Elizabeth plots revenge from her sanctuary in Westminster Abbey, while Richard seeks support for a usurpation. All of their hopes and fears hang on the outcome of the next council.
we'll suffer a fatal backlash as
enemies of the poor widowed queen.
dürften wir als Feind der Königsmutter
tödliche Antipathie erfahren.
elle passera pour une victime,
et nous, pour les ennemis du clergé.
verremmo visti come i nemici della povera regina madre
 e ci guadagneremmo delle antipatie fatali.
iremos aparecer como inimigos
da pobre rainha-viúva,
то в памяти людей останемся злодеями,
прервавшими молитву несчастной.