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GLOUCESTER'S house.
[Enter GLOUCESTER and his DUCHESS]
DUCHESS
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Why* droops | my lord | like^ov|er-rip|ened corn,
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Hanging | the head | at Cer|es' plent|eous load?
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Why doth | the great | Duke^Humph|rey knit | his
brows,
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As frown|ing at | the fav|ors of | the world?
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Why are | thine^eyes | fixed to | the sul|len
earth,
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Gazing | on that | which seems | to dim | thy
sight?
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What seest | thou there?| King^Hen|ry's di|adem,
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Enchased | with all | the hon|ors of | the world?
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If so,| gaze^on,| and grov|el on | thy face,
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Until | thy head | be circ|led with | the same.
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Put forth | thy hand,| reach at | the glor|ious
gold.
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What, is it | too* short?| I'll leng|then it |
with mine,
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And hav|ing both | togeth|er heaved | it up,
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We'll both | togeth|er lift | our heads | to
heaven,
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And nev|er more | abase | our sight | so low,
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As to / vouchsafe | one glance un|to the ground.
GLOUCESTER
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O Nell, sweet Nell,| if thou | dost love | thy
lord,
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Banish | the cank|er of | ambi|tious thoughts:
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And may | that thought,| when I | imag|ine ill
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Against | my king | and neph|ew, vir|tuous
He||nry,
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Be | my last | breathing | in this mort|al world.
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My troub|lous dream | this night,| doth make | me
sad.
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What dreamed | my lord,| Tell me,| and I'll |
requite it
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With sweet | rehears|al of | my morn|ing's dream?
GLOUCESTER
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Methought | this staff | mine of|fice-badge | in
court
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Was broke | in twain:| by whom,| I have | forgot,
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But as | I think,| it was | by the | cardinal,
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And on | the pie|ces of | the brok|en wand
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Were placed | the heads | of Ed|mund Duke | of
So||merset,
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And Wil|liam de la Pole | first^duke | of
Suffolk. ??
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This was | my dream,| what^it | doth^bode | God^knows.
DUCHESS
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Tut, this | was noth|ing but | an arg|ument,
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That he | that breaks | a stick | of
Glouce|ster's grove,
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Shall lose | his head | for his | presump|tion.
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But list | to me,| my Humph|rey, my / sweet duke:
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Methought | I sat | in seat | of maj|esty,
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In the | cathed|ral church | of West|minster,
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And in | that chair | where kings | and queens |
are crowned,
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Where Hen|ry and / dame Marg|aret kneeled | to me,
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And on | my head | did set | the di|adem.
GLOUCESTER
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Nay^El|eanor,| then must | I chide | outright:
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Presump|tuous dame,| ill-nur|tured El|eanor,
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Art thou | not sec|ond wom|an in | the realm?
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And the | protect|or's wife,| beloved | of him?
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Hast thou | not world|ly pleas|ure at | command,
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Above | the reach | or comp|ass of | thy thought?
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And wilt | thou still | be ham|mering treach|ery,
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To tum|ble down | thy hus|band, and | thyself,
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From top | of hon|or, to | disgra|ce's feet?
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Away | from me,| and let | me hear | no more.
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What, what, my lord?| Are you | so chol|eric
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With El|eanor,| for tel|ling but | her dream?
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Next^time | I'll keep | my dreams | unto |
myself,
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And not | be checked. \\
GLOUCESTER
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Nay* be | not ang|ry, I | am pleased |
again.
[Enter Messenger]
MESSENGER
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My lord | protect|or, 'tis | his high|ness'
plea||sure
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You do | prepare | to ride | unto |
Saint^Al||ban's,
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Where | as the king | and queen | do mean | to
hawk.
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I go.| Come Nell thou | wilt ride | with us?
[Exeunt GLOUCESTER and Messenger]
DUCHESS
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Yes my | good lord,| I'll fol|low pres|ently.
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Follow | I must,| I can|not go | before,
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While Glouce|ster bears | this base | and hum|ble
mind.
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Were^I | a man,| a duke,| and next | of blood,
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I would | remove | these ted|ious
stum|bling-blocks,
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And smooth | my way | upon | their head|less
necks.
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And be|ing a wom|an, I | will not | be slack
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To play | my part | in For|tune's pag|eant.
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Where^are | you there?| Sir John;| nay* fear |
not man,
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We are | alone,| here's none | but thee,| and I.
[Enter HUME]
HUME
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Jesus | preserve | your roy|al maj|esty.
DUCHESS
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What sayst | thou? maj|esty:| I am | but grace.
HUME
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But by | the grace | of God,| and Hume's |
advice,
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Your gra|ce's tit|le shall | be mult|iplied.
DUCHESS
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What sayst | thou man?| Hast thou | as yet |
conferred
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With Marg|ery / Jourdain | the cun|ning witch,
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With Rog|er Bol|ingbroke,| the con|jurer?
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And will | they und|ertake | to do | me good?
HUME
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This they have | promi|sed to | show your |
highness
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A spir|it raised | from depth | of und|erground,
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That shall make | answer | to such | questions,
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As by | your grace | shall be | propound|ed him.
DUCHESS
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It is e|nough, I'll | think u|pon the |
questions:
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When from | Saint^Al|ban's we | do make | return,
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We'll see | these^things | effect|ed to | the
full.
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Here Hume, take | this reward,| make^mer|ry man,
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With^thy | confed|erates | in this weigh|ty
cause.
[Exit]
HUME
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Hume must | make mer/ry with | the duch|ess'
gold:
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Marry and | shall: But | how* now,| Sir John Hume?
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Seal^up | your lips,| and give | no^words | but
mum,
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The bus|iness ask|eth sil|ent sec|recy.
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Dame^El|eanor | gives gold, to bring | the witch:
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Gold cannot come | amiss,| were she | a devil.
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Yet have | I gold | flies from | anoth|er coast:
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I dare | not say,| from the / rich card|inal,
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And from the | great and | new-made Duke | of
Suf||folk;
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Yet | I do find | it so:| for to | be plain,
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They (know|ing Dame^El|eanor's | aspir|ing
hum||or)
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Have hired | me to | under|mine the | duchess,
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And buzz | these con|jura|tions in | her brain.
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They say,| A craf|ty knave | does^need | no*
broker,
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Yet am | I Suf|folk and | the card|inal's broker.
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Hume, if you | take not heed,| you shall | go
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To call | them both | a pair | of craf|ty knaves.
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Well, so | it stands:| and thus | I fear | at
last,
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Hume's knav/ery | will be | the duch|ess' wreck,
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And her | attain|ture, will | be Humph|rey's
fall:
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Sort^how | it will,| I shall | have gold | for
all.
[Exit]