KING HENRY VIII. PERSONS REPRESENTED. KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. CARDINAL CAMPEIUS. CAPUCIUS, Ambassador from the CRANMER, Archbishop of Canter- DUKE OF NORFOLK. DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. DUKE OF SUFFOLK. EARL OF SURREY. GARDINER, Bishop of Winchester. SIR HENRY GUILDFORD. SIR THOMAS LOVELL. THREE OTHER GENTLEMEN. GARTER, King at Arms. BRANDON, and a Sergeant at Arms. PORTER, and his Man. QUEEN KATHARINE, Wife to AN OLD LADY, Friend to Anne PATIENCE, Woman to Queen Ka- Several LORDS and LADIES in the Dumb Shows; WOMEN attending upon the Queen; SPIRITS which appear to her; SCRIBES, OFFICERS, GUARDS, and other AT TENDANTS. SCENE, chiefly in London and Westminster; once at Kimbolton. PROLOGUE. I COME no more to make you laugh; things now, The subject will deserve it. Such, as give The play may pass; if they be still, and willing, In a long motley coat, guarded* with yellow, Our own brains, and the opinion that we bring, Therefore, for goodness' sake, and as you are known As they were living; think, you see them great, ACT I. SCENE I-London. An Ante-chamber in Palace. Enter the Duke of NORFOLK, at one door; at the other, the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, and the LORD ABERGAVENNY. Buck. Good morrow, and well met. How have you done, Since last we saw in France? Nor. I thank your grace: Healthful; and ever since a fresh admirer Of what I saw there, Buck. An untimely ague Stay'd me a prisoner in my chamber, when Nor. "Twixt Guynes and Arde:§ I was then present, saw them salute on horseback; *Laced. † Pretend. Henry VIII. and Francis I. Ardres. Which had they, what four throned ones could have weigh'd Such a compounded one? Buck. All the whole time I was my chamber's prisoner. Nor. Then you lost The view of earthly glory: Men might say, Till this time, pomp was single; but now married Durst wag his tongue in censure. When these suns Beyond thought's compass; that former fabulous story, Buck. O, you go far. Nor. As I belong to worship, and affect In honour honesty, the tract of everything Would by a good discourser lose some life, Which action's self was tongue to. All was royal; Order gave each thing view; the office did Buck. Who did guide? I mean, who set the body and the limbs Of this great sport together, as you guess? Nor. One, certes, § that promises no element || In such a business. Buck. I pray you, who, my lord? Nor. All this was order'd by the good discretion Of the right reverend cardinal of York. Buck. The devil speed him! no man's pie is freed From his ambitious finger. What had he To do in these fierce T vanities? I wonder * Glittering, shining. Sir Bevis, an old romance. + Decision between them. § Certainly. ¶ Proud. That such a keech* can with his very bulk Nor. Surely, Sir, There's in him stuff that put's him to these ends: Out of his self-drawing web, he gives us note, Aber. I cannot tell What heaven hath given him, let some graver eye Pierce into that; but I can see his pride Peep through each part of him: whence has he that ? If not from hell the devil is a niggard: Or has given all before, and he begins A new hell in himself. Buck. Why the devil, Upon this French going-out, took he upon him, Who should attend on him? He makes up the file† Of all the gentry; for the most part such Too, whom as great a charge as little honour He meant to lay upon: and his own letter, Aber. I do know Kinsmen of mine, three at the least, that have They shall abound as formerly. Buck. O, many Have broke their backs with laying manors on them But minister communication of A most poor issue Nor. Grievingly I think, The peace between the French and us not values Buck. Every man. After the hideous storm that follow'd, was A thing inspired: and, not consulting, broke Nor. Which is budded out; For France hath flaw'd the league, and hath attached I. e. sets down in his letter without consulting the council. Aber. Is it therefore The ambassador is silenc'd ? Nor. Marry, is't. Aber. A proper title of a peace; and purchas'd At a superfluous rate! Buck. Why, all this business Our reverend cardinal carried.* Nor. 'Like it your grace, The state takes notice of the private difference What his high hatred would effect, wants not You'll find it wholesome. Lo, where comes that rock, Enter Cardinal WOLSEY, (the purse borne before him,) certain of the guard, and two SECRETARIES with papers. The Cardinal in his passage fixeth his eye on BUCKINGHAM, and BUCKINGHAM on him, both full of disdain. Wol. The duke of Buckingham's surveyor? ha? Where's his examination ? 1 Secr. Here, so please you. Wol. Is he in person ready? 1 Secr. Ay, please your grace. Wol. Well, we shall then know more; and Buckingham Shall lessen this big look. [Exeunt WOLSEY and train. Buck. This butcher's cur† is venom-mouth'd, and I Nor. What, are you chaf'd? Ask God for temperance; that's the appliance only Buck. I read in his looks Matter against me; and his eye revil'd Me, as his abject object: at this instant He bores § me with some trick: he's gone to the king; I'll follow, and out-stare him. Nor. Stay, my lord, And let your reason with your choler question *Conducted. + Wolsey was said to be the son of a butcher. A beggar's learning is thought more highly of than a nobleman's descent. § Stabs. |