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You are not ignorant all-telling fame

Doth noise abroad Navarre hath made a vow,

Till painful study shall outwear three years,

No woman may approach his silent court;

Therefore to ’s seemeth it a needful course,

Before we enter his forbidden gates,

To know his pleasure; and in that behalf,

Bold of your worthiness, we single you

As our best-moving fair solicitor.

Tell him, the daughter of the King of France,

On serious business craving quick dispatch,

[Importunes] personal conference with his Grace.

Haste, signify so much, while we attend,

Like humble[-visag’d] suitors, his high will.

Boyet.

Proud of employment, willingly I go.

Exit Boyet.

Prin.

All pride is willing pride, and yours is so.

Who are the votaries, my loving lords,

That are vow-fellows with this virtuous Duke?

[1.] Lord.

[Lord] Longaville is one.

Prin.

Know you the man?

[Mar.]

I know him, madam; at a marriage-feast,

Between Lord Perigort and the beauteous heir

Of Jaques Falconbridge, solemnized

In Normandy, saw I this Longaville,