriage.
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On what compulsion is the oath?
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-High treason.
-But what is the wording?
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Do the words matter?
We know what it means.
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Tell me the words.
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An oath is made of words.
It may be possible to take it.
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Take it?
1:21:27
And if it can be taken,
you must take it, too.
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No!
1:21:31
Listen, Meg. God made the angels
to show him splendour.
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As he made animals for innocence
and plants for their simplicity.
1:21:40
But Man he made to serve him wittily,
in the tangle of his mind.
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If he suffers us to come to such a case
that there is no escaping...
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...then we may stand to our tackle
as best we can.
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And yes, Meg, then we can clamour
like champions, if we have the spittle for it.
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But it's God's part, not our own,
to bring ourselves to such a pass.