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Henry the Fifth, V. ii

K. Hen. Nay, it will please him well, Kate;

it shall please him, Kate.

Kath. Den it shall also content me.

K. Hen. Upon that I kiss your hand, and I

call you my queen.

Kath. Laissez, mon seigneur, laissez, laissez!

Ma foi, je ne veux point que vous abaissiez votre

grandeur, en baisant la main d'une de votre seig-

neurie indigne serviteur: excusez-moi, je vous

supplie, mon très-puissant seigneur.

K. Hen. Then I will kiss your lips, Kate.

Kath. Les dames, et demoiselles, pour être

baisées devant leur noces, il n'est pas la cou-

tume de France.

K. Hen. Madam my interpreter, what says she?

Alice. Dat it is not be de fashion pour les

ladies of France,—I cannot tell wat is baiser

en Anglish.

K. Hen. To kiss.

Alice. Your majesty entendre bettre que moi.

K. Hen. It is not a fashion for the maids in

France to kiss before they are married, would

she say?

Alice. Oui, vraiment.

K. Hen. O Kate! nice customs curtsy to great

kings. Dear Kate, you and I cannot be confined

within the weak list of a country's fashion: we

are the makers of manners, Kate; and the

liberty that follows our places stops the mouths

of all find-faults, as I will do yours, for uphold-

ing the nice fashion of your country in denying

me a kiss: therefore, patiently, and yielding

[Kissing her]. You have witchcraft in your lips,

 291 curtsy: bow

293 list: barrier 