That he would please to alter the king's course, Nor. I am sorry To hear this of him; and could wish he were Buck. No, not a syllable; I do pronounce him in that very shape He shall appear in proof. Enter BRANDON; a Sergeant at Arms before him, and two or three of the Guard. Bran. Your office, sergeant; execute it. Buck. The net has fallen upon me; Lo you, my lord, I shall perish I am sorry To see you ta'en from liberty, to look on The business present: 'T is his highness' pleasure, Buck. It will help me nothing To plead mine innocence; for that die is on me, heaven Be done in this and all things!-I obey.- a Mistaken-misapprehended. b Practice-artifice. So in 'Othello:' The will of "Fallen in the practice of a curs'd slave." Bran. Nay, he must bear you company :-The king Aber. Bran. Here is a warrant from The king, to attach lord Montacute; and the bodies Buck. So, so; These are the limbs of the plot: no more, I hope. Buck. Bran. O, Michael Hopkins? He. Buck. My surveyor is false; the o'er-great cardinal Hath show'd him gold: my life is spann'd already : I am the shadow of poor Buckingham; Whose figure even this instant cloud puts on, By dark'ning my clear sun.-My lords, farewell. [Exeunt. SCENE II.-The Council-Chamber. Cornets. Enter KING HENRY, CARDINAL WOLSEY, the Lords of the Council, SIR THOMAS LOVELL, Officers, and Attendants. The KING enters, leaning on the CARDINAL's shoulder. K. Hen. My life itself, and the best heart of it, 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. A noise within, crying, Room for the Queen! Enter the QUEEN, ushered by the DUKES OF NORFOLK and SUFFOLK: she kneels. The KING riseth from his State, takes her up, kisses, and placeth her by him. Q. Kath. Nay, we must longer kneel; I am a suitor. K. Hen. Arise, and take place by us :-Half your suit Never name to us; you have half our power; Q. Kath. Thank your majesty. That you would love yourself, and, in that love, The dignity of your office, is the point Of my petition. K. Hen. Lady mine, proceed. Q. Kath. I am solicited, not by a few, And those of true condition, that your subjects Are in great grievance: there have been commissions My good lord cardinal, they vent reproaches Of these exactions, yet the king our master, (Whose honour heaven shield from soil!) even he escapes not Language unmannerly, yea, such which breaks In loud rebellion. Nor. The spinsters, carders, fullers, weavers, who, K. Hen. Taxation! Wol. Please you, sir, I know but of a single part, in aught Pertains to the state; and front but in that file Q. Kath. No, my lord, You know no more than others: but you frame Things, that are known alike, which are not wholesome To those which would not know them, and yet must Perforce be their acquaintance. These exactions Whereof my sovereign would have note, they are Most pestilent to the hearing; and to bear them The back is sacrifice to the load. They say They are devis'd by you; or else you suffer Too hard an exclamation. K. Hen. Still exaction! The nature of it? In what kind, let's know, Is this exaction? Q. Kath. I am much too venturous In tempting of your patience; but am bolden'd Is nam'd, your wars in France: This makes bold mouths; Tongues spit their duties out; and cold hearts freeze Allegiance in them; their curses now Live where their prayers did; and it 's come to pass, This tractable obedience is a slave To each incensed will. I would your highness There is no primer baseness. K. Hen. This is against our pleasure. Wol. By my life, And for me, I have no further gone in this, than by A single voice; and that not pass'd me, but The chronicles of my doing,-let me say "T is but the fate of place, and the rough brake That virtue must go through. We must not stint Our necessary actions, in the fear To cope malicious censurers; which ever, That is new trimm'd; but benefit no further K. Hen. Things done well, And with a care, exempt themselves from fear; a Once is here used in the sense of sometimes. |