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A CHAMBER IN WHITEHALL. / ENTER THE KING, QUEEN, LAUD, LORD STRAFFORD, / LORD COTTINGTON, AND OTHER LORDS; ARCHY; / ALSO ST. JOHN, WITH SOME GENTLEMEN OF THE INNS OF COURT.
KING: / Thanks, gentlemen. I heartily accept / This token of your service: your gay masque / Was performed gallantly. And it shows well / When subjects twine such flowers of [observance? ] / With the sharp thorns that deck the English crown. / A gentle heart enjoys what it confers, / Even as it suffers that which it inflicts, / Though Justice guides the stroke. / Accept my hearty thanks.