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London. A gallery in the palace.
[Enter GARDINER, Bishop of Winchester, a Page with a torch before him, met
by LOVELL]
GARDINER
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It's one | o'clock | boy, is it | not.
BOY
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It | hath struck.
GARDINER
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These^should | be hou|rs for | neces|sities,
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Not for | delights:| times to re|pair our |
nature
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With com|forting | repose,| and not | for us
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To waste | these times.| Good^hour | of night |
Sir Tho||mas:
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Whith|er so late?
LOVELL
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Came^you | from the king,| my lord?
GARDINER
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I did | Sir Thom|as, and | left him at |
prime||ro
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With | the Duke | of Suffolk.
LOVELL
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I must | to him too
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Before | he go | to bed.| I'll take | my leave.
GARDINER
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Not yet | Sir Thom|as Lov|ell: what's | the
matter?
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It seems | you are | in haste:| and if | there be
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No great | offense | belongs | to it, give | your
friend
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Some touch | of your late | business:| affairs |
that walk
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(As they say | spirits | do) at | midnight, have
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In them | a wild|er na|ture, than | the
bus||iness
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That seeks | dispatch | by day.
LOVELL
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My lord,| I love you; (tri with prev)
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And durst | commend | a sec|ret to | your ear
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Much^weight|ier than this | work. The | queen's
in | labor ??
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They say | in great | extrem|ity,| and feared
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She'll with | the lab|or, end.
GARDINER
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The fruit | she goes || with
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I pray | for heart/ily,| that it | may find
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Good^time,| and live:| but for the | stock Sir |
Thomas,
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I wish it | grubbed up now.
LOVELL
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Methinks | I could
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Cry the | amen,| and yet | my con|science says
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She's a / good creat|ure, and / sweet la|dy does
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Deserve | our bet|ter wish|es.
GARDINER
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But / sir, sir,
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Hear me | Sir Thom|as, you're | a gent|leman
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Of mine own | way. I | know you | wise,
re|ligious,
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And let | me tell | you, it | will nere | be
well,
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'Twill not | Sir Thom|as Lov|ell, take it | of
me,
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Till Cran|mer, Crom|well*, her / two hands,| and
she
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Sleep in | their graves.
LOVELL
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Now sir,| you speak | of two
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The most | remarked | in the king|dom: As | for
Crom|well,
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Beside | that of | the je|wel house,| is made |
master (hex with prev?)
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Of the rolls,| and the king's | secre|tary.
Furth|er sir,
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Stands in the | gap and | trade of | more
pre|ferments,
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With^which | the time | will load him.| The
arch|bishop ??
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Is the king's | hand, and | tongue, and | who dare
speak
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One syl/lable a|gainst him?
GARDINER
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Yes^|yes, Sir | Thomas,
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There are | that dare,| and I | myself | have
vent||ured
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To speak | my mind | of him:| and indeed | this
day,
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Sir (I | may tell | it you)| I think | I have
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Incensed | the lords | of the coun|cil, that | he
is
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(For so | I know | he is,| they know he is)
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A most arch her|etic,| a pest|ilence
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That does | infect | the land:| with which,| they
moved
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Have brok|en with | the king,| who hath | so far
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Given ear | to our | complaint,| of his / great
grace,
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And prince|ly care,| foresee|ing those fell |
mischiefs,
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Our reas|ons laid | before | him, hath |
command||ed
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Tomor|row morn|ing to | the coun|cil-board
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He be con|vented.| He's a rank | weed Sir |
Thomas,
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And we | must root | him out.| From your |
affairs
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I hind|er you too | long: good | night, Sir |
Thomas.
LOVELL
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Many good | nights, my | lord, I | rest your |
servant.
[Exeunt GARDINER and Page. Enter KING HENRY VIII and SUFFOLK]
KING HENRY VIII
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Charles, I | will play | no more | tonight,|
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My mind's | not^on it,| you are | too hard | for
me.
SUFFOLK
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Sir, I | did nev|er win | of you | before.
KING HENRY VIII
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But lit|tle Charles, \\
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Nor shall | not, when | my fan|cy's on | my play.
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Now Lov|ell, from | the queen | what is | the
news.
LOVELL
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I could not | personal|ly de|liver | to her
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What you com|manded | me, but | by her | woman,
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I sent | your mes|sage, who | returned | her
thanks
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In the greatest | humble|ness, and de|sired your
| highness
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Most^heart|ily to pray | for her.
KING HENRY VIII
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What sayst | thou? Ha?
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To pray | for her?| What, is | she cry|ing out?
LOVELL
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So said | her wom|an, and | that her suf|ferance
made
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Almost | each pang, a death.
KING HENRY VIII
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Alas good*| lady.
SUFFOLK
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God* safe|ly quit | her of | her burd|en, and
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With gent|le tra/vail, to | the glad|ding of
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Your high|ness with | an heir.
KING HENRY VIII
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'Tis mid|night Charles,
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Prithee to | bed, and | in thy | prayers
re|member
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The estate | of my / poor queen.| Leave me |
alone,
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For I | must think | of that,| which comp|any
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Would not | be friend|ly to.
SUFFOLK
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I wish | your high||ness
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A qui|et night,| and my / good mist|ress will
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Remem|ber in | my prayers.
KING HENRY VIII
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Charles good night.
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Well sir, | what fol|lows? \\
[Exit SUFFOLK. Enter DENNY]
DENNY
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Sir, I | have brought | my lord | the
arch|bishop,
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As you | command|ed me.
KING HENRY VIII
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Ha? Cant/erbury?
DENNY
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Aye my | good lord.
KING HENRY VIII
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'Tis true:| where is he | Denny?
DENNY
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He attends | your high|ness' pleas|ure.
KING HENRY VIII
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Bring | him to us.
LOVELL
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This is | about | that, which the bish|op spake,
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I am hap|pily come | hither.
[Enter DENNY with CRANMER]
KING HENRY VIII
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Avoid | the gal||lery.
[LOVELL seems to stay]
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Ha? I | have said.| Be gone.| What?
[Exeunt LOVELL and DENNY]
CRANMER
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I am | fearful:| wherefore | frowns he | thus?
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'Tis || his as|pect of | terror.| All's not
well.
KING HENRY VIII
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How now | my lord?
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You desire | to know | wherefore
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I sent | for you.
CRANMER
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It is my | duty ??
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To attend | your high|ness' pleas|ure.
KING HENRY VIII
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Pray | you arise
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My good | and gra|cious Lord | of Can|terbury:
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Come, you and | I must | walk a | turn
tog|ether:
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I | have news | to tell | you. \\
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Come,| come,| give me | your hand.|
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Ah my | good* lord,| I grieve | at what | I
speak,
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And am | right sor/ry to re|peat what | follows.
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I have,| and most | unwil/lingly | of late
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Heard^ma|ny griev|ous, I | do say | my lord
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Grievous com|plaints of | you; which^|being
con|sidered,
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Have moved | us, and | our coun|cil, that | you
shall
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This morn|ing come | before | us, where | I know
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You can|not with / such freed|om purge |
yourself,
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But that | till furth|er trial,| in those |
charges
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Which^will | require | your ans|wer, you | must
take
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Your pa|tience to | you, and | be well |
content||ed
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To make | your house | our Tower:| you, a |
brother of us
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It fits | we thus | proceed,| or else | no
wit||ness
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Would come | against | you. \\
CRANMER
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I hum|bly thank | your high|ness, \\
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And am right | glad to | catch this | good
oc|casion
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Most through/ly to | be win|nowed, where | my
chaff
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And corn | shall fly | asund|er. For | I know
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There's none | stands^und|er more | calum|nious
tongues,
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Than I | myself,| poor* man.
KING HENRY VIII
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Stand^up,| good Can|terbury, (tri
with prev)
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Thy truth | and thy | integ|rity | is root||ed
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In us | thy friend.| Give me | thy hand,|
stand^up,
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Prithee | let's^walk.| Now* by | my hol|idame,
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What man|ner of man | are you?| My lord,| I
looked
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You would | have given | me your | peti|tion, that
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I should | have tane | some pains,| to bring |
togeth||er
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Yourself,| and your ac|cusers,| and to have |
heard you
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Without | indur|ance furth|er.
CRANMER
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Most^/dread liege,
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The good | I stand | on, is my | truth and |
honesty:
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If they | shall fail,| I with | mine en|emies
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Will tri|umph ore | my person,| which^I | weigh
not, ??
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Being of | those^vir|tues vac|ant. I / fear
noth||ing
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What | can be said | against | me.
KING HENRY VIII
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Know | you not
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How* your / state stands | in the world,| with
the / whole world?
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Your enemies are many, and not small; their
practices ????
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Must bear | the same | propor|tion, and / not
ever
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The just|ice and | the truth | of the ques|tion
carries
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The due | of the verd|ict with it;| at what ease
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Might^cor/rupt minds | procure | knaves as corrupt
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To swear | against | you: Such | things^have |
been done.
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You are | potently | opposed,| and with a |
malice
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Of as / great size.| Ween you of | better | luck,
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I || mean in | perjured | witness,| than your |
master,
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Whose min|ister | you are,| whiles^here | he
lived
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Upon | this naugh|ty earth?| Go to,| go to,
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You take | a pre|cipit | for no | leap of |
danger,
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And woo | your own | destruc|tion.
CRANMER
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God,| and your maj|esty (hex with prev)
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Protect | mine in|nocence,| or I | fall^in||to
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The trap | is laid | for me.
KING HENRY VIII
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Be of | good* cheer,
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They shall no | more pre|vail, than | we give^|way
to:
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Keep com/fort to | you, and | this^morn|ing see
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You do | appear | before | them. If | they shall
chance
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In charg|ing you | with mat|ters, to com/mit you:
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The best | persua|sions to | the con|trary
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Fail not to use,| and with | what ve|hemency
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The occas|ion shall | instruct | you. If |
entreat||ies
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Will rend|er you | no rem|edy,| this^ring
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Deliv|er them,| and your | appeal | to us
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There make before | them. Look,| the good man
weeps.
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He's hon|est on | mine honor.| God's^blessed
| mother, ??
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I swear | he is true-|hearted,| and a soul
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None bet/ter in | my king|dom. Get | you gone,
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And do | as I | have bid | you. \\
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He has | strangled | his lang|uage in | his
tears.
[Enter Old Lady, LOVELL following]
GENTLEMAN [Within]
Come back: what mean you?
OLD LADY
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I'll not | come^back,| the tid|ings that | I
bring
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Will make | my bold|ness, man|ners. Now | good
angels ??
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Fly^ore | thy roy|al head,| and shade | thy
person
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under | their bles|sed wings.
KING HENRY VIII
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Now* by | thy looks
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I guess | thy mes|sage. Is | the queen |
deliv||ered?
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Say | aye, and | of a boy.
OLD LADY
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Aye^aye | my liege;
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And of a | lovely | boy: the | God of | heaven
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Both^now | and ev|er bless | her: 'tis | a girl
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Promi|ses boys | hereaft|er. Sir,| your queen
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Desires | your vis|ita|tion, and | to be
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Acquaint|ed with | this strang|er; 'tis as / like
you,
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As cher|ry, is | to cher|ry.
KING HENRY VIII
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:ov|ell.
LOVELL
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Sir.
KING HENRY VIII
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Give her | a hund|red marks.
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I'll to | the
queen.
[Exit]
OLD LADY
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A hund|red marks?| By this | light, I'll | have
more.
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An ord|inar|y groom | is for such | payment.
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I will | have more,| or scold | it out | of him.
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Said^I | for this,| the girl | was like | to him?
I'll ??
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Have more,| or else | unsay it:| and now,| while 'tis
|| hot, ??
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I'll | put it | to the | issue.|
[Exeunt]