Lines 757-770
- The king gets the false letter and is bummed beyond belief. But he keeps his feelings to himself, and opts to write a letter back.
- In the letter he says he has decided to surrender to God's will.
- He says that the child should stay alive until he gets home from Scotland, and feels confident that Christ will send him a more suitable heir (again, harsh) when he wants to.
- The he seals the letter, sobs a bit to himself, and sends it back with the messenger.
Lines 771-777
- The Man of Law waxes poetic about how terrible and wrong it is to drink.
- Um, thanks for the tip?
- Basically, he's calling out the messenger for betraying secrets and ruining all the family bliss.
Lines 778-784
- The Man of Law complains about how awful Donegild is, and calls her all sorts of things, like, for example, a mannish woman.
- He hopes she'll go to the devil and accuses her of being from hell.
- We're gonna go out on a limb here and say that the Man of Law is decidedly not Team Donegild. How could he be, when he's clearly team Custance?