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 brooks not to be put to shifts, as you and your men would call it

[Controlling his rising wrath.] And so? In one word—I will not give it you! Then you defy me! Since so it must be—yes, I defy you. [Forcibly.] Now, my lord King, I scarce think you or any man can now need further proof! Nay, now I think we know the Earl's mind. [Coldly, to the ] You will hand the Great Seal to Ivar Bodde. [Rushes with clasped hands towards the daïs, where the is standing.] Håkon, be a kind and gracious husband to me! [ makes an imperative gesture towards her; she hides her face in her veil, and goes up towards her mother again.

[To ] Here is the Great Seal.