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Henry VIII

Act III, Scene 1

London. QUEEN KATHARINE's apartments.
 
[Enter QUEEN KATHARINE and her Women, as at work]
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
        T   T    T      ,
      Take thy lute | wench,  \\
           ,           ,           ,
      My soul | grows^sad | with troub|les,  \\
        ,      2      ,          ,          ,            ,
      Sing, and dis|perse 'em | if thou | canst: leave^|working.
 
SONG
       ,  2       ,          ,         ___
      Orpheus | with his | lute made^|trees,
       ,          ,          ,           __
      And the | mountain | tops that | freeze,
       ,          ,           ,        __
      Bow them|selves when | he did | sing.
       ,        ,         ,          ,
      To his | music | plants and | flowers
      ,         ,          ,         ,
      Ever | sprung; as | sun and | showers,
        ,           ,       ,          __
      There had | made a | lasting | spring.
       ,      ,            ,          __
      Every|thing that | heard him | play,
      ,   2       ,         ,       ___
      Even the | billows | of the | sea,
        ,            ,            T   T   T
      Hung their | heads, and | then lay by.
       T   T    T      ,         ,
      In sweet mus|ic is | such^art,
       ,          ,          ,         ___
      Killing | care and | grief of | heart,
        ,      ,          ,        ___
      Fall a|sleep, or | hearing | die.
 
[Enter a Gentleman]
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
How now?
 
GENTLEMAN
         2      ,            ,          ,      ,    ,
      And it please | your grace,| the two | great card/inals
        ,            ,
      Wait in | the pres|ence.
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
                                ,            ,           ,
                              Would | they speak | with me?
 
GENTLEMAN
              ,         ,         x
      They willed | me say | so madam.
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
                                          ,           ,
                                        Pray their | graces
           ,      T     T   T     ,          ,
      To come | near: what can | be their | business
            ,   .   T    T   T         x            x
      With me,| a poor weak wom|an, fallen | from favor?
       2    ,      ,           ,        ,        ,        2   ->
      I do not | like their | coming;| Now I | think || on it,
        ,          2     ,     ,        2     ,          ,
      They | should be good | men, their af|fairs as | righteous:
       .   T    T      T          ,
      But all hoods, make | not^monks.
 
[Enter CARDINAL WOLSEY and CARDINAL CAMPEIUS]
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
                                         ,     2         ,
                                       Peace to your | highness.
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
             ,       ,         ,      ,    2      ,    
      Your grac|es find | me here | part of a | housewife*,  ??
       ,      2      ,       ,            ,          ,
      (I would be | all) a|gainst the | worst may | happen:
        ,               ,          ,          ,          ,
      What are | your pleas|ures with | me, reve|rend lords?
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
         2      ,          ,      ,       ,         ,
      May it please | you nob|le mad|am, to | withdraw
       ,            ,        ,        ,           ,        ->
      Into | your priv|ate chamb|er; we | shall give || you
              ,    ,       2     ,
      The / full cause | of our com|ing.
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
                                          ,          ,
                                        Speak | it here.
                ,      ,          ,     ,    2      ,
      There's noth|ing I | have done | yet of my | conscience
           ,         ,               ,   ,       x
      Deserves | a corn|er: would / all oth|er women
              ,       ,      2       ,        ,       ,
      Could speak | this with as | free a | soul as | I do.
           ,         ,     ,          ,   2      ,
      My lords,| I care | not (so | much I am | happy
         ,       ,        ,       ,    ,
      Above | a num|ber) if | my ac|tions
             ,         ,        ,             ,     x
      Were tried | by eve|ry tongue,| every^/eye saw 'em,   ??
       ,  2        ,     ,        ,       ,
      Envy and | base o|pinion | set a|gainst 'em,
          ,         ,         x     ,         ,
      I know | my life | so even.| If your | business
        ,        ,           ,   ,             ,
      Seek me | out, and | that way / I am | wife in;
       ,      2       ,        ,          ,       ,
      Out with it | boldly:| truth loves^|open | dealing.
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
Tanta est erga te mentis integritas, regina serenissima.
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
      T   T   T     T    T  T     o
      O good my | lord, no Lat|in;
       2    ,      ,       ,         ,         ,
      I am not | such a | truant | since my | coming,
          ,         ,          ,        x         ,
      As not | to know | the lang|uage I have | lived in:
      .    T       T     T          ,             ,          ,    ,
      A strange tongue makes | my cause | more strange,| suspi|cious:
        T    T    .  T          ,          ,           ,         o
      Pray speak in Eng|lish; here | are some | will thank | you,  (hex with prev?)
                 ,     ,                   ,   ,           ,
      If you / speak truth,| for their / poor mist|ress' sake;
          ,      ,     2       ,          ,           ,   2
      Believe | me, she has | had much^|wrong. Lord^|cardinal,
            ,         ,        x     ,       ,
      The will|ingst^sin | I ever | yet com|mitted,
       ,    2      ,         ,
      May be ab|solved in | English.
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
                                      ,       ,
                                     Noble | lady,
       2    ,      ,      ,     ,            ,
      I am sor|ry my | integ|rity | should breed,
            ,        ,        ,     ,        ,
      (And serv|ice to | his maj|esty | and you)
           ,        ,                ,    ,           ,
      So deep | suspi|cion, where / all faith | was meant;
           ,     ,    2       ,        ,    ,
      We come | not by the | way of | accu|sation,
           ,           ,      ,    2        ,       ,
      To taint | that hon|or eve|ry good^tongue | blesses,
       ,    2     ,        ,      ,        ,
      Nor to be|tray you | any | way to | sorrow;
         2      ,      T    T   T      ,         ,
      You have too | much good la|dy: but | to know
       ,          ,    ,        2       ,         ,
      How you | stand mind/ed in the | weighty | difference
          ,           ,         ,     ,    2    ,
      Between | the king | and you,| and to de|liver
         T    T   .    Tx      ,           ,     ,
      (Like free and honest | men) our | just o|pinions,
           ,         ,         ,
      And com|forts to | our cause.
 
CARDINAL CAMPEIUS
            ,        ,      o
      Most^hon|ored mad|am,    (tri with prev)
           ,         ,     ,    2       ,       ,
      My Lord | of York,| out of his | noble | nature,
        ,          ,   2           ,     ,           ,
      Zeal and | obed|ience he / still bore | your grace.
          ,          ,     2       ,           ,     ,
      Forget|ting (like | a good* man)| your late | censure  ??
        ,             ,          ,           ,          ,
      Both of | his truth | and him |(which was | too* far)
       ,          ,    ,           ,         ,
      Offers,| as I | do, in | a sign | of peace,
           ,         ,          ,
      His serv|ice, and | his couns|el.
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
                                         2     ,   ,
                                       To be/tray me.
           ,         ,           ,                 ,    ,
      My lords,| I thank | you both | for your / good wills,
           ,            x       ,            ,         ,
      Ye speak | like honest | men, (pray*| God ye | prove so)
           ,         ,        ,      ,       ,      2->
      But how | to make | ye sud|denly | an ans||wer
           ,        ,          ,           ,           x
      In such | a point | of weight,| so near | mine honor,
              ,         ,        ,                ,   ,
      (More near | my life | I fear)| with my / weak wit;
         2     ,     ,        ,     ,         ,
      And to such | men of | gravi|ty and | learning;
           ,         ,     ,            ,         ,
      In truth | I know | not. I | was set | at work,
         ,         ,            x            ,       ,
      Among | my maids,| full^little |(God^knows)| looking
       ,             ,     ,          T   T   T
      Either | for such | men, or | such business;
           ,      ,         ,          ,             ,
      For her | sake that | I have | been, for | I feel
            ,     ,    2       ,           ,          ,
      The last | fit of my | greatness;| good your | graces
       ,              ,          ,       ,         ,
      Let me | have time | and couns|el for | my cause:
        ,    ,   2     ,         ,           ,
      Alas,| I am a | woman | friendless,| hopeless.
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
       ,            ,            ,       ,                 ,
      Madam,| you wrong | the king's | love with | these^fears,
             ,            ,           ,     ,
      Your hopes | and friends | are inf|inite.
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
                                                 x
                                               In England,  ??
             x          ,    ,                   ,     ,
      But little | for my | profit | can you / think lords,
           ,     ,      2     ,      ,         ,
      That an|y Eng|lishman dare | give me | counsel?
       ,   2      T      T        T           ,          ,       ->
      Or be a | known friend, 'gainst | his high|ness' plea||sure,
          ,       2     ,      ,  ,           2      ,
      (Though | he be grown | so des/perate to be | honest)
            ,       ,          ,         ,           ,
      And live | a sub|ject*? Nay | forsooth,| my friends,
        ,           ,          ,           ,      ,
      They that | must weigh^|out my | afflict|ions,
        ,              ,            ,          ,          ,
      They that | my trust | must grow | to, live | not^here,
            ,     ,    2     ,        ,               ,
      They are |(as all my | other | comforts)| far^hence    ??
                 ,    ,        ,
      In mine / own count|ry lords.
 
CARDINAL CAMPEIUS
                                       ,            ,
                                   I would | your grace
              ,             ,           ,           x
      Would leave | your griefs,| and take | my counsel.
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
       ,         o
      How | sir?    \\
 
CARDINAL CAMPEIUS
       ,           ,    ,       2           ,        ,
      Put your | main cause / into the | king's pro|tection,
            ,              ,   ,            ,          ,
      He's lov|ing and / most gra|cious. 'Twill | be much,
        ,              ,      ,        ,           ,
      Both for | your hon|or bet|ter, and | your cause:
           ,         ,       2     ,     T   T   T
      For if | the trial | of the law | oretake ye,
               ,      ,          ,
      You'll part | away | disgraced.
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
                                           ,           ,      2->
                                      He tells | you right||ly.
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
           ,         ,         ,          ,         x
      Ye tell | me what | ye wish | for both,| my ruin:
           ,           ,             x     ,     ,
      Is this | your Chris|tian counsel?| Out u|pon ye.
         x     2    T   T   T      T     T  .   T
      Heaven is a|bove all yet;| there sits a judge,
            ,     ,             ,
      That no | king can | corrupt.
 
CARDINAL CAMPEIUS
                                          ,            x
                                   Your rage | mistakes us.
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
            ,      ,      2      ,      ,         ,
      The more | shame for ye;| holy | men I | thought ye,
       x          ,         ,  2       ,   2      ,
      Upon my | soul two*| reverend | cardinal | virtues:
           ,    2     ,          x         ,         ,
      But card|inal sins,| and hollow | hearts I | fear ye:   ??
        ,     2        ,          ,           ,          ,
      Mend 'em for | shame my | lords: Is | this your | comfort?
           ,         ,         ,         ,        ,     2->
      The cord|ial that | ye bring | a wretch|ed la||dy?
         ,       ,       ,           ,             ,
      A wom|an lost | among | ye, laughed | at, scorned?
          ,          ,         ,        ,     ,
      I will | not wish | ye half | my mis|eries,
       2       ,     ,     ,         ,         ,
      I have more | chari|ty. But | say I | warned ye;
             ,     .     Tx      T     T      T     T   .   T
      Take^heed,| for heaven's sake, take | heed, lest at once
           ,       ,       ,          ,      ,        ->
      The burd|en of | my sor|rows, fall | upon || ye.
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
       ,        ,      2    ,         ,     ,
      mad|am, this | is a mere | distrac|tion,
            ,          ,         x      ,      ,
      You turn | the good | we offer,| into | envy.
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
           ,        ,     ,         ,      ,        o
      Ye turn | me in|to noth|ing. Woe | upon | ye,
           ,           ,         ,          ,           ,       o
      And all | such^false | profes|sors. Would | you have | me   (hex with prev?)
        ,    2       ,      ,        ,      ,
      (If you have | any | justice,| any | pity,
       ,   2     ,       ,            ,           ,
      If ye be | any | thing but | churchmen's | habits)
       ,         T    T    T   2      ,            ,         2->
      Put my | sick cause in|to his hands,| that hates || me?
        ,         ,         ,        ,       ,      2->
      Alas,| has ban|ished me | his bed | alrea||dy,
            ,           ,      ,    2    ,         ,
      His love,| too* long | ago.| I am old | my lords,
           ,         ,       ,        ,     ,      2
      And all | the fel|lowship | I hold | now with him
          ,     ,     ,   2       ,         ,      2->
      Is on|ly my | obed|ience. What | can hap||pen
          ,      ,           ,      2      ,           ,      ->
      To me,| above | this wretch|edness? All | your stud||ies
        ,      2    ,            ,
      Make | me a curse,| like^this.
 
CARDINAL CAMPEIUS
                                           ,           ,
                                    Your fears | are worse.
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
        ,        T     T    T       2     ,         ,
      Have I | lived thus long |(let me speak | myself,
             ,       ,    ,    ,          ,       ,   ,
      Since^virtue finds no friends)| a wife, a true one?  ????
           x        ,     ,              ,   ,
      A woman |(I dare | say with|out* vain|glory)
       ,            ,        ,       ,     ,
      Never | yet brand|ed with | suspi|cion?
           ,         ,         ,       ,     ,
      Have I,| with all | my full | affec|tions
              ,          ,      ,                 x           x
      Still* met | the king?| Loved him | next^heaven?| Obeyed him?
        ,             ,         ,     ,          x
      Been (out^|of fond|ness) sup|ersti|tious to him?
       ,           ,          x               ,   ,
      Almost | forgot | my prayers | to con/tent him?
           ,     ,      ,           ,    ,    ,
      And am I thus rewarded? 'tis not well lords.   ????
         ,    2     ,          ,       ,        ,
      Bring me a | constant | woman | to her | husband,
       ,      2          ,         ,        ,          ,
      One that nere | dreamed a | joy, be|yond his | pleasure;
           ,         ,        ,                ,    ,
      And to | that wom|an (when | she has / done most)
       ,      2     ,        ,          ,      ,
      Yet will I | add an | honor;| a great | patience.
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
       ,    2       ,         ,          ,        ,
      Madam, you | wander | from the | good we | aim at.
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
           ,
      My lord,
                   ,          ,        ,         ,     ->
               I dare | not make | myself | so guil||ty,
             ,   ,     ,   2           ,       x
      To / give up | willingly | that nob|le title
            ,       ,        ,    ,              ,
      Your mast|er wed | me to:| nothing | but death
             ,        ,         ,      ,
      Shall^ere | divorce | my dig|nities.
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
                                                  ,        ->
                                          Pray* hear || me.
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
        ,      2     ,       ,          ,         ,
      Would | I had nev|er trod | this Eng|lish earth,
           ,          ,      ,           ,        x
      Or felt | the flat|teries | that grow | upon it:
        2      ,        ,               x     ,            ,
      Ye have ang|els' fac|es, but / heaven knows | your hearts.
        ,             ,      2    ,      ,         ,
      What will | become | of me now,| wretched | lady?
      ,   2        ,      ,       ,       ,
      I am the | most un|happy | woman | living.
      . T     T   T          ,          ,          ,         ->
      Alas (poor wench|es) where | are now | your for||tunes?
        ,     ,     3  3      ,              ,    ,
      Ship|wrecked upon a | kingdom,| where no | pity,  ??
            ,          ,         ,        ,         ,
      No friend,| no hope,| no kind|red weep | for me?
       ,            ,         ,           ,         ,    2->
      Almost | no grave | allowed | me? like | the li||ly
             ,     ,   ,          2        ,            ,
      That once | was mist/ress of the | field, and | flourished,
             ,         ,         ,
      I'll hang | my head,| and per|ish.
 
CARDINAL WOLSEY
                                         ,          ,
                                        If | your grace
             ,          ,           ,          ,         ,      o
      Could but | be brought | to know,| our ends | are hon|est,
              ,           ,         ,            ,         ,     o
      You'd feel | more* com|fort. why | should we |(good la|dy)    (hex with prev?)
        ,           ,       ,           ,         ,       o
      Upon | what cause | wrong you?| Alas,| our pla|ces,
           ,        ,        ,        ,       ,         o
      The way | of our | profes|sion is | against | it;    (hex with prev?)
       ,    2       ,         ,         ,        ,
      We are to | cure such^|sorrows,| not to | sow 'em.
            ,          ,        ,       ,         ,
      For good|ness' sake,| consid|er what | you do,
       ,              ,          ,     ,    ,
      How you | may hurt | yourself:| aye, ut/terly
        ,      2         ,        ,           ,         ,
      Grow from the | king's ac|quaintance,| by this | carriage.
             ,          ,        ,      ,     ,
      The hearts | of prin|ces kiss | obed|ience,
           ,             x      ,         ,         ,
      So much | they love it.| But to | stubborn | spirits,
             ,           ,        ,     ,          ,
      They swell | and grow,| as ter|rible | as storms.
          ,     ,      2     ,        ,       ,
      I know | you have a | gentle,| noble | temper,
          ,       ,      ,       ,              x
      A soul | as ev|en as | a calm;| pray think us,
        ,     2      T     T    T          ,            ,        ->
      Those we pro|fess, peace-mak|ers, friends,| and serv||ants.
 
CARDINAL CAMPEIUS
        x                x      , 
      madam | you'll find it | so:
                                           ,           , 
                                   You | wrong your | virtues
                     ,   ,         ,        ,        x
      With these / weak wom|en's fears.| A nob|le spirit
           ,      ,          ,          ,       ,
      As yours | was, put | into | you, ev|er casts
              ,      .   T     T     Tx           ,      ,
      Such doubts | as false coin from it.| The king | loves you,
          ,          ,        ,         ,     2       ,
      Beware | you lose | it not:| for us |(if you please
           ,      ,   2        ,          ,        ,
      To trust | us in your | business)| we are | ready
          ,         ,       ,         ,         ,        ->
      To use | our ut|most^stud|ies, in | your ser||vice.
 
QUEEN KATHARINE
       ,       2     ,         ,
      Do | what ye will,| my lords:
                                          ,         ,
                                    And pray | forgive || me;
       ,    2       ,        ,       ,      ,
      If | I have used | myself | unman|nerly,
            ,       ,      ,        ,       ,
      You know | I am | a wom|an, lack|ing wit
           ,        ,      ,     2     ,     ,
      To make | a seem|ly ans|wer to such | persons.
             ,        ,       ,        ,    ,
      Pray* do | my serv|ice to | his maj|esty:
          ,         ,      ,                 ,          ,
      He has | my heart | yet, and | shall have | my prayers
        ,    2          ,         T     T    T         ,       ->
      While I shall | have my | life. Come reve|rend fath||ers,
         x            ,        ,              ,    ,
      Bestow | your couns|els on | me. She / now begs   ??
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      That lit|tle thought | when she | set^foot|ing here,
             ,             ,          ,      ,         ,
      She should | have bought | her dig|nities | so dear.
 
[Exeunt]

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