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The palace.
[Enter trumpets, sounding; then two Aldermen, Lord Mayor, Garter, CRANMER,
NORFOLK with his marshal's staff, SUFFOLK, two Noblemen bearing great
standing-bowls for the christening-gifts; then four Noblemen bearing a
canopy, under which the Duchess of Norfolk, godmother, bearing the child
richly habited in a mantle, etc., train borne by a Lady; then follows the
Marchioness Dorset, the other godmother, and Ladies. The troop pass once
about the stage, and Garter speaks]
GARTER
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Heaven \\
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From thy end|less good|ness, send | prospe|rous
life,
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Long, and | ever hap/py, to the | high and
| mighty
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Princess | of Eng|land E|liza|beth.
[Flourish. Enter KING HENRY VIII and Guard]
CRANMER
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And to | your roy|al grace,| and the / good
queen,
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My nob|le part|ners, and my//self thus pray
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All* com|fort, joy | in this most | gracious |
lady,
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Heaven | ever laid^|up to make*| parents | happy,
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May hour|ly fall | upon | ye. \\
KING HENRY VIII
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Thank you | good lord | archbish|op: \\
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What is | her name?
CRANMER
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Eliz|abeth.
KING HENRY VIII
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Stand | up lord*,
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With this kiss,| take my | blessing:| God
pro|tect thee,
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Into | whose hand | I give | thy life.
CRANMER
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Amen.
KING HENRY VIII
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My nob|le gos|sips, you've / been too | prodigal;
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I thank | ye heart|ily:| so shall this | lady,
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When she has | so much^|English.
CRANMER
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Let me | speak sir,
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For heaven | now* bids | me; and | the words | I
utter,
T T T
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Let none think | flattery;| for they'll find |'em
truth.
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This roy|al in|fant, heaven | still* move | about
her;
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Though^in | her crad|le, yet | now prom/ises
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Upon | this land | a thous|and thous|and
bles||sings,
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Which | time shall | bring to | ripeness:| she
shall be,
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(But few | now liv/ing can be|hold that |
goodness)
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A pat|tern to all | princes | living | with her,
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And all | that shall | succeed:| Saba | was never
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More cov/etous of | wisdom,| and fair | virtue
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Than this pure | soul shall | be. All | princely
| graces
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That mold | up such a | mighty | piece as | this
is,
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With all | the vir|tues that | attend | the good,
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Shall still | be doub|led on | her. Truth | shall
nurse her,
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Holy | and heaven|ly thoughts | still couns/el
her:
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She shall be | loved and | feared. Her | own
shall | bless her;
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Her foes | shake like | a field | of beat|en
corn,
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And hang | their heads | with sor|row:
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Good |
grows with her.
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In her | days, every | man shall | eat in |
safety, ??
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Under | his own | vine what | he plants;| and
sing
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The merry | songs of | peace to | all his
| neighbors.
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God shall | be tru|ly known,| and those | about
her,
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From her | shall read | the per|fect way | of
honor,
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And by / those claim | their great|ness; not | by
blood.
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Nor shall | this peace | sleep with | her: but | as
when
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The bird | of wond|er dies,| the maiden |
phoenix,
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Her ash|es new | create | anoth|er heir,
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As great | in ad|mira|tion as | herself.
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So shall | she leave | her bles|sedness | to one,
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(When heaven | shall call | her from this | cloud
of | darkness)
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Who, from the | sacred | ashes | of her | honor
,
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Shall star-|like^rise,| as great | in fame | as
she || was, ??
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And so | stand fixed. Peace,| plenty,| love,
truth, terror,
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That were | the serv|ants to | this chos|en
in|fant, (hex with prev)
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Shall then | be his,| and like | a vine | grow to
him;
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Wherev|er the / bright sun | of heaven | shall
shine,
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His hon|or, and | the great|ness of | his name,
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T T T ,
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Shall be,| and make new na|tions. He | shall flourish,
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And like | a mount|ain cedar,| reach his |
branches, ??
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2->
To all | the plains | about him:| our child|ren's
chil||dren
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Shall see | this, and / bless heaven.
KING HENRY VIII
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Thou speakst | wonders.
CRANMER
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She shall | be to the | happi|ness of | England,
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An aged | princess*;| many | days shall | see her,
. T T T
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And yet no day | without | a deed | to crown it.
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T T T
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Would I had | known no more:| but she | must die,
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She must,| the saints | must have / her; yet a |
virgin,
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A most | unspot|ted li|ly shall | she pass
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To the | ground, and | all the | world shall |
mourn her.
KING HENRY VIII
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O lord arch|bishop \\
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Thou hast | made me | now a man, nev|er before
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This hap|py child,| did I | get an|ything.
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This or|acle | of com|fort has so | pleased me,
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That when | I am | in heaven,| I shall | desire
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To see | what this child | does, and | praise my
| Maker.
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I thank | ye all.| To you | my good | lord*
mayor,
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And you | good breth/ren, I am | much
be|holding:
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I have re|ceived much^|honor | by your |
presence,
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And ye shall | find me | thankful.| Lead the way
lords, ??
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Ye must all | see the | queen, and | she must |
thank ye,
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She will be | sick else.| This day,| no man
think
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Has bus|iness at | his house;| for all | shall stay:
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This lit|tle one | shall make | it hol|iday.
[Exeunt]