The
Atheling
is nearest to the throne.
Tennyson
.
.
if this be so.
WILLIAM. And I would bind thee more, and would myself
Be bounden to thee more.
HAROLD. Then let me hence With Wulfnoth to King Edward.
WILLIAM. So we will. We hear he hath not long to live.
HAROLD. It may be.
WILLIAM. Why then the heir of England, who is he?
HAROLD.
The Atheling is nearest to the throne.
WILLIAM. But sickly, slight, half-witted and a child,
Will England have him king?
HAROLD. It may be, no.
WILLIAM. And hath King Edward not pronounced his heir?
HAROLD. Not that I know.
WILLIAM. When he was here in Normandy,
He loved us and we him, because we found him.
A Norman of the Normans.
HAROLD. So did we.
WILLIAM. A gentle, gracious, pure and saintly man!
WILLIAM. And I would bind thee more, and would myself
Be bounden to thee more.
HAROLD. Then let me hence With Wulfnoth to King Edward.
WILLIAM. So we will. We hear he hath not long to live.
HAROLD. It may be.
WILLIAM. Why then the heir of England, who is he?
HAROLD.
The Atheling is nearest to the throne.
WILLIAM. But sickly, slight, half-witted and a child,
Will England have him king?
HAROLD. It may be, no.
WILLIAM. And hath King Edward not pronounced his heir?
HAROLD. Not that I know.
WILLIAM. When he was here in Normandy,
He loved us and we him, because we found him.
A Norman of the Normans.
HAROLD. So did we.
WILLIAM. A gentle, gracious, pure and saintly man!
