Buck. Had you not come upon your cue,1 my lord, William lord Hastings had pronounced your part,I mean your voice,-for crowning of the king. Glos. Than my lord Hastings no man might be bolder: His lordship knows me well, and loves me well. Glos. My lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there : I do beseech you, send for some of them. Ely. Marry, and will, my lord, with all my heart. [Exit Ely. Glos. Cousin of Buckingham, a word with you. Catesby hath sounded Hastings in our business; you. To-morrow, in my judgment, is too sudden; For I myself am not so well provided, As else I would be, were the day prolong'd. At the proper time: an expression borrowed from the theatre. Re-enter BISHOP OF ELY. Ely. Where is my lord protector? I have sent for these strawberries. Has. His grace looks cheerfully and smooth this morning : There's some conceit1 or other likes him well, For by his face straight shall you know his heart. Has. Marry, that with no man here he is offended; For, were he, he had shown it in his looks. Stan. I pray God he be not, I say. Re-enter GLOSTER and BUCKINGHAM. Glos. I pray you all, tell me what they deserve, That do conspire my death with devilish plots Of damned witchcraft; and that have prevail'd Upon my body with their hellish charms? Has. The tender love I bear your grace, my lord, Makes me most forward in this noble presence To doom the offenders. Whosoe'er they be, I say, my lord, they have deserved death. Glos. Then be your eyes the witness of their evil. Look, how I am bewitch'd; behold, mine arm Thought. Is, like a blasted sapling, wither'd up: And this is Edward's wife, that monstrous witch, That by their witchcraft thus have marked me. lord, Glos. If! thou protector of this damned strumpet, Lovel, and Catesby, look that it be done :— [Exeunt Council, with Glos. and Buck. Has. Woe, woe, for England! not a whit for me; For I, too fond,1 might have prevented this. Three times to-day my foot-cloth horse did stumble, 1 Weak, foolish. |