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Henry VIII

Act II, Scene 2

An ante-chamber in the palace.
 
[Enter Chamberlain, reading a letter]
 
CHAMBERLAIN
My lord, the horses your lordship sent for, with all the care I had, I saw well chosen, ridden, and furnished. They were young and handsome, and of the best breed in the north. When they were ready to set out for London, a man of my lord cardinal's by commission, and main power took 'em from me, with this reason: His master would be served before a subject, if not before the king, which stopped our mouths sir.
I fear he will indeed; well, let him have them; he will have all I think.
 
[Enter, to Chamberlain, NORFOLK and SUFFOLK]
 
NORFOLK
        T   T   .   T      ,          o
      Well met my lord | chamber|lain.
 
CHAMBERLAIN
            ,         ,          ,      o
      Good day | to both | your gra|ces.   (tetra with prev)
 
SUFFOLK
       ,    2        ,        ,
      How is the | king em|ployed?
 
CHAMBERLAIN
                                        ,         ,
                                  I | left him | private,
        T   .  T      T            ,
      Full of sad thoughts | and troub|les.
 
NORFOLK
                                               ,           ,
                                            What's | the cause?
 
CHAMBERLAIN
           ,          ,          ,         ,           ,
      It seems | the mar|riage with | his broth|er's wife
       .    T    T    T         ,
      Has crept too near | his con|science.
 
SUFFOLK
                                             ,        ,          2->
                                            No,| his con||science
            ,            ,      ,       ,   2
      Has crept | too* near | anoth|er la|dy.
 
NORFOLK
                                                   ,
                                             'Tis so;
        ,    2       ,   2        ,            ,    ,   2
      This is the | cardinal's | doing:| the king-|cardinal,
             ,        T      T   .   T       ,        ,        ->
      That blind | priest, like the eld|est son | of for||tune,
        ,         2     ,          ,           ,       2     ,
      Turns | what he list.| The king | will know | him one^day.
 
SUFFOLK
        T   T   .  T          ,       ,         ,     __
      Pray God he do,| he'll nev|er know | himself | else.
 
NORFOLK
            ,    ,        ,         ,         ,        o
      How* hol|ily | he works | in all | his bus|iness,    (hex with prev)
       .    T    T    T         ,      2       ,             ,
      And with what zeal?| For now | he has cracked | the league
          ,      ,    2       ,  2              ,             ,
      Between | us and the | emperor |(the | queen's great*| nephew)
           ,      ,  2         T     T    .    T       ,
      He dives | into the | king's soul, and there | scatters
       ,           ,      ,                 ,       ,
      Dangers,| doubts, wring/ing of | the con|science,
        ,               ,          ,      ,      2       ,
      Fears, and | despairs,| and all | these for his | marriage.
           ,        ,      ,             ,           ,
      And out | of all | these, to | restore | the king,
           ,       ,       ,         ,        ,
      He couns|els a | divorce,| a loss | of her
             ,        x           ,      ,        ,
      That like | a jewel,| has hung | twenty | years
      <-      ,          ,          ,        ,         ,
         A||bout his | neck, yet | never | lost her | luster;
          ,           ,           ,          ,      ,
      Of her | that loves | him with | that ex|cellence,
            ,        ,           ,            x        ,
      That ang|els love | good* men | with: even | of her,
             ,          ,          ,         ,         ,
      That when | the great|est stroke | of for|tune falls
             ,           ,       2    ,            ,      ,
      Will bless | the king:| and is not | this course | pious?
 
CHAMBERLAIN
         x     ,                     ,                ,    ,
      Heaven keep / me from | such^couns|el: 'Tis / most true
              ,         ,      ,       2      ,        ,
      These news | are eve|rywhere,|*every tongue | speaks 'em,  ??
           ,       ,      ,     ,                  2       ,
      And eve|ry true | heart weeps / for it.| All* that dare
            ,      ,         ,      ,               ,
      Look^in|to these | affairs,| see this | main^end,
       .     T      T    T          x           ,          x
      The French king's sis|ter. Heaven | will one | day^open
             ,       ,                ,           ,       ,
      The king's | eyes, that | so* long | have slept | upon
        .    T   T   T
      This^bold bad man.
 
SUFFOLK
                               ,     ,     2       ,   2
                         And free | us from his | slavery.
 
NORFOLK
        2      ,      ,
      We had need | pray,
                                 ,   2         ,       ,     2    ->
                         And | heartily,| for our | deliv||erance;
       ,       2   ,   2    ,           ,        ,
      Or | this imper|ious man | will work | us all
             ,       ,     ,       ,             x
      From prin|ces in|to pag|es: all | men's^honors
       T    T   T      ,       ,          2     ,        ->
      Lie like one | lump be|fore him,| to be fash||ioned
       ,   2       ,           ,
      In|to what pitch | he please.
 
SUFFOLK
                                        ,        ,
                                   For me,| my lords,
          ,         ,          ,            ,           ,
      I love | him not,| nor fear | him, there's | my creed:
         ,        ,         ,          ,          ,
      As I | am made | without | him, so | I'll stand,
        2      ,       ,           ,        ,          ,
      If the king | please: his | curses | and his | blessings
        ,           ,                ,        ,           x
      Touch me | alike:| they're* breath | I not | believe in.
          ,     ,      2      ,         ,       ,
      I knew | him, and I | know him:| so I | leave him
          ,           ,          ,      .    T
      To him | that made | him proud;| the pope.
 
NORFOLK
                                                  T    T
                                                Let's in;
            ,          ,      ,          ,          ,
      And with | some^oth|er bus|iness, put | the king
          2       ,        ,              ,          ,     ,
      From these^sad | thoughts, that | work too | much u|pon him:
           ,               x      ,     ,
      My lord,| you'll bear us | compa|ny?
 
CHAMBERLAIN
                                                ,
                                           Ex|cuse me,
            ,          ,        ,      ,         ,
      The king | has sent | me oth|erwhere:| besides
               ,        ,       ,      ,    2      ,
      You'll find | a most | unfit | time to dis|turb him:
         ,     2         ,
      Health to your | lordships.
 
NORFOLK
                                    ,          ,           ,    2
                                 Thanks my | good lord*| chamberlain.
 
[Exit Chamberlain; and KING HENRY VIII draws the curtain, and sits reading]
 
SUFFOLK
           ,         ,       ,    2       ,       ,
      How sad | he looks;| sure he is | much af|flicted.
 
KING HENRY VIII
              ,      T
      Who's there?| Ha?
 
NORFOLK
                         T   T        ,        ,     2->
                       Pray God | he be | not^an||gry.
 
KING HENRY VIII
              ,        ,           ,           ,            ,
      Who's^there | I say?| How* dare | you thrust | yourselves
       ,          ,       ,    ,    ,
      Into | my priv|ate med|ita|tions?
           ,       ,
      Who am | I? Ha?   \\
 
NORFOLK
         ,          ,          ,        ,         x
      A gra|cious king,| that pard|ons all | offenses
       ,               ,            ,         ,   2      ,
      Malice | nere* meant:| our breach | of du|ty this way  ??
          ,         ,      ,          ,          ,
      Is bus|iness of | estate;| in which,| we come
           ,          ,       ,
      To know | your roy|al pleas|ure.
 
KING HENRY VIII
                                        2       ,    ,
                                      Ye are / too bold:
          ,          ,         ,           ,         ,         ->
      Go to;| I'll make | ye know | your times | of bus||iness:
       ,       2     ,         ,    2        ,     ,
      Is | this an hour | for temp|oral af/fairs? Ha?
              ,          ,      ,    ,    2    2      ,
      Who's^there?| My good | lord^card/inal? O my | Wolsey,  ??
           ,      ,        ,       ,       ,
      The qui|et of | my wound|ed con|science;
        ,            ,     ,     2      ,             ,
      Thou art | a cure | fit for a | king: you're | welcome
             ,        ,        ,     ,  2        ,
      Most^learn|ed reve|rend sir,| into our | kingdom,
           ,        ,        ,      T     .     T     T
      Use^us,| and it:| my good | lord, have* great care,  ??
       2    ,      ,         ,
      I be not | found a | talker.
 
[Enter CARDINAL WOLSEY and CARDINAL CAMPEIUS, with a commission]
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
                                   ,             ,
                                  Sir, you | cannot;
          ,            ,             ,        ,         ,
      I would | your grace | would give | us but | an hour
           ,        ,    2
      Of priv|ate conf|erence.
 
KING HENRY VIII
                                ,        ,      ,
                               We | are bu|sy; go.
 
NORFOLK
              ,          ,     ,     2
      This priest | has no | pride in him?
 
SUFFOLK [Aside to NORFOLK]
                                              ,         ,
                                             Not to | speak of:
                 ,   ,    T   T     T        2      ,
      I would / not be | so sick though | for his place:
            ,        ,        ,
      But this | cannot | contin|ue.
 
NORFOLK[Aside to SUFFOLK]
                                      ,       ,
                                     If | it do,
             ,       ,           x
      I'll vent|ure one;| have^at him.
 
SUFFOLK [Aside to NORFOLK]
                                             ,    ,
                                             I a|nother.
 
[Exeunt NORFOLK and SUFFOLK]
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
             ,           x        ,      ,        ,      2->
      Your grace | has given | a pre|cedent | of wis||dom
         ,     ,    ,         2     ,          ,
      Above | all prin/ces, in com|mitting | freely
             ,       ,         ,           ,      ,
      Your scrup|le to | the voice | of Christ|endom:
       ,     2      ,       ,          ,       ,
      Who can be | angry | now? What^|envy | reach you?
            ,         ,         ,          ,       x
      The Span|iard tied | by blood | and fav|or to her,
            ,         ,     ,     2       ,       ,
      Must^now | confess,| if they have | any | goodness,
           ,        ,         ,       ,           ,
      The tri|al, just | and nob|le. All | the clerks,
           ,            ,       ,         ,           ,
      (I mean | the learned | ones in | Christian | kingdoms)
                     ,   ,         ,          ,          ,       2->
      Have^their / free voi|ces. Rome |(the nurse | of judg||ment)
         ,      ,         ,       ,           ,
      Invit|ed by | your nob|le self,| hath sent
            ,         ,      ,                  ,   ,
      One^gene|ral tongue | unto | us. This / good man,
             ,          ,         ,      ,   2      ,    2
      This just | and learn|ed priest,| Cardinal | Campeius,
             ,      ,           ,      ,  2         ,
      Whom once | more, I | present | unto your | highness.
 
KING HENRY VIII
            ,      ,    2        ,       ,         ,
      And once | more in mine^|arms I | bid him | welcome,
            ,          ,     ,    ,                 ,
      And thank | the ho|ly con|clave for | their loves,
          2       ,         ,       ,    ,      2          ,
      They have sent | me such | a man,| I would have | wished for.
 
CARDINAL CAMPEIUS
             ,            ,         ,            ,           ,
      Your grace | must^needs | deserve | all* strang|ers' loves,
                 ,    x      2       ,          ,
      You are / so noble:| To your high|ness' hand
      <-   ,        ,       ,     ,    ,          ,
        I tend||er my | commis|sion;| by whose*| virtue*,
            ,          ,        ,         ,         ,
      The court | of Rome | command|ing. You | my lord
       ,   2          ,           ,           ,          ,       ->
      Cardinal | of York,| are joined | with me | their serv||ant,
       ,      2   ,         ,     2     ,     ,
      In | the unpart|ial judg|ing of this | business.
 
KING HENRY VIII
       T   Tx    T          ,       ,     2     ,
      Two equal men:| The queen | shall be ac|quainted
             ,          ,          ,       ,     ,
      Forthwith | for what | you come.| Where's Gard/iner?
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
          ,          ,     ,        ,        ,         2->
      I know | your maj|esty,| has al|ways loved || her
           ,         ,      ,          ,         ,
      So dear | in heart,| not to | deny | her that
         ,            ,    ,            ,        ,
      A wom|an of / less place | might^ask | by law;
        ,            ,       ,   2      ,       ,
      Scholars | allowed | freely to | argue | for her.
 
KING HENRY VIII
       ,      2        ,          ,     ,              ,
      Aye, and the | best she | shall have;/ and my | favor
          ,                 ,    ,       2     ,     ,   2
      To him | that does^/best, God | forbid^else:| Cardinal,  ??
       ,          ,    ,          ,          ,      ,     ,   ->
      Prithee | call Gard/iner | to me,| my new || secre|tary.
          ,       2   ,     ,
      I find | him a fit | fellow.
 
[Exit CARDINAL WOLSEY. Enter CARDINAL WOLSEY with GARDINER]
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
        ,    2         T     T   T         ,      ,        ->
      Give me your | hand: much joy | and fav|or to || you;
       ,       2      ,       ,
      You | are the king's | now.
 
GARDINER
                                         ,   2     ,
                                  But | to be com|manded
           ,     ,          ,             ,           ,         ->
      For ev|er by | your grace,| whose^hand | has raised || me.
 
KING HENRY VIII
        ,     ,        ,    ___   oo
      Come | hither | Gardi|ner.|
 
[Walks and whispers]
 
CARDINAL CAMPEIUS
           ,         ,         ,         ,        ,
      My Lord | of York,| was^not | one^Doc|tor Pace
       .   T    T     T         ,
      In this man's place | before | him?
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
                                           ,        ,
                                          Yes,| he was.
 
CARDINAL CAMPEIUS
       ,    2        ,         T     T
      Was he not | held a | learned man?
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
                                          T      ,
                                         Yes | surely.
 
CARDINAL CAMPEIUS
          ,      ,         2      ,     ,          ,
      Believe | me, there's an | ill o|pinion | spread then*,
      ,   3  3       T    T   T    2
      Even of your|self lord card|inal.
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
                                        ,        ,
                                       How?| Of me?
 
CARDINAL CAMPEIUS
                   ,    ,         ,         ,       ,
      They will / not stick | to say,| you env|ied him;
           ,        ,           ,     ,    2      ,   2
      And fear|ing he | would rise |(he was so | virtuous)
        ,     2     ,         ,                 ,      ,
      Kept him a | foreign | man still,| which so | grieved him;
                 ,   ,          ,
      That he / ran mad,| and died.
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
       ,           ,          ,
      Heaven's | peace be | with him:  (tri with prev)
               ,          ,       ,          ,       ,     2   ->
      That's Chris|tian care | enough:| for liv|ing mur||murers,
         ,       ,         2    ,     ,           ,
      There's | places | of rebuke.| He was | a fool;
       ,    2          ,         ,   2            ,     ,
      For he would | needs be | virtuous.| That good | fellow,
       ,  2      ,         ,         ,      ,
      If I com|mand him | follows | my ap|pointment,
      ,     2         ,              ,      ,           ,
      I will have | none so | near^else.| Learn this | brother,
           ,     ,    2        ,         ,        ,
      We live | not to be | griped by | meaner | persons.
 
KING HENRY VIII
         ,       ,          ,    ,      2      ,
      Deliv|er this | with mod|esty | to the queen.
 
[Exit GARDINER]
            ,        ,         ,          ,         ,        2->
      The most | conven|ient place,| that I | can think || of
            ,        ,          ,               ,      x
      For such | receipt | of learn|ing, is / Black-Friars:
        ,     2          ,      ,           ,        ,
      There ye shall | meet a|bout this | weighty | business.
          ,        ,        ,          ,        ,
      My Wol|sey, see | it furn|ished, O | my lord,
        T    .  T     T         ,     ,         ,
      Would it not grieve | an ab|le man | to leave
            ,        ,     x           ,            ,
      So* sweet | a bed|fellow? But | conscience,| conscience;
      ,     2      ,        ,          ,          ,
      O 'tis a | tender | place, and | I must | leave her.
 
[Exeunt]

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