I COME no more to make you laugh; things SCENE I.-London. An ante-chamber in the now, That bear a weighty and a serious brow, The play may pass; if they be still, and willing, In a long motley coat, guarded' with yellow, The first and happiest hearers of the town, As they were living; think, you see them great, Palace. Enter the Duke of Norfolk, at one door, at the other, the Duke of Buckingham, and the Lord Abergavenny. I was my chamber's prisoner. (3) Henry VIII. and Francis I. king of France. (4) Glittering, shining. Made Britain, India: every man, that stood, The noble spirits to arms, they did perform Beyond thought's compass; that former fabulous story, Being now seen possible enough, got credit, Buck. O, you go far. Nor. As I belong to worship, and affect In honour honesty, the tract of every thing Would by a good discourser lose some life, Which action's self was tongue to. All was royal; | To the disposing of it nought rebell'd; Order gave each thing view; the office did Distinctly his full function. Buck. Who did guide, Buck. Surely, sir, Nor. There's in him stuff that puts him to these ends: For, being not propp'd by ancestry (whose grace Chalks successors their way,) nor call'd upon For high feats done to the crown; neither allied To eminent assistants, but, spider-like, Out of his self-drawing web, he gives us note, The force of his own merit makes his way; A gift that heaven gives for him, which buys A place next to the king. I cannot tell Aber. 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? Why the devil, Upon this French going-out, took he upon him, (1) In opinion, which was most noble. (3) Certainly. (4) Practice. (5) Proud. 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 Betwixt you and the cardinal. I advise you, (And take it from a heart that wishes towards you Honour and plenteous safety,) that you read The cardinal's malice and his potency Together: to consider further, that What his high hatred would effect, wants not A minister in his power: You know his nature, That he's revengeful; and I know, his sword Hath a sharp edge: it's long, and, it may be said, It reaches far; and where 'twill not extend, Thither he darts it. Bosom up my counsel, You'll find it wholesome. Lo, where comes that rock, That I advise your shunning. 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 Buckinghain 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? Shall lessen this big look. [Exe. Wolsey and train. and I He bores' me with some trick: He's gone to the! (As soon he shall by me,) that thus the cardinal I'll follow, and out-stare him. Nor. Stay, my lord, And let your reason with your choler question What 'tis you go about: To climb steep hills, Requires slow pace at first: Anger is like A full-hot horse; who being allow'd his way, Self-mettle tires him. Not a man in England Can advise me like you: be to yourself As you would to your friend. Buck. I'll to the king; And from a mouth of honour quite cry down This Ipswich feilow's insolence; or proclaim, There's difference in no persons. Nor. Be advis'd; Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot That it do singe yourself: We may outrun, By violent swiftness, that which we run at, And lose by over-running. Know you not, The fire, that mounts the liquor till it run o'er, In seeming to augment it, wastes it? Be advis'd: I say again, there is no English soul More stronger to direct you than yourself; If with the sap of reason you would quench, Or but allay, the fire of passion. Buck. Sir, I am thankful to you; and I'll go along By your prescription:-but this top-proud fellow, Say not, treasonous. Buck. To the king I'll say't; and make my vouch as strong As shore of rock. Attend. This holy fox, Nor. 'Faith, and so it did. Buck. Pray, give me favour, sir. This cunning cardinal The articles o'the combination drew, As himself pleas'd; and they were ratified, To the old dam, treason,) Charles the Emperor, (1) Stabs. (2) Excites. (3) Unfair stratagem. Nor. I am sorry To hear this of him; and could wish, he were Something mistaken in't. Buck. No, not a syllable; Enter Brandon; a Sergeant at Arms before him, and two or three of the guards. Bram. Your office, serjeant; execute it. My lord the duke of Buckingham, and earl Buck. Sir, Lo you, my lord, The net has fall'n upon me; I shall perish Under device and practice.' Bran. I am sorry To see you ta'en from liberty, to look on Buck. It will help me nothing, To plead mine innocence; for that die is on me, Which makes my whitest part black. The will of Heaven Be done in this and all things!-I obey.- Bran. Nay, he must bear you company :-The [To Abergavenny. king Is pleas'd, you shall to the Tower, till you know How he determines further. Aber. As the duke said, The will of heaven be done, and the king's pleasure By me obey'd. Bran. Here is a warrant from The king, to attach lord Montacute; and the oodies So, so; Buck. Buck. Hath show'd him gold: my life is spann'd already: [Exeunt. K. Hen. My life itself, and the best heart of it, Thanks you for this great care: I stood i'the level Of a full-charg'd confederacy, and give thanks To you that chok'd it.-Let be call'd before us That gentleman of Buckingham's: in person I'll hear him his confessions justify; And noint by point the treasons of his master He shall again relate. The King takes his state. The Lords of the Council take their several places. The Cardinal places himself under the King's feet, on his right side. |