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Quotation from Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
“Sir, I desire you do me right and justice, And to bestow your pity on me; for I am a most poor woman and a stranger, Born out of your dominions”
Henry VIII, Act II, Scene 4 (Project Gutenberg #1541 (First Folio text, modernized))
Kneeling at Henry's feet in the Blackfriars court, Katherine opens her defence by naming her vulnerability as a foreign queen without an impartial judge.
Citation: "Sir, I desire you do me right and justice, And to bestow your pity on me; for I am a most poor woman and a stranger, Born out of your dominions" — William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, Act II, Scene 4 (Project Gutenberg #1541 (First Folio text, modernized)). (id henry-viii-q4)
