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Henry VIII

Act I, Scene 3

An ante-chamber in the palace.
 
[Enter Chamberlain and SANDS]
 
CHAMBERLAIN
        2    ,     ,           ,           ,               x
      Is it pos|sible | the spells | of France | should juggle
       ,    2      T     T     T    2
      Men into | such strange mys|teries?
 
SANDS
                                           ,     ,
                                          New | customs,
         ,              ,      ,      ,     ,
      Though they | be nev|er so | ridic|ulous,
        ,     2       ,     ,       ,         ,
      (Nay let 'em | be un|manly)| yet are | followed.
 
CHAMBERLAIN
          ,      2   ,     ,          ,         ,
      As far | as I see,| all the | good our | English
            ,      2      ,     ,        ,         ,
      Have got | by the late | voyage,| is but | merely
         ,        ,      2      ,             2         ,     ,
      A fit | or two | of the face, |(but they are / shrewd ones)
            ,           ,         ,            ,         ,     2->
      For when | they hold |'em, you | would swear | direct||ly
             ,     ,      ,           ,       ,
      Their ve|ry nos|es had | been couns|ellors
          ,    2    ,   ,   2           ,      ,
      To Pep|in or Clo|tharius,| they keep | state so.
 
SANDS
                   ,   ,     __
      They have / all new | legs,
            ,      ,                   x
      And lame | ones; one | would take it,  (tri with prev)
             x      ,          ,       ,          ,
      That never | see 'em | pace be|fore, the | spavin
           ,            ,        ,
      A spring|halt^reigned | among |'em.
 
CHAMBERLAIN
                                            ,          ,
                                          Death | my lord,
               ,           ,       ,        x      ,    2
      Their clothes | are aft|er such | a pagan | cut to it,
             ,              ,          ,       ,         ,
      That sure | they've worn | out Christ|endom:| how now?
             ,         ,       ,
      What news,| Sir Thom|as Lov|ell?
 
LOVELL
                                         ,          ,
                                       Faith | my lord,
          ,         ,       2     ,     ,      ,
      I hear | of none | but the new | procla|mation,
                ,        ,          ,      ,
      That's clapped | upon | the court-|gate.
 
CHAMBERLAIN
                                                        2    ,
                                               What | is it for?
 
LOVELL
           ,     ,    ,     2      ,            x
      The ref|orma|tion | of our trav|elled gallants,  ??
             ,          ,             x         ,          ,
      That fill | the court | with quarrels,| talk, and | tailors.
 
CHAMBERLAIN
            ,          ,
      I'm glad |'tis there;
                            ,   2          ,              ,
                           Now I would | pray our | monsieurs
           ,         ,         ,    2   ,         ,
      To think | an Eng|lish court|ier may | be wise,
           ,      ,           x
      And nev|er see | the Louvre.
 
LOVELL
                                     ,          ,
                                   They must | either
            ,    ,     2     ,          ,            ,
      (For so | run the con|ditions)| leave those | remnants
           ,         ,          ,          ,          ,
      Of fool | and feath|er, that | they got | in France,
            ,           ,   3 3     ,         ,     ,
      With all | their hon|orable point | of ig|norance
          ,          x    ,          ,           ,
      Pertaining thereun|to; as | fights and | fireworks*,  ??
        ,       ,       ,           ,         ,
      Abus|ing bet|ter men | than they | can be
       ,    2     ,         ,           ,         ,
      Out of a | foreign | wisdom,| renoun|cing clean
            ,            ,        ,     2      ,      ,
      The faith | they have | in ten|nis and tall | stockings,
        ,     ,         ,             ,     ,       ,
      Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel;  ????
           ,      ,        ,          ,       ,
      And und|erstand | again | like^hon|est men,
           ,      2       ,      T   Tx       T           x
      Or pack | to their old | playfellows; there,| I take it,  ??
            ,          ,    ,  2     ,      ,
      They may | cum priv|ileg|io, wear | away
           ,     ,    2          ,                    ,     ,
      The lag | end of their | lewdness,| and be / laughed at.
 
SANDS
             ,         ,        ,         ,        ,      2->
      'Tis time | to give |'em phy|sic, their | diseas||es
            ,          ,
      Are grown | so catch|ing.
 
CHAMBERLAIN
                                 ,        ,         ,      2->
                               What | a loss | our lad||ies
             ,      2        ,     ,
      Will have | of these trim | vani|ties?
 
LOVELL
                                              ,     ,
                                             Aye | marry,
        ,       2      ,       T    T     .   T      ,
      There will be | woe in|deed lords, the sly | whoresons*
            ,        ,         ,      .  T    T   T      ->
      Have got | a speed|ing trick | to lay down lad||ies.
             ,     ,       2     x      ,        ,
      A / French song,| and a fiddle,| has no | fellow.
 
SANDS
           ,      ,     2    o
      The dev|il fid|dle 'em,
      ,        ,      2       ,
      I am | glad they are | going,  (tri with prev)
            ,             ,       ,        ,        ,
      For sure | there's no | convert|ing of |'em: now
          ,        ,        ,       ,          x
      An hon|est count|ry lord | as I | am, beaten
          ,      ,     2       ,           T    .    T    T
      A long | time out of | play, may | bring his plainsong,
            ,         ,         ,        ,      2     ,    2->
      And have | an hour | of hear|ing, and | by our la||dy
             ,        ,      ,
      Held* cur|rent mus|ic too.
 
CHAMBERLAIN
                                         ,           ,
                                 Well* said | Lord^Sands,
              ,       ,              ,
      Your colt's | tooth is | not cast | yet?
 
SANDS
                                                ,        ,
                                               No | my lord,
            ,      ,           ,     2      ,
      Nor shall | not, while | I have a | stump.
 
CHAMBERLAIN
                                                        ,
                                                 Sir | Thomas,
       ,          ,     2    ,
      Whither | were you a-|going?
 
LOVELL
                                    ,        ,   2
                                   To the | cardinal's;
             ,    ,    2      T    T
      Your lord|ship is a | guest too.
 
CHAMBERLAIN
                                       T          ,
                                       O,| 'tis true;
             ,          ,        ,          2      ,    ,
      This night | he makes | a sup|per, and a / great one,
          ,      ,          ,         ,           ,
      To ma|ny lords | and lad|ies; there | will be
            ,      ,     ,    ,          2     ,
      The beaut|y of | this king/dom I'll as|sure you.
 
LOVELL
              ,
      That church|man
                        ,         ,    2     ,        ,
                      Bears | a bount|eous mind | indeed,
          ,     ,   ,         2        ,           ,
      A hand | as fruit/ful as the | land that | feeds us,
            ,      T   T  .  T
      His dews | fall everywhere.
 
CHAMBERLAIN
                                      ,            x
                                 No doubt | he's noble;
          ,        ,       ,            ,   ,       2
      He had | a black | mouth that | said oth/er of him.
 
SANDS
          ,         ,
      He may | my lord,
                             ,       ,        ,
                       Has where|withal | in him;
        ,    2          T  .   T    T          ,     ,
      Sparing would | show a worse sin,| than ill | doctrine,
       ,        ,   ,                  ,   ,
      Men of | his way,/ should be | most lib/eral,
          2     ,      ,     2    ,
      They are set | here for ex|amples.
 
CHAMBERLAIN
                                          ,           ,
                                        True, they | are so;
           ,           ,         ,       T
      But few | now* give | so great | ones:
                                              .   T     T
                                             My barge stays;  ??
             ,         ,        ,      ,       2       ,
      Your lord|ship shall | along:| come, good Sir | Thomas,
           ,          ,      ,              ,          ,
      We shall | be late | else, which^|I would | not be,
       ,   2        ,    ,               ,        ,
      For I was | spoke to,/ with Sir | Henry | Guildford
             ,       2     ,    ,
      This night | to be comp|trollers.
 
SANDS
                                          ,   2         ,
                                          I am your | lordship's.
 
[Exeunt]

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