How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line)
Quote #10
SAYE
Ah, countrymen, if when you make your prayers,
God should be so obdurate as yourselves,
How would it fare with your departed souls?
And therefore yet relent, and save my life. (4.7.114-117)
Henry isn't the only religious one in the play: Lord Saye tells the commoners that they won't be able to live with themselves if they kill him unjustly. It doesn't do any good: he dies anyway. It does get us thinking about what is "just" and what isn't, though. Lord Saye talks about God judging souls, so what would God have to say about any of the nobles' behavior? How about the behavior of the rebels?