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[Enter two Gentlemen, meeting]
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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Whither a|way so | fast?
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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O, God | save ye:
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Even | to the hall,| to hear | what shall |
become
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Of the great | Duke of | Bucking|ham.
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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I'll | save you
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That labor | sir. All's | now* done | but the
cer|emony
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Of bring|ing back | the pris|oner.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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Were | you there?
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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Yes in|deed was I.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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Pray, speak / what has | happened.
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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You may / guess quick|ly what.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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Is he found | guilty?
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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Yes^tru|ly is | he,
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And | condemned | upon it.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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I am sor|ry for it.
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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So are | a num|ber more.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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But pray | how passed it? \\
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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I'll tell | you in | a lit|tle. The / great duke
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Came to | the bar;| where, to his | accu|sations
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He plead|ed still | not guil/ty, and | alleged
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Many | sharp reas/ons to | defeat | the law.
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The king's | attor|ney on | the con|trary,
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Urged on the e|xami|nations,| proofs,
con|fessions
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Of div|ers wit|nesses, which | the duke | desired
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To have brought vi|va vo|ce* to | his face;
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At which ap|peared a|gainst him,| his sur|veyor
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Sir Gil|bert Peck | his chan|cellor; and / John
Car,
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Confes|sor to / him, with | that dev|il-monk,
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Hopkins,| that made | this mis|chief.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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That | was he
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That fed | him with | his proph|ecies.
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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The same,
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All^these | accused | him strong|ly, which | he
fain
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Would have flung | from him;| but in|deed he |
could not;
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And so | his peers | upon | this ev|idence,
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Have found | him guil|ty of / high treas|on. Much
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He spoke,| and learn|edly | for life:| but all
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Was eith|er pit|ied in | him, or | forgotten.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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After | all* this,| how did | he bear | himself?
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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When he | was brought | again | to the bar,| to
hear
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His knell | rung^out,| his judg|ment, he | was
stirred
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With such | an ag|ony,| he sweat | extreme|ly,
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And some|thing spoke | in chol|er, ill,| and
has|ty: (hex with prev)
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But he | fell to him|self a|gain, and | sweetly,
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In all | the rest | showed a most^|noble |
patience.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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I do not | think he | fears death.
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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Sure | he does not,
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He nev|er was | so wom|anish,| the cause
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He may | a lit|tle grieve | at.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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Cert|ainly,
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The card|inal is | the end | of this.
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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'Tis | likely,
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By all | conjec|tures: first | Kildare's |
attaind||er;
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Then | deputy | of Ire|land, who | removed
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Earl* Sur|rey, was / sent thith|er, and in /
haste too,
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Lest he should | help his | father.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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That trick | of state
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Was a / deep env|ious one,
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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At his | return,
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No doubt | he will | requite it;| this is | noted
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(And gene|rally)| whoev|er the king | favors,
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The card|inal inst|antly will find | employ|ment,
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And || far enough | from court | too.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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All the | commons
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Hate him per|nicious|ly, and | of my / conscience
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Wish him ten fath|om deep:| this duke | as much
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They love | and dote | on: call* him | bounteous
| Buckingham, ??
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The mir|ror of all | courte|sy.
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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Stay | there* sir,
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And see | the noble | ruined | man you | speak
of.
[Enter BUCKINGHAM from his arraignment; tip-staves before him; the axe with
the edge towards him; halberds on each side: accompanied with LOVELL, VAUX,
SANDS, and common people]
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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Let's stand | close and be|hold him.
BUCKINGHAM
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All good*| people,
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You that | thus^far | have come | to pi|ty me;
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Hear what I | say, and | then go | home and |
lose me.
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I have this^|day re|ceived a | traitor's |
judgment,
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And by | that name | must die;| yet heav|en bear
| witness,
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And if | I have | a con|science, let | it sink |
me, (hex with prev)
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Even | as the axe | falls, if I | be not |
faithful.
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The law | I bear | no mal|ice for | my death,
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It has | done u|pon the | premi|ses, but
| justice:
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But those | that sought | it I | could wish |
more* Chris|tians: (hex with prev)
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(Be what they | will) I | hearti|ly for|give 'em;
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Yet let 'em | look they | glory | not in |
mischief;
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Nor build | their ev/ils on the | graves of
great men;
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For then,| my guilt|less blood | must cry |
against 'em.
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For furth|er life | in this | world I nere hope,
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Nor will I | sue, al|though the | king have |
mercies
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More than I | dare make faults.
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You few | that loved | me, (tri with prev)
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And dare | be bold | to weep | for Buck|ingham,
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His nob|le friends | and fel|lows, whom | to
leave
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Is on|ly bitter | to him,| only | dying:
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Go with | me like | good^ang|els to | my end,
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And as the | long di|vorce of | steel falls on ||
me, ??
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Make | of your prayers | one sweet sa|crifice,
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And lift | my soul | to heaven.
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Lead on in God's | name. (tri with prev)
LOVELL
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I do | beseech | your grace,| for char|ity
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If ev|er an|y mal|ice in | your heart
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Were hid | against | me, now | to forgive | me
frank||ly.
BUCKINGHAM
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Sir Thom|as Lov|ell, I | as free | forgive || you
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As I | would be | forgiven:| I for/give all.
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There can|not be | those^num|berless | offenses
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'Gainst^me,/ that I | cannot | take peace with:
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No black | envy | shall make | my grave.
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Commend | me to | his grace:|
(tetra with prev)
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And if | he speak | of Buck|ingham; pray | tell
him,
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You met | him half | in heaven:| my vows | and
prayers
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Yet are | the king's;| and till | my soul |
forsake,
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Shall cry | for bles|sings on | him. May | he
live
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Longer | than I | have time | to tell | his
years;
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Ever be|loved and | loving,| may his | rule be*;
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And^when old time | shall lead | him to | his
end,
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Goodness | and he,| fill^up | one^mon|ument.
LOVELL
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To the wat|er side | I must | conduct | your
grace;
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Then give | my charge | up to | Sir Nich|olas
Vaux,
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Who und|ertakes | you to your | end.
VAUX
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Prepare there,
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The duke | is com|ing: see* the / barge be |
ready;
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And fit | it with / such furn|iture | as suits
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The great|ness of | his pers|on.
BUCKINGHAM
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Nay,| Sir Nich||olas,
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Let | it alone;| my state | now will but | mock
me. ??
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When I came hith|er, I was / lord high |
constable,
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And Duke | of Buck|ingham: now,| poor^Ed|ward
Bohun;
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Yet I am | richer | than my | base ac|cusers,
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That nev|er knew | what truth | meant: I now |
seal it;
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And with | that blood | will make |'em one | day
groan for it. (hex with prev)
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My nob|le fath|er Hen|ry of Buck|ingham,
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Who first raised head | against | usurp|ing
Rich||ard,
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Fly|ing for suc|cor to his serv|ant Ban|ister,
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Being | distressed;| was by | that wretch |
betrayed,
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And without | trial, fell; God's | peace be |
with him.
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Henry the | Seventh suc|ceeding,| truly | pitying
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My fath|er's loss;| like a most roy|al prince
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Restored | me to my | honors:| and out | of ruins
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Made my | name once^|more noble. Now | his son,
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Henry the | Eighth, life, hon|or, name | and all
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That made | me hap|py; at / one stroke | has
taken
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For ev|er from | the world.| I had | my trial,
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And must | needs^say | a noble | one; which^|makes
me
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A little | happier | than my | wretched | father:
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Yet thus | far we | are one | in for|tunes; both
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Fell by our | servants,| by those | men we loved
most:
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A most | unnat|ural and | faithless | service.
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Heaven has an | end in | all: yet,^|you that |
hear me,
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This from a | dying | man re|ceive as | certain:
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Where you are | liberal | of your | loves and |
counsels,
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Be sure | you be | not^loose;| for those | you
make^friends,
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And give | your hearts | to; when | they once |
perceive
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The least | rub in | your for|tunes, fall | away
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Like^wat|er from | ye, nev|er found | again
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But where they | mean to | sink ye:| All good*|
people
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Pray for me,| I must now | forsake | ye: the /
last hour
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Of my long | weary | life is | come u|pon me:
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Farewell;| and when | you would say | something |
that is sad,
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Speak how I | fell. \\
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I have | done; and | God for|give me.|
[Exeunt BUCKINGHAM and Train]
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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O, this | is full | of pi|ty; Sir,| it calls
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I fear,| too ma|ny curs|es on | their heads
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That were the | authors.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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If the | duke be | guiltless,
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'Tis full | of woe:| yet I can | give you |
inkling
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Of an | ensu|ing ev|il, if | it fall,
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Greater | than this.
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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Good^ang|els keep | it from us:
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What may it | be? You | do not | doubt my |
faith sir?
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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This sec|ret is / so weigh|ty, 'twill | require
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A strong | faith to | conceal it.
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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Let me | have it:
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I do not | talk much.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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I | am con|fident;
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You shall | sir: did | you not | of late | days^hear
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A buz|zing of | a sep|ara|tion
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Between | the king | and Kath|arine?
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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Yes,| but it held || not;
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For | when the | king once^|heard it, out of |
anger ??
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He sent | command | to the / lord may|or straight
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To stop | the rum|or; and | allay | those tongues
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That durst | disperse | it.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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But | that sland|er sir,
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Is found | a truth | now: for | it grows | again
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Fresher than | ere it | was; and | held for | certain
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The king | will vent|ure at it.| Either the |
cardinal,
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Or some | about | him near,| have^out | of
malice
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To the / good queen,| possessed | him with a |
scruple
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That will | undo | her: to con//firm this too,
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Cardinal | Campeius | is ar|rived, and | lately,
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As all | think for this | business.
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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'Tis the | cardinal;
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And mere|ly to re/venge him | on the | emperor,
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For not | bestow|ing on | him at his | asking,
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The archbish|opric | of Tole|do, this | is
pur||posed. ????
SECOND GENTLEMAN
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I think ????
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You have hit | the mark;| but is | it not ||
cruel,
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That | she should | feel the | smart of this:| The card||inal
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Will have | his will,| and she | must fall.
FIRST GENTLEMAN
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'Tis woe||ful.
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We | are too^op|en here | to arg|ue this:
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Let's think in priv|ate more. \\
[Exeunt]