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KING STEPHEN.
Who 'sdains to yield to any but his peer,If not in title, yet in noble deeds,The Earl of Glocester. Stab to the hilt, De Kaims,For I will never by mean hands be ledFrom this so famous field. Do you hear! Be quick!
Trumpets. Enter the Earl of Chester and Knights.
Scene IV.—A Presence Chamber. Queen Maud in a  Chair of State, the Earls of Glocester and   Chester, Lords, Attendants.
 Maud. Glocester, no more: I will behold that Boulogne: Set him before me. Nor for the poor sake Of regal pomp and a vain-glorious hour, As thou with wary speech, yet near enough, Has hinted.
 Glocester. Faithful counsel have I given; If wary, for your Highness' benefit.
 Maud. The Heavens forbid that I should not think For by thy valor have I won this realm. Which by thy wisdom I will ever keep. To sage advisers let me ever bend A meek attentive ear, so that they treat Of the wide kingdom's rule and government, Not trenching on our actions personal. Advised, not school'd, I would be; and henceforth Spoken to in clear, plain, and open terms, Not side-ways sermon'd at.
 Glocester.Then in plain terms,Once more for the fallen king—
 Maud.Your pardon, Brother,I would no more of that; for, as I said,
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