Made Britain, India: every man, that stood, The noble spirits to arms, they did perform Being now seen possible enough, got credit, Buck. O, you go far. Nor. As I belong to worship, and affect In honour honesty, the tract of every thing Would by a good discourser lose some life, Which action's self was tongue to. All was royal; To the disposing of it nought rebell'd; Order gave each thing view; the office did Distinctly his full function. Buck. Who did guide, Buck. Surely, sir, Nor. There's in him stuff that puts him to these ends: For, being not propp'd by ancestry (whose grace Chalks successors their way,) nor call'd upon For high feats done to the crown; neither allied To eminent assistants, but, spider-like, Out of his self-drawing web, he gives us note, The force of his own merit makes his way; A gift that heaven gives for him, which buys A place next to the king. Aber. I cannot tell What heaven hath given him, let some graver eye Pierce into that; but I can see his pride Peep through each part of him: Whence has he that? If not from hell, the devil is a niggard; Or has given all before, and he begins A new hell in himself. Buck. Why the devil, Upon this French going-out, took he upon him, (1) In opinion, which was most noble. (3) Certainly. (4) Practice. (6) Lump of fat. (7) List. (5) Proud. Nor. Why, all this business 'Like it your grace, The state takes notice of the private difference That I advise your shunning. Enter Cardinal Wolsey (the purse borne before him,) certain of the guard, and two Secretaries with papers. The Cardinal in his passage fixeth his eye on Buckingham, and Buckingham on him, both full of disdain. Wol. The duke of Buckingham's surveyor, ha? Where's his examination? 1 Secr. Here, so please you. Wol. Is he in person ready? 1 Secr. Ay, please your grace. Wol. Well, we shall then know more; and Buckingham Shall lessen this big look. [Exe. Wolsey and train. Buck. This butcher's curio is venom-mouth'd, and I Have not the power to muzzle him; therefore, best Not wake him in his slumber. A beggar's book Out-worths a noble's blood. Nor. What, are you chaf'd? Ask God for temperance; that's the appliance only, Which your disease requires. Buck. I read in his looks Matter against me; and his eye revil'd (8) Sets down in his letter without consulting the council. (9) Conducted. (10) Wolsey was the son of a butcher. He bores me with some trick: He's gone to the (As soon he shall by me,) that thus the cardinal I'll follow, and out-stare him, Nor. Stay, my lord, And let your reason with your choler question What 'tis you go about: To climb steep hills, Requires slow pace at first: Anger is like A full-hot horse; who being allow'd his way, Self-mettle tires him. Not a man in England Can advise me like you: be to yourself As you would to your friend. Buck. I'll to the king; And from a mouth of honour quite cry down This Ipswich fellow's insolence; or proclaim, There's difference in no persons. Nor. Be advis'd; Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot That it do singe yourself: We may outrun, By violent swiftness, that which we run at, And lose by over-running, Know you not, The fire, that mounts the liquor till it run o'er, In seeming to augment it, wastes it? Be advis'd: I say again, there is no English soal More stronger to direct you than yourself; If with the sap of reason you would quench, Or but allay, the fire of passion. Buck. Sir, I am thankful to you; and I'll go along By your prescription:-but this top-proud fellow, as strong As shore of rock. Attend. This holy fox, Nor. 'Faith, and so it did. Nor. I am sorry To hear this of him; and could wish, he were Something mistaken in't. Buck. No, not a syllable; I do pronounce him in that very shape, Enter Brandon; a Sergeant at Arms before him, and two or three of the guards. Bran. Your office, serjeant; execute it. My lord the duke of Buckingham, and earl Buck. Sir, Lo you, my lord, The net has fall'n upon me; I shall perish Under device and practice." Bran. I am sorry Buck. Pray, give me favour, sir. This cunning Hath show'd him gold: my life is spann'd already : cardinal The articles o'the combination drew, As himself pleas'd; and they were ratified, To the old dam, treason,) Charles the Emperor, I am the shadow of poor Buckingham; [Exeunt, SCENE II.-The council-chamber. Cornets, Enter King Henry, Cardinal Wolsey, the Lords of the Council, Sir Thomas Lovell, Officers, and Assistants. The King enters, leaning on the Cardinal's shoulder. K. Hen. My life itself, and the best heart of it, Thanks you for this great care: I stood i'the level Of a full-charg'd confederacy, and give thanks To you that chok'd it.-Let be call'd before us That gentleman of Buckingham's: in person I'll hear him his confessions justify; And point by point the treasons of his master He shall again relate. The King takes his state. The Lords of the Council take their several places. The Cardina places himself under the King's feet, on his right side. 4 noise within, crying Room for the Queen. En- Is nam'd, your wars in France: This makes bold ter the Queen, ushered by the Dukes of Norfolk mouths: and Suffolk: she kneels. The King riseth from Tongues spit their duties out, and cold hearts freeze his state, takes her up, kisses, and placeth her Allegiance in them; their curses now, by him. Q. Koth. Nay, we must longer kneel; I am a suitor. K. Hen. Arise, and take place by us:-Half Never name to us; you have half our power: Q. Kath. Thank your majesty. That you would love yourself; and, in that love, Of my petition. Lady mine, proceed. Q. Kath. I am solicited, not by a few, missions I know but of a single part, in aught Q. Kath. some Live where their prayers did; and it's come to pass, To each incensed will. I would, your highness K. Hen. And for me, If I am traduc'd by tongues, which neither know To cope1 malicious censurers; which ever, K. Hen. [To the Secretary. commons Hardly conceive of me; let it be nois'd, That, through our intercession, this revokement To those which would not know them, and yet must And pardon comes: I shall anon advise you Perforce be their acquaintance. These exactions,Further in the proceeding. [Exit Secretary. Whereof my sovereign would have note, they are Most pestilent to the hearing: and, to bear them, The back is sacrifice to the load. They say, They are devis'd by you; or else you suffer Too hard an exclamation. K. Hen. Still exaction! The nature of it? In what kind, let's know, Is this exaction? Q. Kath. I am much too venturous The sixth part of his substance, to be levied (1) I am only one among the other counsellors. Enter Surveyor. Q. Kath. I am sorry, that the duke of Bucking ham Is run in your displeasure. K. Hen. When these so noble benefits shall prove Not well-dispos'd, the mind growing once corrupt, (4) Encounter. (5) Sometime. Who was enroll'd 'mongst wonders, and when we, As if besmear'd in hell. Sit by us; you shall hear Go forward. I told my lord the duke, By the devil's illusions To ruminate on this so far, until It forg'd him some design, which, being believ'd, Wol. Stand forth; and with bold spirit relate The cardinal's and sir Thomas Lovell's heads How grounded he his title to the crown, He was brought to this Should have gone off. K. Hen. Ha! what, so rank? Ah, ha! There's mischief in this man:-Canst thou say fur ther? A giant traitor! Wol. Now, madam, may his highness live in freedom, God mend all! Sir, a Chartreux friar, And this man out of prison? His confessor; who fed him every minute Q. Kath. With words of sovereignty. K. Hen. There's something more would out of thee; What say'st! K. Hen. How know'st thou this? The duke being at the Rose, within the parish heirs, Tell you the duke) shall prosper: bid him strive To gain the love of the commonally; the duke Shall govern England. Kath, If I know you well, You were the duke's surveyor, and lost your On the complaint o'the tenants: Take good heed, K. Hen. Let him on: (1) Conduct, manage. Though they be never so ridiculous, Cham. As far as I see, all the good our English To Pepin, or Clotharius, they keep state so. That never saw them pace before, the spavin, (3) Grimace. Lov. They must either (For so run the conditions) leave these remnants Out of a foreign wisdom,) renouncing clean eases They are set here for examples. Cham. True, they are so But few now give so great ones. My barge stays;* Sands. I am your lordship's. [Exeunt. SCENE IV.-The presence chamber in Yorkplace. Hautboys. A small table under a state for the Cardinal, a longer table for the guests. Enter at one door, Anne Bullen, and divers Lords, Ladies, and Gentlewomen, as guests ; at another door, enter Sir Henry Guildford. Guild. Ladies, a general welcome from his grace Clapp'd wings to me. Cham. You are young, sir Harry Guildford. Lov. O, that your lordship were but now confessor To one or two of these! Sands. I would I were; They should find easy penance. Lov. 'Faith, how easy? Sands. As easy as a down-bed would afford it. Cham. Sweet ladies, will it please you sit? Sir Harry, Place you that side, I'll take the charge of this: His grace is ent'ring.-Nay, you must not freeze; My lord Sands, you are one will keep them waking; Two women plac'd together makes cold weather:Pray, sit between these ladies. Sands. By my faith, And thank your lordship.-By your leave, sweet ladies : [Seats himself between Anne Bullen and another lady. If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me ; I had it from my father. Was he mad, sir? Anne. Sands. O, very mad, exceeding mad; in love too: But he would bite none; just as I do now, He would kiss you twenty with a breath. [Kisses her. Cham. Well said, my lord. So, now you are fairly seated:-Gentlemen, The penance lies on you, if these fair ladies Pass away frowning. Sands. For my little cure, Let me alone. Hautboys. Enter Cardinal Wolsey, attended; and takes his state." (4) The speaker is at Bridewell, and the cardinal's house was at Whitehall. (5) Company. (6) Chair. |