Then Edward is king.

With him, the heresy of Protestantism triumphs; and however great and numerous our party may be, yet we shall be powerless and subdued.

Yes, we shall be the oppressed and persecuted." "We shall then know how to fight, and if it must be so, to die also!" cried her brother.

"It is more honorable to die on the battle-field than to purchase life and humiliation." "Yes, it is honorable to die on the field of battle; but, Henry, it is a disgrace to come to an end upon the scaffold.

And that, my brother, may be your fate, if you do not this time bend your pride; if you do not grasp the hand that Lord Hertford extends to you in reconciliation, but mortally offend him.