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[Enter KATHARINE, Dowager, sick; led between GRIFFITH, her gentleman usher,
and PATIENCE, her woman]
GRIFFITH
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How does | your grace?
KATHARINE
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O Grif|fith, sick | to death:
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My legs | like load|en branch|es bow | to the
earth,
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Willing | to leave | their burd|en: Reach | a
chair,
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So now |(methinks)| I feel | a lit|tle ease.
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Didst thou not | tell me | Griffith,| as thou |
ledst me,
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That the great | child of | honor,| Cardinal |
Wolsey
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Was dead?
GRIFFITH
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Yes mad/am: but | I thank
| your grace
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Out of the | pain you | suffered,| gave no | ear
to it.
KATHARINE
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Prithee | good Grif|fith, tell | me how | he
died.
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If well,| he stepped | before | me hap|pily
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For my ex|ample.
GRIFFITH
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Well, the | voice goes madam,
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For aft|er the / stout Earl | Northum|berland
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Arrest|ed him | at York,| and brought | him
for||ward
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As a man | sorely | tainted,| to his | answer,
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He fell | sick sud/denly,| and grew | so ill
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He could | not sit | his mule.
KATHARINE
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Alas | poor* man.
GRIFFITH
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At last,| with ea|sy roads,| he came | to
Leice||ster,
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Lodged | in the ab|bey; where | the reve|rend
abbot
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With all | his cov|ent, hon|orably | received him;
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To whom | he gave | these^words.| O fath|er
abbot,
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An old | man, brok/en with | the storms | of
state,
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Is come | to lay | his wea|ry bones | among ||
ye:
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Give | him a lit|tle earth | for char|ity.
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So went | to bed;| where eag|erly | his
sick||ness
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Pursued | him still,| and three | nights aft/er
this,
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About | the hour | of eight,| which he | himself
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Foretold | should be | his last,| full of
re|pentance,
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Contin|ual med|ita|tions, tears,| and sorrows,
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He gave | his hon|ors to | the world | again,
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His bles|sed part | to heaven,| and slept | in
peace.
KATHARINE
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So may he | rest,
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His | faults lie*| gently | on
him:
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Yet thus far | Griffith,| give me | leave to |
speak him,
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And yet | with char|ity.| He was | a man
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Of an un|bounded | stomach,| ever | ranking
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Himself | with prin|ces. One | that by |
sugges||tion
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Tied | all the | kingdom.| Simo|ny, was / fair
play,
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His own | opin|ion was | his law.| In the |
presence (hex with prev)
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He would say | untruths,/ and be | ever | double
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Both in his | words, and | meaning.| He was |
never
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(But where | he meant | to ru|in) pit|iful.
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His prom|ises, were | as he / then was,| mighty:
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But his per|formance,| as he | is now,| nothing:
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Of his / own bo|dy he | was ill,| and gave
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The cler|gy in ex|ample.
GRIFFITH
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Noble | madam:
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Men's evil man|ners live | in brass,| their
vir||tues
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We write | in wat|er. May it | please your |
highness
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To hear | me speak | his good | now*?
KATHARINE
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Yes | good* Grif||fith;
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I | were mali|cious else.
GRIFFITH
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This card/inal,
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Though from | a hum|ble stock,| undoubt|edly
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Was fash|ioned to much | honor.| From his |
cradle
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T T
He was a | scholar,| and a | ripe, and good
one:
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Exceed|ing wise,| fair-spoken,/ and per|suading:
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Lofty,| and sour | to them | that loved | him
not:
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But, to those | men that | sought him,| sweet as
| summer.
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And though | he were un|satis|fied in | getting,
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(Which^was | a sin)| yet in be|stowing,| madam,
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He was / most prince|ly: ever | witness | for him
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Those^twins | of learn|ing, that | he raised | in
you,
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Ipswich and | Oxford:| one of | which, fell /
with him,
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Unwil|ling to / outlive | the good | that did it.
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The oth|er (though | unfin|ished) yet so |
famous,
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So ex/cellent in | art, and | still so | rising,
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That Christ|endom | shall ever | speak his |
virtue.
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His ov|erthrow,| heaped hap/piness u|pon him:
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For then,| and not till then,| he felt |
himself,
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And found | the bles|sedness | of be|ing little.
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And to / add great|er hon|ors to | his age
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Than man | could give | him, he / died, fear|ing
God.
KATHARINE
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After my | death, I | wish no | other | herald,
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No oth|er speak|er of my | living | actions,
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To keep | mine hon|or from | corrup|tion,
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But such | an honest | chroni|cler as |
Griffith.
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Whom^I | most^hat|ed living,| thou hast | made me
??
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With thy | relig|ious truth,| and mod|esty,
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(Now in his | ashes)| honor:| peace be | with
him.
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Patience,| be near | me still,| and set | me
lower.
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I have not | long to | trouble | thee. Good*
| Griffith,
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Cause the | musi|cians play | me that / sad note
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I named | my knell;| whilst^I
| sit^med|itat||ing
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On | that celest|ial har|mony I / go to. ??
[Sad and solemn music]
GRIFFITH
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She is a|sleep: good*| wench, let's^|sit down
quiet,
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For fear | we wake | her. Soft|ly, gentle |
Patience.
[The vision. Enter, solemnly tripping one after another, six personages,
clad in white robes, wearing on their heads garlands of bays, and golden
vizards on their faces; branches of bays or palm in their hands. They first
congee unto her, then dance; and, at certain changes, the first two hold a
spare garland over her head; at which the other four make reverent curtsies;
then the two that held the garland deliver the same to the other next two,
who observe the same order in their changes, and holding the garland over
her head: which done, they deliver the same garland to the last two, who
likewise observe the same order: at which, as it were by inspiration, she
makes in her sleep signs of rejoicing, and holdeth up her hands to heaven:
and so in their dancing vanish, carrying the garland with them. The music
continues]
KATHARINE
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Spirits of | peace, where | are ye?| Are ye / all
gone?
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And leave | me here | in wretch|edness, be/hind
ye?
GRIFFITH
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Madam,| we are | here.
KATHARINE
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It is not | you I | call for, (tri
with prev)
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Saw ye none^|enter | since I | slept?
GRIFFITH
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None madam.
KATHARINE
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No? Saw* you | not even now | a bles|sed troop
??
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Invite | me to a | banquet,| whose bright | faces
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Cast^thous|and beams | upon | me, like | the sun?
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They prom|ised me | etern|al hap|piness,
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And brought | me garl|ands (Grif|fith) which | I
feel
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I am not | worthy | yet to | wear: I shall
as|suredly. ??
GRIFFITH
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I am most | joyful | madam,| such good dreams
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Possess | your fan|cy.
KATHARINE
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Bid | the mus|ic leave,
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They are harsh | and hea|vy to | me.
[Music ceases]
PATIENCE
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Do | you note
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How much | her grace | is alt|ered on | the
sudden?
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How long | her face | is drawn?| How pale | she
looks,
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And of | an ear|thy cold?| Mark her eyes?
GRIFFITH
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She is go|ing wench:| pray, pray.
PATIENCE
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Heaven | comfort her.
[Enter a Messenger]
MESSENGER
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And it like | your grace--
KATHARINE
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You are a | saucy | fellow,
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Deserve | we no | more^reve|rence?
GRIFFITH
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You | are to blame,
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Knowing she | will not | lose her | wonted |
greatness ??
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To use | so rude | behav|ior. Go* / to, kneel.
MESSENGER
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I hum|bly do en/treat your | highness'| pardon,
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My haste | made me | unman|nerly.| There is
stay||ing
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A gent|leman sent | from the | king, to | see you.
KATHARINE
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Admit | him en|trance Grif|fith. But / this
fel||low
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Let | me nere see | again. \\
[Exeunt GRIFFITH and Messenger. Enter GRIFFITH, with CAPUCIUS]
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T T T
If my | sight fail not,
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You should be || lord am|bassa|dor from | the
empe|ror,
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My roy|al neph|ew, and your | name Ca|pucius.
CAPUCIUS
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Madam | the same.| Your serv|ant.
KATHARINE
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O | my lord,
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The times | and titles | now are | altered
| strangely
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With me,| since first | you knew | me.
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But I
| pray you,
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What is | your pleas|ure with me?
CAPUCIUS
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Noble | lady,
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First mine^|own serv/ice to | your grace,| the
next
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The king's | request,| that I | would vis|it you,
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Who grieves | much for | your weak|ness, and | by
me
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Sends you | his prince|ly com|menda|tions,
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And heart/ily en|treats you | take good*|
comfort.
KATHARINE
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O my | good* lord,| that com|fort comes | too
late,
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'Tis like | a pardon | after | exe|cution:
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That gentle | physic | given in | time, had | cured
me:
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But now | I am past | all* com|forts here,| but
prayers.
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How* does | his high|ness?
CAPUCIUS
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mad|am, in / good health.
KATHARINE
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So may he | ever | do, and | ever | flourish,
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When I | shall dwell | with worms,| and my / poor
name
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Banished the | kingdom.| Patience,| is that |
letter
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I caused | you write,| yet sent | away?
PATIENCE
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No madam.
KATHARINE
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Sir, I | most hum|bly pray | you to de|liver
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This to my | lord the | king.
CAPUCIUS
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Most^|willing | madam.
KATHARINE
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In which | I have | commend|ed to his | goodness
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The mod|el of our / chaste loves:| his young |
daughter,
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The dews | of heaven | fall thick in bles|sings
on | her,
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Beseech|ing him | to give | her vir|tuous
breed|ing. (hex with prev)
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She is young,| and of a | noble | modest |
nature,
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I hope | she will de|serve well;/ and a | little
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To love | her for her | mother's | sake, that |
loved^him,
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Heaven | knows how | dearly.
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My next | poor pe|tition, (tri with prev)
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Is, that his | noble | grace would | have some |
pity
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Upon | my wretch|ed wom|en, that / so long
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Have fol|lowed both | my for|tunes, faith|fully,
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Of which | there is / not one,| I dare | avow
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(And now | I should | not^lie)| but will |
deserve
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For vir|tue, and / true beaut|y of | the soul,
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For hon|esty,| and dec|ent car|riage
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A right | good hus|band (let | him be | a
noble)
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And sure | those men | are hap|py that
| shall have 'em.
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The last | is for | my men,| they are the |
poorest,
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x
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(But pov|erty | could never | draw 'em | from me)
,
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That they | may have | their wag|es, duly | paid
'em,
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And some|thing ov|er to | remem|ber me by.
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If heaven | had pleased | to have given | me
long|er life
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And ab|le means,| we had / not part|ed thus.
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These are the | whole contents,| and good | my
lord,
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By that | you love | the dear|est in | this
world,
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As you wish^|Christian | peace to | souls
de|parted,
,
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Stand these^|poor peo|ple's friend,| and urge |
the king
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To do | me this / last right.
CAPUCIUS
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By heaven | I will,
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Or let | me lose | the fash|ion of | a man.
KATHARINE
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I thank | you hon|est lord.| Remem|ber me
,
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In all | humil|ity | unto his | highness:
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Say his long | trouble | now is | passing
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Out of this | world. Tell / him in | death I |
blessed him
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(For so | I will)| mine eyes | grow dim.|
Farewell
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My lord.| Griffith | farewell. Nay | Patience,
,
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You must | not^leave | me yet.| I must | to bed,
T .
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T T T
Call in more women.| When I am | dead good
wench,
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Let me be | used with | honor;| strew me | over
,
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With maid|en flowers,| that all | the world | may
know
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I was a | chaste wife,/ to my | grave: em|balm
me,
,
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Then lay | me forth |(although | unqueened)| yet
like
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A queen,| and daught|er to | a king | inter ||
me.
, T T T
I | can no more. \\
[Exeunt, leading KATHARINE]