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Ante-chamber to KING HENRY VIII's apartment.
[Enter NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, SURREY, and Chamberlain]
NORFOLK
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If you | will now | unite | in your | complaints,
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And force | them with a | constan|cy, the |
cardinal
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Cannot | stand und/er them.| If you | omit
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The offer | of this | time, I | cannot | promise,
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But that | you shall sus|tain more*| new
dis|graces,
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With these | you bear | alrea|dy.
SURREY
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I | am joy||ful
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To meet | the least | occa|sion, that | may give
|| me
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Remem|brance of | my fath|er-in-law,| the duke,
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To be | reveng|ed on | him.
SUFFOLK
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Which | of the peers
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Have un|contem|ned gone | by him,| or at least
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Strangely | neglect|ed? When | did he | regard
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The stamp | of nob|leness | in an|y person
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Out of him|self?
CHAMBERLAIN
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My | lords, you | speak your | pleasures:
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What he | deserves | of you | and me,| I know:
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What we | can do | to him |(though now | the time
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Gives^way | to us)| I much | fear. If you |
cannot
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Bar his access | to the king,| never | attempt
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Anything^|on him:| for he | hath a / witchcraft
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Over the | king in | his tongue.
NORFOLK
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O fear | him not,
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His spell | in that | is out:| the king | hath
found
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Matter | against | him, that | for ev|er mars
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The hon|ey of | his lang|uage. No,| he's
set||tled
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(Not | to come^off)| in his | displeas|ure.
SURREY
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Sir,
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I should | be glad | to hear | such^news | as
this
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Once ev|ery^hour.
NORFOLK
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Believe | it, this | is true.
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In the div|orce, his | contra/ry pro|ceedings
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Are all | unfold|ed: where|in he | appears,
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As I | would wish | mine en|emy.
SURREY
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How came
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His prac|tices | to light?
SUFFOLK
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Most^strange|ly.
SURREY
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O how?|| How?
SUFFOLK
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The | cardinal's | letters to the | pope
mis|carried,
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And came | to the eye | of the king,| wherein |
was read
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How that the | cardinal | did en|treat his |
holiness
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To stay | the judg|ment of | the divorce;| for if
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It did take place,| I do |(quoth^he)| perceive
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My king | is tang|led in | affec|tion, to
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A creat|ure of the / queen's, La|dy Anne |
Bullen.
SURREY
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Has the / king this?
SUFFOLK
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Believe | it.
SURREY
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Will | this work?
CHAMBERLAIN
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The king | in this | perceives | him, how | he
coasts
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And hed|ges his / own way.| But in | this point,
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All his | tricks found/er, and he | brings his |
physic
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After his | patient's | death: the | king
al|ready
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Hath mar|ried the / fair la|dy.
SURREY
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Would | he had.
SUFFOLK
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May you | be hap|py in | your wish | my lord,
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For I | profess | you have it.
SURREY
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Now^all | my joy
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Trace the con|junction.
SUFFOLK
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My a|men to it.
NORFOLK
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All men's*. ??
SUFFOLK
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There's^ord|er given | for her | coro|nation:
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Marry | this is yet | but young,| and may | be
left
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To some ears un|recount|ed. But | my lords
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She is | a gal|lant creat|ure, and | complete
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In mind | and fea|ture. I | persuade | me, from
|| her
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Will fall | some^bles|sing to | this land,|
which^shall
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In it | be mem|orized.
SURREY
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But will | the king
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Digest | this let|ter of | the card|inal's?
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The Lord | forbid.
NORFOLK
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Marry a|men.
SUFFOLK
T T
No, no:
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There be | more* wasps | that buzz | about | his
nose,
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Will make | this sting | the soon|er. Card|inal
Campeius,
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Is stolen | away | to Rome,| hath tane | no leave,
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Has left | the cause | of the king | unhand|led,
and
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Is post|ed as | the ag|ent of our | cardinal,
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To sec|ond all | his plot.| I do as|sure you,
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The king | cried Ha, at this.
CHAMBERLAIN
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Now* God | incense him,
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And let | him cry | Ha, loud/er.
NORFOLK
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But^|my lord
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When re|turns Cran/mer? \\
????
SUFFOLK
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He is | returned | in his | opin|ions, which
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Have sat|isfied | the king | for his | divorce,
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Togeth|er with / all fam|ous col|leges
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Almost | in Christ|endom:| shortly |(I believe)
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His sec|ond mar|riage shall | be pub|lished, and
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Her cor|ona|tion. Kath|arine / no more
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Shall be / called queen,| but prin|cess dow|ager,
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And wid|ow to Prince | Arthur.
NORFOLK
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This same | Cranmer's
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A worth|y fel|low, and hath // tane much pain
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In the king's | business.
SUFFOLK
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He has,| and we | shall see him
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For it,| an arch|bishop.
NORFOLK
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So | I hear.
SUFFOLK
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'Tis so.| The card|inal. \\
[Enter CARDINAL WOLSEY and CROMWELL]
NORFOLK
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2
Observe,| observe,| he's mood|y.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
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The packet
| Cromwell*,
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Gave it you the king? ????
CROMWELL
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To his | own hand, in | his bed|chamber.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
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Looked he | of the in|side of the | paper?
CROMWELL
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Presently
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He did | unseal | them, and | the first | he
viewed,
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He did | it with | a ser|ious mind:| a heed
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Was in | his count|enance.| You he bade
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Attend | him here | this morn|ing. \\
CARDINAL WOLSEY
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Is he | ready to | come a|broad? \\
CROMWELL
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I think | by this | he is.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
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Leave me | awhile.
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It shall | be to the | Duchess | of Al|encon,
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The French king's sis|ter: he | shall mar|ry her.
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Anne Bullen? No:| I'll no Anne | Bullens || for
him,
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There's more | in it than / fair vis|age. Bullen?
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No, we'll no | Bullens:| Speedily | I wish
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To hear | from Rome.| The March|ioness | of
Pem||broke*?
NORFOLK
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He's dis|content|ed.
SUFFOLK
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May | be he hears | the king
,
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Does^whet | his ang|er to | him.
SURREY
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Sharp | enough,
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Lord for thy | justice. \\
CARDINAL WOLSEY
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The late queen's gentle|woman?
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A knight's | daughter ??
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To be | her mist|ress' mist|ress? The / queen's,
queen?
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This^candle | burns not clear,| 'tis I | must
snuff it,
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Then out | it goes.| What though I | know her |
virtuous
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And well | deserv|ing? Yet | I know | her for
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A splee|ny Luth|eran, and / not whole|some to
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Our cause,| that she | should lie | in the bos|om
of
,
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Our^hard-|ruled king. Again,| there is /
sprung up
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A her|etic,| an arch one; Cran|mer, one
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Hath crawled | into | the fav|or of | the king,
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And is | his or|acle.
NORFOLK
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He is vexed | at some||thing.
SURREY
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I would |'twere some|thing that | would fret |
the string,
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The mast|er-cord | on his heart.
[Enter KING HENRY VIII, reading of a schedule, and LOVELL]
SUFFOLK
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The king,| the king.
KING HENRY VIII
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What piles | of wealth | hath he ac|cumu|lated
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To his own | portion?| And what | expense | by
the hour
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Seems to | flow from | him? How,| in the name |
of thrift,
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Does he | rake this | togeth|er? Now | my lords,
,
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Saw you | the card|inal?
NORFOLK
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My lord,| we have
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Stood here^|observ|ing him.| some* strange |
commo||tion
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Is in | his brain:| he bites | his lip,| and
starts,
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Stops on | a sud|den, looks | upon | the ground,
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Then lays | his fing|er on | his temp|le:
straight
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Springs^out | into / fast gait,| then stops |
again,
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Strikes his | breast hard, and | anon,| he casts
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His eye | against | the moon:| in most^strange |
postures
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We have seen | him set | himself.
KING HENRY VIII
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It may well be,
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There is a | muti|ny in his | mind. This^|morning,
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Papers | of state | he sent | me, to | peruse
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As I | required:| and wot | you what | I found
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There (on | my con|science, put | unwit|tingly)
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Forsooth | an inv|entory,| thus im|porting
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The seve|ral par|cels of | his plate | his
trea||sure,
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Rich | stuffs and | ornaments | of house|hold,
which
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I find | at such proud rate,| that it /
outspeaks
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Posses|sion of | a sub|ject.
NORFOLK
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It's / heaven's will,
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Some spirit put | this pap/er in the | packet,
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To bless | your eye | withal.
KING HENRY VIII
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If we | did think
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His con|templa|tion were | above | the earth,
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And fixed | on spir|itual ob|ject*, he | should
still
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Dwell in | his mus|ings, but | I am | afraid
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His think|ings are | below | the moon,| not worth
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His ser|ious | consid|ering.
[King HENRY VIII takes his seat; whispers LOVELL, who goes to CARDINAL
WOLSEY]
CARDINAL WOLSEY
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->
Heaven | forgive || me,
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Ever | God* bless | your highn|ess.
KING HENRY VIII
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Good | my lord,
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You are full of heavenly stuff, and bear the inventory ????
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Of your / best gra|ces, in | your mind;| the which
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You were / now run|ning ore:| you have / scarce
time
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To steal | from spir|itual leis|ure, a / brief
span
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To keep | your earth|ly aud|it, sure | in that
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I deem | you an / ill hus|band, and | am glad
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To have | you there|in my | compan|ion.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
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Sir,
,
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For ho|ly offic|es I have | a time;| a time
??
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To think | upon | the part | of bus|iness, which
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I bear | in the state:| and na|ture does |
require
,
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Her times | of pres|erva|tion, which | perforce
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I her frail son,| amongst | my breth|ren
mortal,
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Must give | my tend|ence to.
KING HENRY VIII
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You have / said well.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
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And ever | may your | highness | yoke to|gether,
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(As I | will lend | you cause)| my do|ing well,
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With my / well say|ing.
KING HENRY VIII
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'Tis / well said | again,
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And 'tis | a kind | of good | deed to say well,
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And yet | words are no | deeds. My | father |
loved you,
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His said | he did,| and with | his deed | did
crown
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His word | upon | you. Since | I had | my office,
2 ,
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I have kept | you next | my heart,| have not |
alone
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Employed | you where high | profits | might come
home,
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But pared | my pres|ent hav|ings, to | bestow
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My boun|ties u/pon you.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
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,
What should | this mean?
SURREY
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The Lord | increase | this bus|iness.
KING HENRY VIII
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->
Have | I not made || you
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The / prime man | of the state?| I pray | you
tell || me,
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If | what I now | pronounce,| you have / found
true:
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And if | you may | confess | it, say | withal
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If you are | bound to | us, or | no. What | say
you?
CARDINAL WOLSEY
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My sove|reign, I | confess | your royal | graces
x
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Showered on | me dai|ly, have | been more | than
could
,
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My stud|ied pur|poses | requite,| which went
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Beyond | all man's endeav|ors. My | endeav||ors,
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Have ev|er come | too* short | of my | desires,
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Yet filled | with my | abil|ities:| mine own ||
ends
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Have been | mine so,| that ev|ermore | they
poin||ted
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To the good | of your / most sac|red pers|on, and
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The prof|it of | the state.| For your great |
graces
,
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2
Heaped | upon | me (poor | unde|server) I
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Can noth|ing rend|er but | alleg|iant thanks,
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My prayers | to heaven | for you;| my loy|alty
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Which ev|er has,| and ever | shall be | growing,
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Till death |(that wint|er) kill it.
KING HENRY VIII
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Fairly | answered:
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A loy|al, and | obed|ient sub|ject^is
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Therein | illu|strated,| the hon|or of it
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Does pay the act | of it, as | in the con|trary
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The foul|ness is | the pun|ishment.| I presume
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That as | my hand | has op|ened boun|ty to you,
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My heart dropped love,| my power rained hon|or,
more
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On you,| than an|y: so | your hand,| and heart,
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Your brain,| and ev|ery func|tion of | your
power,
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Should, notwith|standing | that your | bond of
| duty,
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As 'twere | in love's | partic|ular,| be more
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To me | your friend,| than an|y.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
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I do | profess,
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That for your | highness'| good, I | ever |
labored
,
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More than | mine^own:| that am,| have, and will
be
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(Though^all | the world | should crack | their
du|ty to || you,
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And throw | it from | their soul,| though per|ils
did
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Abound,| as thick | as thought | could make |'em,
and
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Appear | in forms more hor|rid) yet | my
du||ty,
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As | doth^a rock | against | the chid|ing flood,
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Should the | approach | of this / wild riv|er
break,
,
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And stand | unshak|en yours.
KING HENRY VIII
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'Tis nob|ly spoken:
,
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Take no|tice lords,| he has | a loy|al breast,
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For you have | seen him | open it.| Read ore
this,
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And aft|er this,| and then | to break|fast with
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What ap|petite | you have.
[Exit KING HENRY VIII, frowning upon CARDINAL WOLSEY: the Nobles throng
after him, smiling and whispering]
CARDINAL WOLSEY
, ,
What should | this mean?
,
, ,
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What sud|den ang|er's this?| How have I | reaped
it?
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He part|ed frown|ing from | me, as / if ruin
,
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Leaped from his | eyes. So | looks the | chafed |
lion
,
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Upon | the dar|ing hunts|man that | has galled |
him:
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Then makes | him noth|ing. I | must read | this
pap|er: (hex with prev)
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I fear | the sto|ry of | his anger.| 'Tis so:
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This pap|er has | undone | me: 'tis | the account
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Of all | that world | of wealth | I have drawn |
togeth||er
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For mine^own | ends, (in|deed to | gain the |
popedom, ??
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And fee | my friends | in Rome.)| O neg|ligence!
, 2
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Fit for a | fool to | fall by:| what cross devil
,
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Made me | put this | main sec/ret in | the packet
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I sent | the king?| Is there no | way to | cure
this?
,
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No new | device | to beat | this from | his
brains?
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I know |'twill stir | him strong|ly; yet | I know
, 2
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A way,| if it take | right, in | spite of |
fortune
,
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Will bring | me off | again.| What's this?| To
the Pope?
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The letter |(as I | live) with | all the
| business
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I writ | to his hol|iness.| Nay then,| farewell:
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I have touched | the high|est point | of all | my
great||ness,
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And | from that full | merid|ian of | my glo||ry,
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I | haste now / to my | setting:| I shall fall
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Like a bright ex|hala|tion in the ev|ening,
??
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And no | man see me | more.|
[Enter to CARDINAL WOLSEY, NORFOLK and SUFFOLK, SURREY, and the
Chamberlain]
NORFOLK
T .
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Hear the king's pleas|ure card|inal,
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Who* com/mands you ??
,
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To rend|er up | the great | seal pres/ently
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Into | our hands,| and to | confine | yourself
,
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To Ash|er House,| my Lord | of Winch|ester's,
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Till you / hear furth|er from | his high|ness.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
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Stay:
,
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,
Where's your com|mission?| Lords, words / cannot
| carry
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Author|ity so | weighty.
SUFFOLK
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Who dare | cross 'em,
, 2
, ,
, ,
Bearing the | king's will / from his | mouth
ex|pressly?
CARDINAL WOLSEY
,
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Till^I | find^more | than will,| or words | to do
it,
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(I mean | your mal|ice) know,| offi|cious lords,
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I dare,| and must | deny | it. Now | I feel
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Of what coarse | metal | ye are | molded,| envy,
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How eag|erly | ye fol|low my | disgra||ces
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As if | it fed | ye, and | how sleek | and
wanton,
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Ye appear | in eve|rything | may bring | my ruin?
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Follow your | envious | courses,| men of |
malice;
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You have Chris|tian war|rant for |'em, and / no
doubt
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In time | will find | their fit | rewards.| That
seal
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You ask | with such | a vi|olence,| the king
T . T
T 2 ,
, ,
(Mine, and your mast|er) with his / own hand,|
gave me:
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Bade me en|joy it,| with the | place and |
honors,
,
, , 2 ,
,
During | my life;| and to con|firm his |
goodness,
, 2
, ,
T T Tx
Tied it by | letters-|patents.| Now, who'll take
it?
SURREY
, x
The king | that gave it.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
, ,
,
It must | be him/self then.
SURREY
,
, ,
__
Thou art | a proud | traitor,| priest.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
___ __
__ ,
Proud | lord,| thou | liest: (tetra with
prev)
, ,
, ,
x
Within | these^for|ty hours,| Surrey |
durst^better
,
, ,
Have burnt | that tongue,| than said | so.
SURREY
, ,
2->
Thy | ambi||tion
, ,
, ,
,
(Thou scar|let sin)| robbed this | bewail|ing
land
, , ,
, 2 ,
Of nob|le Buck|ingham,| my fath|er-in-law,
, ,
, ,
,
The heads | of all | thy broth|er card|inals,
,
, , T T
. T ->
(With thee,| and all | thy best | parts bound
togeth|er,
,
2 , ,
, 2 , 2
Weighed | not a hair | of his.| Plague of your |
policy,
T T T ,
, ,
You sent me | depu|ty for | Ireland,
,
, ,
, ,
Far from | his suc|cor, from | the king,| from
all
,
, , 2 ,
,
That might | have mer/cy on the | fault, thou |
gavst him:
,
, , 2 ,
,
Whilst your | great good/ness, out of | holy |
pity,
, ,
,
Absolved | him with | an axe.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
T . T
T
This, and all else,
, ,
, ,
x
This talk|ing lord | can lay | upon | my credit,
,
, , ,
,
I ans|wer, is / most false.| The duke | by law
,
, , ,
,
Found his | deserts.| How in|nocent | I was
, ,
, ,
,
From an|y priv|ate mal|ice in | his end,
, ,
, ,
, ->
His nob|le ju|ry, and / foul cause | can
wit||ness.
, , 2 ,
, 2 ,
If | I loved | many words,| lord, I should | tell
you,
, 2
, , ,
,
You have as | little | hone|sty, as | honor,
,
, , ,
,
That in | the way | of loy|alty,| and truth,
,
, x ,
,
Toward the | king,| my ever | royal | master,
T T
. T , ,
2 ,
Dare mate a sound|er man | than Sur|rey can be,
, ,
,
And all | that love | his fol|lies.
SURREY
, ,
By | my soul,
. T T T
,
Your* long coat (priest)| protects | you,
,
,
Thou |
shouldst^feel
, 2 , ,
, ,
My sword | in the life-|blood of | thee^else.| My
lords,
, ,
, ,
,
Can ye | endure | to hear | this ar|rogance?
2
, , , ,
,
And from this | fellow?| If we | live thus |
tamely,
, , , 2
, ,
To be | thus jad/ed by a | piece of | scarlet,
, ,
2 2 , ,
,
Farewell | nobil|ity: let his / grace go |
forward, ??
, , .
T T T
And dare | us with | his cap, like larks.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
, 2->
All good||ness
, 2
, ,
Is pois|on to thy | stomach.
SURREY
,
,
Yes, that | goodness
, ,
, ,
,
Of glean|ing all | the land's | wealth in|to one,
, 2 T
T T x 2 ,
Into your | own hands (card|inal) by ex|tortion:
, ,
2 , ,
,
The good|ness of your | inter|cepted | packets
, 2
, , ,
, ->
You writ | to the pope,| against | the king:|
your good||ness,
,
2 , , 2 ,
, 2
Since | you provoke | me, shall be | most
no|torious.
, ,
, 2 ,
x
My Lord | of Nor|folk, as | you are tru|ly
noble,
, ,
, ,
,
As you | respect | the com|mon good,| the state
,
, , , x
Of our | despised | nobil|ity, | our^issues,
, , ,
, ,
(Whom^if | he live,| will scarce | be gent|lemen)
, ,
, 2 ,
, 2
Produce | the grand | sum of his | sins, the |
articles ??
, ,
, , ,
Collect|ed from | his life.| I'll start|le you
,
, ,
, ,
Worse than | the scar|ing bell,| when the / brown
wench
, ,
, , ,
Lay kiss/ing in | your arms,| lord card/inal.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
, , , ,
,
How much | methinks,| I could | despise | this
man,
, 2
, ,
, x
But that | I am bound | in char|ity | against it.
NORFOLK
, ,
, 2
, ,
Those art|icles,| my lord,| are in the / king's
hand:
, ,
2 T T
But thus | much, they are | foul ones.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
T ,
2->
So | much^fair||er
, ,
, ,
,
And spot|less, shall | mine in|nocence | arise,
, ,
,
When the / king knows | my truth.
SURREY
, 2 ,
This cannot | save you:
,
, 2 , ,
,
I thank | my mem|ory, I | yet re|member
,
, ,
, ,
Some of | these art|icles,| and out | they shall.
,
2 , , ,
, 2
Now, if | you can blush,| and cry | guilty |
cardinal,
,
x , ,
You'll show | a little | hone|sty.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
,
Speak^|on sir,
,
, , , ,
I dare | your worst | objec|tions: if | I blush,
,
, , 2
, ,
It is | to see | a nob|leman want | manners.
SURREY
2 ,
, , 2 ,
I had rath|er want | those, than my | head;
,
Have^|at you.
,
2 , ,
, ,
First, that wi|thout the | king's as|sent or |
knowledge,
,
, x
T T Tx
You wrought | to be | a legate,| by which power
, ,
, 2 , ,
You maimed | the jur|isdic|tion of all | bishops.
NORFOLK
,
, ,
, ,
Then, that | in all | you writ | to Rome,| or
else
,
, , 2 ,
,
To for|eign prin|ces, E|go et Rex | meus
,
, , ,
,
Was still | inscribed:| in which | you brought |
the king
,
,
To be | your serv|ant.
SUFFOLK
, 2 ,
, ->
Then,| that without | the know||ledge
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Eith|er of king | or coun|cil, when | you went
, ,
2 , 2 ,
,
Ambas|sador | to the emp|eror, you | made bold
, ,
, , ,
To car|ry in|to Fland|ers, the / great seal.
SURREY
, ,
, , ,
Item,| you sent | a large | commis|sion
, 2 ,
, ,
,
To Greg|ory de | Cassa|do, to | conclude
, ,
, 2 ,
,
Without | the king's | will, or the | state's
al|lowance,
, ,
, ,
, ->
A league | between | his high|ness, and |
Ferra||ra.
SUFFOLK
,
2 , ,
, ,
That | out of mere | ambi|tion, you | have caused
, ,
2 ,
, ,
Your ho|ly hat | to be stamped | on the / king's
coin.
SURREY
, ,
, , 3 3
,
Then, that / you have | sent in|numerable |
substance,
,
, ,
2 , ,
(By what | means^got,| I leave | to your own |
conscience)
, ,
, ,
,
To furn|ish Rome,| and to | prepare | the ways
,
, , 2 ,
, 2->
You have | for dig|nities,| to the mere |
undo||ing
, ,
, , ,
Of all | the king|dom. Ma|ny more | there are,
,
, , ,
,
Which^since | they are | of you,| and od|ious,
, ,
,
I will | not taint | my mouth | with.
CHAMBERLAIN
, ,
O | my lord,
, 2
, ,
, ,
Press not a | falling | man too*| far: 'tis |
virtue:
,
, , 2 T T T
His faults | lie op/en to the | laws, let them
, , ,
, x
(Not you)| correct | him. My / heart weeps | to
see him
x
, ,
So little,| of his / great self.
SURREY
, ,
I for|give him.
SUFFOLK
, 2
, , ,
,
Lord* card|inal, the / king's furth|er pleas|ure
is,
, T T
T 2 ,
,
Because | all those things | you have done | of
late,
2 x ,
, ,
,
By your power | lega|tine wi|thin this |
kingdom,
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Fall^in|to the comp|ass of | a prae|munire;
, , 2
, ,
,
That *there|fore such a | writ be | sued a|gainst
you,
,
, , ,
,
To for|feit all | your goods,| lands,
ten/ements*,
,
, , ,
,
Castles,| and what|soev|er, and | to be
,
, , ,
2 ,
Out of | the king's | protec|tion. This | is my
charge.
NORFOLK
, , ,
2 , ,
And so | we'll leave | you to your | medi|tations
2 ,
, , ,
,
How* to live | better.| For your | stubborn |
answer
,
, , ,
, 2
About | the giv|ing back | the great | seal to
us,
, x ,
, ,
The king | shall know it,| and (no | doubt) shall
| thank you.
, ,
x , ,
2
So fare | you well,| my little | good lord*|
cardinal.
[Exeunt all but CARDINAL WOLSEY]
CARDINAL WOLSEY
,
, 2 ,
, ,
So fare|well, to the | little | good you | bear
me.
,
, , ,
, ->
Farewell?| A long | farewell | to all | my
great||ness.
, 2
, ,
, 2 ,
This | is the state | of man;| today | he
puts^forth
, ,
, , ,
o
The tend|er leaves | of hopes,| tomor|row
blos|soms,
, ,
, , ,
o
And bears | his blush|ing hon|ors thick | upon |
him: (hex with prev)
, T
T . T ,
,
The third | day, comes a frost;| a kil|ling
frost,
, 2
T T T , ,
2->
And when he | thinks, good ea|sy man,| full*
sure||ly
, , , ,
,
His great|ness is | a-ripe|ning, nips | his root,
,
, , ,
2 ,
And then | he falls | as I | do. I have |
ventured
T Tx
T , ,
, o
Like little want|on boys | that swim | on
blad|ders:
,
, ,
, , o
This ma|ny sum|mers in | a sea | of glo|ry,
(hex with prev)
, ,
, . T T
T
But far | beyond | my depth:| my high-blown pride
. T T
T , , 2
,
At length broke und|er me,| and now^has | left me
, ,
, , ,
->
Weary,| and old | with ser|vice, to | the mer||cy
2 , , ,
x ,
Of a / rude stream,| that must | for ever | hide
me.
T T .
T 2 , ,
,
Vain pomp, and glo|ry of this | world, I | hate
ye,
, , , ,
, 2->
I feel | my heart | new^op|ened. Oh | how*
wretch||ed
, ,
, ,
x
Is that | poor* man,| that hangs | on prin|ces'
favors?
, , , ,
2 ,
There is | betwixt | that smile | we would
a|spire to,
,
, ,
, x
That sweet | aspect | of prin|ces, and | their
ruin,
, ,
, ,
,
More* pangs,| and fears | than wars,| or wom|en
have;
, ,
, , ,
And when | he falls,| he falls | like Lu|cifer,
, 2 ,
T
Never to | hope a|gain.
[Enter CROMWELL]
T T ,
->
Why how | now* Crom||well*?
CROMWELL
, 2
x ,
I | have no power | to speak | sir.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
, ,
What,| amazed
, , ,
x ,
At my | misfor|tunes? Can | thy spirit | wonder
, ,
, ,
,
A great | man should | decline.| Nay, and | you
weep
2 x
,
I am fallen | indeed.
CROMWELL
, ,
How does | your grace.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
,
Why well:
, 2
, , .
T T T
Never so | truly | happy,| my good Cromwell.
, ,
, 2 ,
,
I know | myself | now, and I | feel wi|thin me,
,
, , ,
,
A peace | above | all^earth|ly dig|nities,
, x
, ,
, o
A still,| and quiet | conscience.| The king | has
cured | me,
,
, , ,
T T T
I hum|bly thank | his grace:| and from | these
shoulders (hex with prev)
x ,
, ,
,
These ruined | pillars,| out of | pity,| taken
, , ,
, x
A load,| would sink | a na|vy (too | much
honor).
, 2 , , , 2 ,
O 'tis | a burd|en Crom|well, 'tis a | burden
, ,
, , x
Too hea|vy for | a man,| that hopes | for heaven.
CROMWELL
2 ,
,
I am glad | your grace,
, , , 2
Has made | that right |
use of it.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
, ,
I hope | I have:
2 , ,
,
I am ab|le now |(methinks)
,
, ,
, ,
(Out of | a fort|itude | of soul,| I feel)
2 ,
, , ,
,
To endure | more mis/eries,| and great|er far
2 ,
, , ,
,
Than my weak-|hearted | ene|mies, dare^|offer.
,
,
What news | abroad?
CROMWELL
, ,
,
The heav|iest, and | the worst,
, ,
, ,
Is your | displeas|ure with | the king.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
x
God bless him.
CROMWELL
, ,
2 , ,
,
The next | is, that Sir | Thomas | More is |
chosen
, ,
2 ,
Lord chan/cellor,| in your place.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
,
x
That's some|what sudden.
, , ,
, 2 ,
But he's | a learn|ed man.| May he con|tinue
, 2
, ,
, ,
Long in his | highness'| favor,| and do | justice
,
, , ,
,
For truth's | sake, and | his con|science; that |
his bones,
, 2
, ,
, ,
When he has | run his | course, and | sleeps in |
blessings,
, , , , , 2
May have | a tomb | of orph|ans' tears | wept on
em.
,
What more?
CROMWELL
, ,
2 , ,
That Cran/mer
is re|turned with | welcome;
,
, , ,
x
Installed | lord^arch|bishop | of Can|terbury.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
, ,
That's news | indeed.
CROMWELL
, ,
,
Last, that | the La|dy Anne,
,
, , 2
, ,
Whom the | king hath | in sec|recy* long |
married,
, , , ,
,
This^day | was viewed | in op|en, as | his queen,
, ,
, ,
,
Going | to chap|el: and | the voice | is now
, 2 ,
, ,
Only a|bout her | coro|nation.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
<- ,
, , ,
T T T
There was || the weight | that pulled | me
down.| O Cromwell,
, ,
, ,
, ->
The king | has gone | beyond | me: all | my
glo||ries
, ,
x 2 , ,
In / that one | woman, I have | lost for | ever.
,
x
, ,
,
No* sun,| shall ever | usher | forth
mine^|honors,
,
, x
, ,
Or gild | again | the noble | troops that
| waited
, ,
, 2 ,
,
Upon | my smiles.| Go get thee | from me |
Cromwell*, ??
, 2 T
Tx T ,
,
I am a | poor fallen man,| unworth|y now
,
, ,
, ,
To be | thy lord,| and mast|er. Seek | the king
,
, ,
, 2 x
(That sun,| I pray | may nev|er set)| I have told him,
T . T
T ,
, 2 ,
What, and how true | thou art;| he will
ad|vance thee:
,
, 2 ,
, ,
Some^lit|tle mem|ory of | me, will / stir him
,
, ,
, ,
(I know | his nob|le na|ture) not | to let
,
, x
, ,
Thy hope|ful serv|ice perish | too. Good*|
Cromwell*
, ,
, ,
,
Neglect | him not;| make^use | now, and | provide
, , ,
For thine^/own fu|ture safe|ty.
CROMWELL
, ,
O | my lord,
, ,
, ,
,
Must^I | then leave | you? Must | I needs |
forego
,
x
, , ,
So good,| so noble,| and so | true a | master?
, , ,
, ,
Bear* wit|ness, all | that have / not hearts | of
iron,
,
, ,
, ,
With what | a sor|row Crom|well* leaves | his
lord.
, ,
, ,
x
The king | shall have | my serv|ice; but | my
prayers
, ,
, ,
,
For ev|er, and | for ev|er shall | be yours.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
, ,
, ,
,
Cromwell*,| I did | not think | to shed | a tear
,
, 2 , , ,
In all | my mis|eries: but | thou hast | forced
me
, 2 ,
, , ,
(Out of thy | honest | truth) to | play the |
woman.
, ,
, ,
, ->
Let's^dry | our eyes:| and thus | far* hear | me
Crom||well,
, , 2
x , ,
And | when I am | forgotten,| as I | shall be,
, .
T T T
, , 2->
And sleep | in dull cold marb|le, where / no
men||tion
,
, 2 ,
, ,
Of me,| more must be | heard of:| say I | taught
thee;
,
, , ,
, o
Say* Wol|sey, that / once trod | the ways | of
glo|ry,
, ,
, ,
, o
And sound|ed all | the depths,| and shoals | of
hon|or, (hex with prev)
,
2 , , ,
,
Found thee a | way (out / of his | wreck) to |
rise in:
, ,
, ,
x
A sure,| and safe | one, though | thy mast|er
missed it.
,
, , ,
,
Mark but | my fall,| and that | that ru|ined me:
,
, ,
, , o
Cromwell*,| I charge | thee, fling | away |
ambi|tion,
T T T
, , ,
,
By that sin | fell the | angels:| how can | man
then (hex with prev)
, ,
, ,
, ,
(The im|age of | his mak|er) hope | to win | by
it?
,
T T T 2
, ,
o
Love thy|self last, cher|ish those^hearts | that
hate | thee; (hex with prev)
, ,
, , ,
Corrup|tion wins | not more | than hon|esty.
, 2
T T T
, ,
Still in thy | right hand, car|ry gent|le peace
, ,
, ,
, ,
To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear
not; ????
, 2
, ,
, ,
Let all the | ends thou | aimst at,| be thy |
country's,
, ,
, 2
, ,
Thy God's,| and truth's.| Then if thou | fallst
(O | Cromwell*)
,
, ,
Thou fallst | a bles|sed mar|tyr. \\
,
, ,
, __
Serve the | king: and | prithee | lead me | in:
T T .
T x , ,
There take an inv|entory | of all | I have,
, ,
, , ,
To the / last pen|ny, 'tis | the king's.| My
robe,
, ,
, x
,
And my | integ|rity | to heaven,| is all,
,
, , ,
, ->
I dare | now* call | mine own.| O Crom|well*,|
Crom||well*,
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Had | I but served | my God,| with half | the
zeal
, ,
, ,
,
I served | my king:| he would | not in | mine^age
,
, ,
, ,
Have left | me nak|ed to | mine en|emies.
CROMWELL
, ,
Good* sir,| have pa|tience.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
, ,
,
So | I have.| Farewell
, ,
, . Tx T
T
The hopes | of court,| my hopes | in heaven do
dwell.
[Exeunt]