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The Cambridge Shakespeare Volume 6 William Shakespeare E dited by William George C l ark and William Aldis Wright

C A m b R I D G E U N I V E R SI t y P R E S S Cambridge, New york, melbourne, madrid, Cape town, Singapore, São Paolo, Delhi, Dubai, tokyo Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New york www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781108000833 © in this compilation Cambridge University Press 2009 This edition first published 1865 This digitally printed version 2009 ISbN 978-1-108-00083-3 Paperback This book reproduces the text of the original edition. The content and language reflect the beliefs, practices and terminology of their time, and have not been updated. Cambridge University Press wishes to make clear that the book, unless originally published by Cambridge, is not being republished by, in association or collaboration with, or with the endorsement or approval of, the original publisher or its successors in title.

THE

WORKS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

THE

WORKS OF

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE EDITED BY

WILLIAM GEORGE CLARK, M.A. FELLOW AND TUTOR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, AND PUBLIC ORATOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE;

AND WILLIAM ALDIS WRIGHT, M.A. LIBRARIAN OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

VOLUME VI.

ODambu&ge anU ILon&on: MACMILLAN AND CO.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

T H E Preface . KINO HENRY

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i

Notes to King Henry VIII. TROILUS AND CRESSIDA

123

Notes to Troilus and Cressida C O R I O L A N U S

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Notes to Coriolanus

423

TITUS ANDRONICUS

429

Notes to Titus Andronicus

533

PREFACE.

1. 'The Famous History of the Life of KING H E N R Y THE EIGHT' was printed for the first time in the Folio of 1623. 2. T h e earliest edition of 'TROILUS AND CRESSIDA* of which we have any knowledge was the Quarto which was printed in 1609 with the following title: The ] Historie of Troylus | and Cresseida. | As it was afledby the Kings Maicstics | seruants at the Globe. | Written by William Shakespeare. | LONDON | Imprinted by G. Eld for J?. Bonia?i and H. Walley, and | are to be sold at the spred Eagle in Paules [ Church-yeard, ouer against the | great North doore. | 1609.

In the same year was issued another edition, printed from the same form as the preceding, but with the following title: The I Famous Historie of | Troylus and Cresseid. | Excelle?itly expressing the beginning | of their loues, with the conceited wooing | of Pandarus Prince of Licia. \ Written by William Shakespeare. | LONDON I Imprinted by G. Eld for R. Bonian and H. Walley, and I are to be sold at the spred Eagle in Paules | Church-yeard, ouer against the | great North doore. | 1609. | Besides the variations in the title-page this edition differs from the preceding in having a preface, apparently the work of the publisher, of which the heading is ' A neuer writer, to an euer reader. Newes/ In this preface the i

play is called a new one, neuer stal'd with the Stage,

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neuer clapper-clawd with the palmes of the vulger/ and hence it has been inferred that the edition with the preface is the earlier of the two. It appears, however, upon a close examination, that all the copies were printed from the same form, that the title which we have recorded first was the original one, and that in some copies this was cancelled, and the new title and preface inserted on a new half-sheet and with a new signature. The title-page of the edition with the preface is printed from the same form as the other title-page, as is evident from a comparison of the parts in each, from 'Written by William Shakespeare' to the end, which are absolutely identical. As the running title, 'The history of Troylus and Cresseida' corresponds with the first quoted title-page, we believe that the copies with this title-page were first issued for the theatre, and afterwards those with the new title-page and preface for general readers. In this case the expression ' neuer stal'd with the Stage, neuer clapper-clawd with the palmes of the vulger' must refer to the first appearance of the play in type, unless we suppose that the publisher was more careful to say what would recommend his book than to state what was literally true. Since, in the play itself, these two editions are identical, we refer to them by one symbol, Q. It appears from an entry in the Stationers' Registers, 7 Feb. i6o|, that a play called 'Troilus and Cressida' had been acted by the Lord Chamberlain's Servants, and this Mr Staunton conjectures may have been the same as that upon which Decker and Chettle are known, from Henslowe's Diary, to have been engaged in 1599, a n d may possibly have formed the foundation of the later play. In the Folio of 1623, TROILUS AND CRESSIDA stands between the Histories and the Tragedies. The Tragedies at first began with Coriolanus. Then followed Titus Andronicus and Romeo and Juliet, and it appears upon examination that the editors intended Troilus and Cressida to be next in order. With this view the first three pages were adually printed and paged so as to follow Romeo and Juliet, and the play was called ' T h e Tragedie of

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Troylus and Cressida.' Whether it was found that the title of tragedy could not with propriety be given to it, or whatever may have been the cause, the editors changed its position, cancelled the leaf containing the end of Romeo and Juliet on one side and the beginning of Troilus and Cressida on the other, but retained the other leaf already printed, and then added the prologue to fill up the blank page, which in the original setting of the type had been occupied by the end of Romeo and Juliet. The rest of the play was printed with a new set of signatures and without any pagination, and was simply called t r o y l u s and Cressida.' There are very remarkable discrepancies between the Quarto and the Folio text of this play, similar in chara6ler to those which are found on comparing the two texts of Richard III. In the present case, however, they are not nearly so frequent, nor, as a general rule, so important. Some of the most important have been mentioned specially in the notes at the end of the play, and all the others recorded in the foot-notes. We find in the Folio several passages essential to the sense of the context which do not exist in the Quarto, and which therefore must have been omitted by the negligence of a copyist or printer. On the other hand we find some passages in the Quarto, not absolutely essential to the sense, though a decided improvement to it and quite in the author's manner, which either do not appear in the Folio at all, or appear in a mutilated form. Sometimes the lines which are wrongly divided in the Quarto are divided properly in the Folio, and vice versa: in this point, however, the former is generally more corre6l than the latter. The two texts differ in many single words: sometimes the difference is clearly owing to a clerical or typographical error, but in other cases it appears to result from deliberate correction, first by the author himself, and secondly by some less skilful hand. The main duty of an editor must be to discriminate the one from the other, and in the first case to prefer the text of the Folio, and in the second to reje6l it in favour of the Quarto. On the whole we are

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of opinion that the Quarto was printed from a transcript of the author's original MS.; that this MS. was afterwards revised and slightly altered by the author himself, and that before the first Folio was printed from it, it had been tampered with by another hand. Perhaps the correftions are due to the writer who did not shrink from prefixing to Shakespeare's play a prologue of his own. 3. CORIOLANUS was first published in the Folio of 1623. The text abounds with errors, due, probably, to the carelessness or the illegibility of the transcript from which it was printed. 4

T I T U S ANDRONICUS

was, so far as we know1, pub-

1

In the Registers of the Stationers' Company are the following entries with regard to a book called 'Titus Andronicus,' but it is more than doubtful whether any of them refer to the editions of the play of that name which have come down to us. It will be seen that the entry under the date, 19 April, 1602, speaks of a transference of copyright from Thomas Millington to Thomas Pavier, but as both the extant editions of the play, printed respectively in 1600 and 1611, were published by Edward White, the entry can have reference to neither of these. John Danter.

6 February, 1593. Entered for his copye under handes of bothe the wardens a booke intituled, A Noble Roman-Historye of Tytus Andronicus. vj d 1602.

Tho. Pavier.

19 April.

Entred for his copies by assignm* from Thomas Millington these bookes folowing; salvo jure cuiuscumque— viz. A booke called Thomas of Reading. vj d . The first and second pts of Henry the vi*. ij bookes. xij d . A booke called Titus and Andronic'. vj d .

Under the date 140 Dec. 1624, among a list of £ Ballades' is mentioned 'Titus and Andronmus.' Again, on 8° Novemb. 1630, is an entry assigning to Ric. Cotes from Mr Bird c all his estate right title and interest in the Copies hereafter menconed,' and in the list which follows is < Titus and Andronicus.' On 4 Aug. 1626, Thomas Pavier had assigned his right in Titus Andronicus to Edw. Brewster and Rob. Birde, so that apparently the same book is spoken of here as in the entry under the date 19 April, 1602. This being the case, it is difficult to account for the fact that a book, which in 1602 was the property of Thomas Millin^tcn, should in 1600 have been printed for Edward White, and that, after the transference of the copyright from Millington to Favier, a second edition of the same book should have been printed in 1611

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lished for the first time in the year 1600, in Quarto, with the following title-page: The most lamenta-|ble Romaine Tragedie of Titus \ Andronicus. I As it hath sundry times beene playde by the | Right Honourable the Earle of Pembrooke, the | Earle of Darbie, the Earle of Sussex, and the | Lorde Chamberlaine theyr | Seruants. | AT LONDON, | Printed by I. R. for Edward White | and are to bee solde at his shoppe, at the little | North doore of Paules, at the signe of | the Gun. 1600. | Only two copies of this edition are known to exist, one in the library at Bridgewater House, and one in the library of the University of Edinburgh 1 . From a tracing of the title-page of the latter, kindly sent us by Mr D. Laing, we find that it agrees in every particular with the above, which we have copied from the Bridgewater Quarto, now before us. For some time the Bridgewater copy was believed to be unique. Todd was the first to collate it, somewhat hastily as it would seem, with Steevens' edition of 1793, and the results were given in the notes to the first variorum edition (1803). Subsequent editors were content to accept Todd's authority till Mr Collier consulted the original for himself. Lady Ellesmere's kind liberality has enabled us to do the like. We have gone over it with great care, and succeeded in recovering a considerable number of readings which had escaped the notice of previous collators. Taking its rarity into account, we have recorded the variations of this edition with unusual minuteness. They are the better worth notice, as the book is printed with remarkable accuracy. We call it Q r for the same Edward White. No edition with Millington's name on the title has yet been found. Langbaine, in his Account of the English Dramatick Poets, p. 464 (ed. 1691), says of Titus Andronicus, 'This Play was first printed 40. Lond. 1594. and acfled by the Earls of Derby, Pembroke, and Essex, their Servants.' Whether or not this is the same as 'titus and ondronicus1 mentioned in Henslowe's Diary (p. 33, ed. Collier) as acfted for the first time on the 23 Jan. 1593, it is impossible to say. 1 Not the Signet Library, as stated by Mr Collier,

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The second edition of Titus Androniais was published in 1611. This we call Q2. Its title-page is as follows: The I most lamen-|table Tragedie | of Titus Andronicus. \ As it hath sundry \ times beeneplaide by the Kings | Maiesties Seruants. | LONDON, | Printed for Eedward White, and are to be solde | at his shoppe, nere the little North dore of | Pauls, at the signe of the I Gun. 1611. |

This edition was printed from that of 1600, from which it varies only by some printer's errors and a few conjectural alterations. The first Folio text was printed from a copy of the second Quarto which, perhaps, was in the library of the theatre, and had some MS. alterations and additions made to the stage directions. Here, as elsewhere, the printer of the Folio has been very careless as to metre. It is remarkable that the Folio contains a whole scene, A61 III. Sc. 2, not found in the Quartos, but agreeing too closely in style with the main portion of the play to allow of the supposition that it is due to a different author. The scene may have been supplied to the players' copy of Q2 from a manuscript in their possession. Ravenscroft's version quoted in our notes is an alteration of the play, published in 1687 under the title of 'Titus Andronicus: or the Rape of Lavinia/ We have to thank Dr Delius of Bonn, for sending; us the second edition of his 'Shakespeare/ and for the interest he has taken in our work, Dr Leo of Berlin, for a present of his edition of ' Coriolanus,' Mr Rivington and Mr Greenhill, for procuring us access to the registers of the Stationers' Company, and Sir S. M. Peto, Sir J. Claridge, Professor Blackie, Mr D. Laing, the Rev! T. J. Rowsell, Dr Kingsley, Mr R. H. Martley, Mr L. Booth, and Mr H. Peto, for various afts of kindness.

W. G. C. W. A. W.

KING HENRY THE EIGHTH.

VOL. VI.

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DRAMATIS PERSONS*. KING HENRY

the Eighth.

CARDINAL WOLSEY. CARDINAL CAMPEIUS, CAPUCIUS, Ambassador from the Emperor CRANMER, Archbishop of Canterbury.

Charles V.

DUKE OF NORFOLK. D U K E OF BUCKINGHAM, DUKE OF SUFFOLK, EARL OF SURREY,

Lord Chamberlain. Lord Chancellor. GARDINER, Bishop of Winchester. Bishop of Lincoln. LORD ABERGAVENNY. LORD SANDS. S I R HENRY GUILDFORD, SIR THOMAS LOVELL. SIR ANTHONY DENNY. SIR NICHOLAS VAUX.

Secretaries to Wolsey. CROMWELL, Servant to Wolsey. GRIFFITH, Gentleman-usher to Queen Katharine, Three Gentlemen. DOCTOR BUTTS, Physician to the King. Garter King-at-Arms. Surveyor to the Duke of Buckingham. BRANDON, and a Sergeant-at-Arms. Door-keeper of the Council-chamber. Porter, and his Man. Page to Gardiner. A Crier. QUEEN KATHARINE, wife ANNE BULLEN, her Maid

to King Henry, afterwards divorced. of Honour, afterwards Queen. An old Lady, friend to Anne Bullen. PATIENCE, woman to Queen Katharine.

Several Lords and Ladies in the Dumb Shows ; Women attending upon the Queen; Scribes, Officers, Guards, and other Attendants. Spirits. SCENE 1

: London; Westminsters

I>RAVATTS PERSON/E,

Kimbolton.

First given, imperfectly, by Rowe.

THE FAMOUS HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF

KING HENRY VIII.

THE PROLOGUE. I COME no more to make you laugh: things now, T h a t bear a weighty and a serious brow, Sad, high and working, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw t h e eye to flow, W e now present. Those that can pity, here May, if they think it well, let fall a tear; T h e subject will deserve it. Such as give Their money out of hope they may believe, May here find truth too. Those that come to see Only a show or two and so agree T h e play m a y pass, if they be still and willing, I '11 undertake m a y see away their shilling Richly in two short hours. Only they T h a t come to hear a merry bawdy play, A noise of targets, or to see a fellow In a long motley coat guarded with yellow, Will be deceived; for, gentle hearers, know, T o rank our chosen truth with such a show A s fool and fight is, beside forfeiting Our own brains and the opinion that we bring T o make that only true we now intend, ?. high and working} and highworking Staunton. full] YjF4. fall F 2 F 3 . c. now] shall Pope. 10. agret]Fope. agrce^F^ agree, F F0F4.

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KING HENRY VIII

[ACT L

Will leave us never an understanding friend. Therefore, for goodness' sake, and as you are known The first and happiest hearers of the town, Be sad, as we would make ye: think ye see The very persons of our noble story As they were living; think you see them great And follow'd with the general throng and sweat Of thousand friends; then, in a moment, see How soon this mightiness meets misery: And if you can be merry then, I '11 say A man may weep upon his wedding-day.

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I. London.

An ante-chaniber in the palace.

Enter the DUKE OF NORFOLK at one door; at the other, the D U K E OF BUCKINGHAM and the LORD ABERGAVENNY.

Buck.

Good morrow, and well met. How have ye done Since last we saw in France ? Nor. I thank your grace, Healthful, and ever since a fresh admirer Of what I saw there. An untimely ague Buck. Stay'd me a prisoner in my chamber when Those suns of glory, those two lights of men, Met in the vale of Andren. Nor. 'Twixt Guynes and Arde: I was then present, saw them, salute on horseback; Beheld them, when they 'lighted, how they clung 22. never] ne'er S. Walker conj. 2 3. and as] as Pope. 25. ye see] before ye Theobald, you see Debus. 26. noble story] history Capell (Heath conj.). ACT I. SCENE I.] A;?sent Delius. 211. Abergavenny] Aburgany Ff. you] ye Rowe. 212. [To Abergavenny.] Johnson.

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Bran. Here is a warrant from The king to attach Lord Montacute; and the bodies Of the duke's confessor, John de la Car, One Gilbert Peck, his chancellor,— Buck. So, so; These are the limbs o' the plot: no more, I hope. Bran. A monk o the Chartreux. Buck. O, Nicholas Hopkins? Bran. 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 darkening my clear sun. My lord, farewell. \Excunt. SCENE

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The council-chamber.

Cornets. Enter KING HENRY, leaning on the CARDINAL'S shoulder; the Nobles, and SIR THOMAS LOVELL : the CARDINAL places himself tender the KlNG'syfe/ on his right side.

King. My life itself, and the best heart of it, Thanks you for this great care: I stood i' the level Of a full-charged confederacy, and give thanks To you that choked it. Let be call'd before us That gentleman of Buckingham's; in person I'll hear him his confessions justify; 217. Montacute] islonntacute Ff. Montague Rowe. 218. Car] Court Warburton. 219. One] A7id Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). chancellor)—] Capell. chancellor. Pope, ed, 2 (Theobald), councellour. FjF 2 . counselloiir. F 3 F 4 . 221. O] om. Hanmer. Nicholas] Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald, from Holinshed). MicJiaell F x F . F 3 . Michael F 4 . 225, 226. Whose darkening] Whose figure, e^en this instant, clouds jut on, Darkening Becket conj. 225. instant] upstart Jackson conj.

puts on] puts out Rann (Theobald conj.). pouts on Steevens conj. 226. By darkening] Bedarkening Steevens conj. lord] Rowe. lords Ff. SCENE I I . ] SCENE IV. Pope. The same. The council-chamber. J The council-chamber. Theobald. ] Ff. See Cornets. Enter note (11). 3. give] gives F 3 . 4. choked] checked Keightley conj. 5. Buckingham's; in person] Johnson. Buchinghams, in person, Pf. Buckingham^ in person, Rowe.

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[ACT I.

And point by point the treasons of his master He shall again relate. A noise within, crying i Room for the Queen! * Enter QUEEN KATHARINE, ushered by the DUKE OF NORFOLK, and the DUKE OF S U F FOLK : she kneels. The K I N G riseth from his state, takes her 7ifi, kisses andplaceth her by him.

Q. Kath. Nay, we must longer kneel: I am a suitor 10 King. Arise, and take place by us : half your suit Never name to us; you have half our power: The other moiety ere you ask is given; Repeat your will and take it. Q. Kath. Thank your majesty. That you would love yourself, and in that love 15 Not unconsider'd leave your honour nor The dignity of your office, is the point Of my petition. King. Lady mine, proceed. Q. Kath. I am solicited, not by a few, And those of true condition, that your subje6ls 20 Are in great grievance: there have been commissions Sent down among 'em, which hath flaw'd the heart Of all their loyalties: wherein although, My good lord cardinal, they vent reproaches Most bitterly on you as putter on Of these exactions, yet the king our master— 25 Whose honour heaven shield from soil!—even he escapes not Language unmannerly, yea, such which breaks The sides of loyalty and almost appears In loud rebellion. Not almost appears; Nor. ^o It doth appear; for, upon these taxations, 7. 8.

of] om. F 2 . within] F x . with F 3 F 3 F 4 . Queen !] Qucene, vsher'd by the Duke of Norfolke. Ff. Enter Suffolk:] Enter the Queene, Norfolke and Suffnlke: Ff. Enter the Queen, usher'd by the Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk. Warburton.

10. place\ your place Theobald. 15. unconsider^d] Pope. UJICOHsidend Ff. 18. few] few, to tell you Keightley. 21. hatli\ have F 4 . 28. sides] tides Becket conj. ties Collier (Collier M S.).

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The clothiers all, not able to maintain The many to them 'longing, have put off The spinsters, carders, fullers, weavers, who, Unfit for other life, compell'd by hunger And lack of other means, in desperate manner Daring the event to the teeth, are all in uproar, And danger serves among them. King. Taxation! Wherein ? and what taxation ? My lord cardinal, You that are blamed for it alike with us, Know you of this taxation ? WoL Please you, sir, I know but of a single part in aught Pertains to the state, and front but in that file Where others tell steps with me. 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 exa6lions, Whereof my sovereign would have note, they are Most pestilent to the hearing; and, to bear 'em, The back is sacrifice to the load. They say They are devised by you; or else you suffer Too hard an exclamation. King. Still exaftion! The nature of it? in what kind, let's know, Is this exaftion ? Q. Kath. I am much too venturous In tempting of your patience, but am bolden'd Under your promised pardon. The subjects' grief Comes through commissions, which compel from each The sixth part of his substance, to be levied 32.

many] tneiny Johnson conj. "longing] F 4 . longing ¥ J? J?z. 43,44. lord,...others:] F 4 . lord? .. .others? F j F ^ . 45. Things that] The things Seymour conj.

Collier 49. 51 • 54. 57-

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Without delay; and the pretence for this Is named 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 tra6lable obedience is a slave To each incensed will I would your highness Would give it quick consideration, for There is no primer business. King. By my life, This is against our pleasure. WoL And for me, I have no further gone in this than by A single voice, and that not pass'd me but By learned approbation of the judges. If I am Traduced by ignorant tongues, which neither know My faculties nor person, yet will be The chronicles of my doing, let me say 'Tis but the fate of place and the rough brake That virtue must go through. We must not stint Our necessary a6lions, in the fear To cope malicious censurers; which ever, As ravenous fishes, do a vessel follow That is new-trimm'd, but benefit no further Than vainly longing. What we oft do best, By sick interpreters, once weak ones, is Not ours or not allowed; what worst, as oft, Hitting a grosser quality, is cried up For our best a6l. If we shall stand still, In fear our motion will be mock'd or carp'd at, 62. their] Ff. all their'Pope, nay, their Capell. that their Dyce, ed. 2 (S. Walker conj.). 64. This] That Rowe. Their ColHer (Collier MS.). 67. business] Hanmer (Warburton) and Southern conj. MS. basenesse F x F 2 F 3 . baseness F 4 . 71. learned] learn'd Keightley. of the judges] Omitted by Capell.

72. ignorant] om. Pope, reading as one line If Vm traduc'd...know. 82. sick] such Keightley conj. interpreters^ once weak ones] interpreters' conceivance Anon. conj. once]¥l or Pope, and Becket conj. 85. ad] aft ion Capell. shall] om. Rowe (ed. 2) and Pope, who ends the line at fear. 86. carfd] carped Pope.

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We should take root here where we sit, or sit State-statues only. King. Things done well, And with a care, exempt themselves from fear; Things done without example, in their issue 90 Are to be fear'd. Have you a precedent Of this commission ? I believe, not any. We must not rend our subje6ts from our laws, And stick them in our will. Sixth part of each ? A trembling contribution! Why, we take 95 From every tree lop, bark, and part o' the timber, And though we leave it with a root, thus hack'd, The air will drink the sap. To every county Where this is questioned send our letters, with 100 Free pardon to each man that has denied The force of this commission: pray, look to't; I put it to your care. Wo I. [To the Secretary] A word with you. Let there be letters writ to every shire, Of the king's grace and pardon. The grieved commons 105 Hardly conceive of me: let it be noised That through our intercession this revokement And pardon comes: I shall anon advise you [Exit Secretary. Further in the proceeding. Enter Surveyor.

Q. Kath. I am sorry that the Duke of Buckingham Is run in your displeasure. King. It grieves many: The gentleman is learn'd and a most rare speaker; 87. we sit,or sit] we sir; Orsir¥'2F3. 87, 88. or sit State-statues] Hanmer. Or sit state-statues F T F 4 , ending the previous line at- we sit. 88. done] that are done Hanmer. well,] well, my lord, or well, lord cardinal, Keightley conj. 91. precedent]president Ff. (ptesident F ). 95. trembling] trebling Collier (CollierMS.). 96. lop] top Anon. conj. VOL. VI.

97. root% thus] Theobald (Warburton), roote thus Ff [root F3F4). T02. [To the Secretary] Rowe. 104. grieved] grieved Rowe. 109. SCENE V. Pope. Tarn] Tin Pope. n o . run] one Collier MS. King.] Quee. F 3 . \\i. learned... rare] leant 'd, a most rare Pope, learned: a rare Seymour conj. C

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KING HENRY VIIL

[ACT I.

To nature none more bound; his training such That he may furnish and instru6l great teachers And never seek for aid out of himself. Yet see, When these so noble benefits shall prove Not well disposed, the mind growing once corrupt, They turn to vicious forms, ten times more ugly Than ever they were fair. This man so complete, Who was enroird 'mongst wonders, and when we, Almost with ravish'd listening, could not find His hour of speech a minute; he, my lady, Hath into monstrous habits put the graces That once were his, and is become as black As if besmear'd in hell. Sit by us; you shall hear— This was his gentlemen in trust—of him Things to strike honour sad. Bid him recount The fore-recited pra£lices; whereof We cannot feel too little, hear too much. Wol. Stand forth, and with bold spirit relate what you, Most like a careful subject, have collected Out of the Duke of Buckingham. King. Speak freely. Sitrv. First, it was usual with him, every day It would infe6l his speech, that if the king Should without issue die, he '11 carry it so To make the sceptre his: these very words I Ve heard him utter to his son-in-law, Lord Abergavenny, to whom by oath he menaced Revenge upon the cardinal. Wol. Please your highness, note 114. never seek for] ne^er seek Ritson conj. Yet see] Put in a separate line by Capell. 115. these so] om. Pope, reading Yet.. .prove as one line. 118. complete] *complisf?d Hanmer. 119,12 o. 'mongst wonders... ravish V] with wonder^ and whom we Almost 7vere ravished Johnson conj. 120. ravish'd listening] list1 ning

ravish'd Pope. 124. by us] om. Pope. 12 7. The fore-recited] To force-recited Rovve (ed. 2). Tofore-reeit rt Pope. 132. him, every day] Pope, him; every day F ^ ^ . him every day F 4 . him every day, Rowe. 134- he'll] /a? V Pope. 137. Abergavenny] Aburgany Ff. 138. your highness] you Hanmer.

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KING

HENRY

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This dangerous conception in this point. Not friended by his wish, to your high person His will is most malignant, and it stretches Beyond you to your friends. Q. Kath. My learn'd lord cardinal, Deliver all with charity. King. Speak on: How grounded he his title to the crown Upon our fail? to this point hast thou heard him At any time speak aught ? Surv. He was brought to this By a vain prophecy of Nicholas Henton. King. What was that Henton? Surv. Sir, a Chartreux friar, His confessor, who fed him every minute With words of sovereignty. King. How know'st thou this? Surv. Not long before your highness sped to France, The duke being at the Rose, within the parish Saint Lawrence Poultney, did of me demand What was the speech among the Londoners Concerning the French journey: I replied, Men fear'd the French would prove perfidious, To the king's danger. Presently the duke Said, 'twas the fear indeed, and that he doubted 'Twould prove the verity of certain words Spoke by a holy monk; 'that oft/ says he, ' H a t h sent to me, wishing me to permit John de la Car, my chaplain, a choice hour To hear from him a matter of some moment: Whom after under the confession's seal He solemnly had sworn that what he spoke 139. This] His Pope. 139, 140. point. Not .person} point: Not person Capell, point, Not...wish to...person; Ff. 146. brought] wrought S. Walker con; J47. Henton]Yi. HopkinsPope, ed. 2 (Theobald). Hopkins'* Keightley. 148. Henton] Ff. Hopkins Pope,

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KING HENR Y VIII.

[ACT I.

My chaplain to no creature living but To me should utter, with demure confidence This pausingly ensued : Neither the king nor's heirs, Tell you the duke, shall prosper: bid him strive To gain the love o' the commonalty: the duke 170 Shall govern England/ Q. Kath. If I know you well, You were the duke's surveyor and lost your office On the complaint o' the tenants: take good heed You charge not in your spleen a noble person And spoil your nobler soul: I say, take heed; 175 Yes, heartily beseech you. King. Let him on. Go forward. On my soul, I'll speak but truth. Surv. I told my lord the duke, by the devil's illusions The monk might be deceived; and that 'twas dangerous for him To ruminate on this so far, until 180 It forged him some design, which, being believed, It was much like to do: he answer'd 'Tush, It can do me no damage;' adding further, That, had the king in his last sickness fail'd, The cardinal's and Sir Thomas Lovell's heads Should have gone off. King. H a ! what, so rank? Ah, ha! There's mischief in this man: canst thou say further? Surv. I can, my liege. King. Proceed. Surv. Being at Greenwich, 167. demure confidence] confidence in Pope. One line in Ff. demure Hanmer. 179, 180. da?igerons for him To,.. 168. This] Thus F 4 . until] Capell. dangerous For this to nor's] nor his Capell. ...untill Ff. dangerous For him to... 170. To gain] F 4 . 27? F j F ^ . until Rowe. dangerous For him to For Steevens (1773, 1778). To win ruminate on this, until'Pope, dangerGrant White conj. OILS From this to ruminate on it so far, 171. England^ Ff. England— until Collier (Collier MS.), dangerous Rowe. From this to ruminate on it, until 175. nobler] F I # noble F 2 F 3 F 4 . Collier conj. dangerous For him to ru176. beseech] F 2 F 2 . I beseech F 3 F 4 . minate this so far, until Lettsom conj. for him] om. Anon. conj. 176, 177. Let him., forward] As

SCENE

ii.]

KING HENR Y VIII.

After your highness had reproved the duke About Sir William Blomer— King. I remember 190 Of such a time: being my sworn servant, The duke retained him his. But on; what hence? Surv. ' I f quoth he ' I for this had been committed, As to the Tower I thought, I would have play'd The part my father meant to a6l upon J95 The usurper Richard; who, being at Salisbury, Made suit to come in's presence; which if granted, As he made semblance of his duty, would Have put his knife into him/ King. A giant traitor! Wol. Now, madam, may his highness live in freedom, 2OO And this man out of prison ? Q. Kath. God mend all! King. There's something more would out of thee; what say'st? Surv. After 'the duke his father/ with the 'knife/ He stretch'd him, and with one hand on his dagger, Another spread on's breast, mounting his eyes, 2QC, He did discharge a horrible oath, whose tenour Was, were he evil used, he would outgo His father by as much as a performance Does an irresolute purpose. King. There's his period, 2 To sheathe his knife in us. He is attach'd; Call him to present trial: if he may Find mercy in the law, 'tis his; if none, Let him not seek't of us: by day and night! \Exeimt. He's traitor to the height. 190. Blomer] Pope. Blumer Ff {Buhner Holinshed). 190, 191. I remember ser7>aut] Arranged as in Pope. One line in Ff. 191. being] he bei?tg Pope. sworn servant] servant sworn Steevens (1793). 194. As to the Tower I thought] To the Tower, as I thought Hanmer. As I thought to the Tower Keightley. thought,] thought; Ff.

197. in's] in his Capell. 198. would] he would Hanmer. 201. prison?] Rowe. prison. Ff. 203. ' the ditke his father'*] First marked as a quotation by Capell. ' knife''] First marked as a quotation by Capell. 214. night!] night, Theobald. night Ff. 215. He's traitor] He is a daring traitor Collier (Collier MS.).

KING HENRY VIII.

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SCENE

Enter the

[ACT I.

III. An antechamber in the palace. LORD CHAMBERLAIN

and

LORD SANDS.

Cham. Is't possible the spells of France should juggle Men into such strange mysteries ? Sands. New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous, Nay, let 'em be unmanly, yet are followed. Cham. As far as I see, all the good our English Have got by the late voyage is but merely A fit or two o' the face; but they are shrewd ones; J For when they hold em, you would swear dire read as one line, as by Pope who omits to the. 159. to]Yv the F 2 F 3 F 4 . 16r. Yoic're] Vare Ff. You are Capell. 163, 164. never desired It...kinder'd, oft] never desir'd It...kindred, oft Ff. never Desir'd it. ..kindred Pope.

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KING HENRY

VIII.

[ACT n.

Whether our daughter were legitimate, Respe6ling this our marriage with the dowager, Sometimes our brother's wife. This respite shook The bosom of my conscience, enter'd me, Yea, with a splitting power, and made to tremble The region of my breast; which forced such way That many mazed considerings did throng And press'd in with this caution. First, methought I stood not in the smile of heaven, who had Commanded nature that my lady's womb, If it conceived a male-child by me, should Do no more offices of life to't than The grave does to the dead; for her male issue Or died where they were made, or shortly after This world had air'd them: hence I took a thought, This was a judgement on me, that my kingdom, Well worthy the best heir o' the world, should not Be gladded in't by me: then follows that I weigh'd the danger which my realms stood in By this my issue's fail; and that gave to me Many a groaning throe. Thus hulling in The wild sea of my conscience, I did steer Toward this remedy whereupon we are Now present here together; that's to say, I meant to re6lify my conscience, which I then did feel full sick and yet not well, By all the reverend fathers of the land And doctors learn'd. First I began in private With you, my Lord of Lincoln; you remember How under my oppression I did reek, When I first moved you. Lin. Very well, my liege. King. I have spoke long: be pleased yourself to say 181. Sometimes] Sometime Rowe ( e d - *)• 182. bosom] bottom Hanmer (Thirlby conj., from Holinshed). See note l VI1 )183. splitting] spitting Fr. 187. who] which Pope. 196. gladded in V] Fr glad in 7

F 2 F 3 F 4 . glad in one Pope. 197- ^>/iic/i] F2F2. that F3F4. realms] realm Anon. conj. 199. throe] Pope, throw Ff. 201. Toward] FjF 2 . Towards F 3 F4. whereupon] whereon Pope. 208. reck] red Rowe.

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KING HENRY

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How far you satisfied me. Lin. So please your highness, T h e question did at first so stagger me, Bearing a state of mighty moment in't A n d consequence of dread, that I committed T h e daring'st counsel which I had to doubt, And did entreat your highness to this course Which you are running here. King. I then moved you, My Lord of Canterbury, and got your leave To make this present summons: unsolicited I left no reverend person in this court; But by particular consent proceeded Under your hands and seals: therefore, go on; For no dislike iJ the world against the person Of the good queen, but the sharp thorny points Of my alleged reasons, drive this forward: Prove but our marriage lawful, by my life And kingly dignity, we are contented To wear our mortal state to come with her, Katharine our queen, before the primest creature That's paragon'd o' the world. Cam. So please your highness, The queen being absent, 'tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court-till further day: Meanwhile must be an earnest motion Made to the queen, to call back her appeal She intends unto his holiness. King. [Aside] I may perceive These cardinals trifle with me: I abhor This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. My learn'd and well-beloved servant, Cranmer, 2i6. to this] F j . in this F 2 F 3 F 4 . 219. summons: unsolicited] Theobald, stimmons unsolicited. Ff. 224. the good] F r our good F 2 F3F4. 225. drive] Pope, drives Ff. 230. paragoned 0"the] paragon'd ? M' Pope, paragon d> tfc Hanmer. 232. / / / / ] F r urn. F 2 . to a F3F4.

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[ACT HI.

Prithee, return; with thy approach, I know, 2 My comfort comes along.—Break up the court: 4° I say, set on. \Exeunt in manner as they entered.

ACT III. SCENE

I. London.

The

QUEEN

The Queen's apartments.

and her Women, as at work.

Q. Kath.

Take thy lute, wench: my soul grows sad with troubles; Sing, and disperse 'em, if thou canst: leave working. SONG.

Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves when he did sing: To his music plants and flowers Ever sprung, as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Every thing that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by. In sweet music is such art, Killing care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing die.

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E?iter a Gentleman.

Q. Kath. How now! Gent. An't please your grace, the two great cardinals Wait in the presence. Would they speak with me ? Q. Kath. 239. return; approach,] F 4 . returne,...approch: F I F 2 F 3 . ACT H I . SCENE I.] A C T I I . SCENE

Warburton conj. (withdrawn). The Queen's apartments.] Theobald. Palace at Bridewell: a room in... Steevens (1793). The Queen...] Enter Queene... F x F a . Enter Queen...Woman... F 3 F 4 .

VIII.

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Gent. They will'd me say so, madam. Q. Kath. Pray their graces T o come near. {Exit Gent.] What can be their business 20 With me, a poor weak woman, fall'n from favour? I do not like their coming. Now I think on't, They should be good men, their affairs as righteous: But all hoods make not monks. Enter the two CARDINALS,

WOLSEY

and

CAMPEIUS.

WoL Peace to your highness! Q. Kath. Your graces find me here part of a housewife; I would be all, against the worst may happen. What are your pleasures with me, reverend lords? WoL May it please you, noble madam, to withdraw Into your private chamber, we shall give you The full cause of our coming. Q. Kath. Speak it here; There's nothing I have done yet, o' my conscience, Deserves a corner: would all other women Could speak this with as free a soul as I do! My lords, I care not, so much I am happy Above a number, if my actions Were tried by every tongue, every eye saw 'em, Envy and base opinion set against 'em, I know my life so even. If your business Seek me out, and that way I am wife in, Out with it boldly: truth loves open dealing. Wol. Tanta est erga te mentis integritas, regina serenissima,— Q. Kath. O, good my lord, no Latin ; 19. [Exit Gent.] Capell. Exit Messenger. Johnson, after line 20. om. Ff. 21. coming. JVow...onyt,] Rowe (ed. 2). coming; now...onyt, Ff. coming, now...on''t. Capell. 22. as] F r are F 2 F 3 F 4 . 23. Campeius.] Rowe. Campian. Ff. 25. /...all, against](/...all)against Ff. / . . .all against Johnson. 26. reverend] revererit F x .

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KING HENRY

VIII.

[ACT in.

I am not such a truant since my coming, As not to know the language I have lived in : A strange tongue makes my cause more strange, suspicious; Pray speak in English: here are some will thank you, If you speak truth, for their poor mistress' sake; Believe me, she has had much wrong: lord cardinal, The willing'st sin I ever yet committed May be absolved in English. Wol Noble lady, I am sorry my integrity should breed, And service to his majesty and you, So deep suspicion, where all faith was meant. We come not by the way of accusation, To taint that honour every good tongue blesses, Nor to betray you any way to sorrow— You have too much, good lady—but to know How you stand minded in the weighty difference Between the king and you, and to deliver, Like free and honest men, our just opinions And comforts to your cause. Cam. Most honoured madam, My Lord of York, out of his noble nature, Zeal and obedience he still bore your grace, Forgetting, like a good man, your late censure Both of his truth and him, which was too far, Offers, as I do, in a sign of peace, His service and his counsel. Q. Kath. [Aside] To betray me.— My lords, I thank you both for your good wills; Ye speak like honest men; pray God, ye prove so! But how to make ye suddenly an answer, In such a point of weight, so near mine honour, More near my life, I fear, with my weak wit, And to such men of gravity and learning, 45. strange, suspicious] Dyce, eel. wards conj.). 6r. your] our F . 2 {strange-suspicious S. Walker conj.). 51. lam] Pm Pope. honour*d\ FTFa". honoured F 3 F 4 . 67. counsel.] counsel.- Pope. should] shoul F r 52, 53- And...you, So...meant] To bdrav ; w ] M a r k e d a s ° His contemplation were above the earth, And fix'd on spiritual objeft, he should still Dwell in his musings: but I am afraid His thinkings are below the moon, not worth His serious considering. • [King takes his seat; whispers Lovcll, zvho goes to the Cardinal. l WoL Heaven forgive m e ! ?>5 Ever God bless your highness! King. Good my lord, You are full of heavenly stuff, and bear the inventory Of your best graces in your mind; the which You were now running o'er: you have scarce time I 4° To steal from spiritual leisure a brief span To keep your earthly audit: sure, in that I deem you an ill husband, and am glad To have you therein my companion. Sir, WoL For holy offices I have a time; a time M5 To think upon the part of business which I bear i' the state; and nature does require Her times of preservation, which perforce I, her frail son, amongst my brethren mortal, Must give my tendance to. 127.

such] such a F 4 . such...that it] such a...it Pope. 131. contemplation] F r con/emplations F 2 F 3 F 4 . 132. objeel] objecls F 4 . 134. not] F Z F 2 . nor F 3 F 4 . 138. graces] F X F 2 . grace F3F4.

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SCENE IL]

KING HENRY

VIII.

King. You have said well. Wol. And ever may your highness yoke together, As I will lend you cause, my doing well With my well saying! King. T i s well said again; And 'tis a kind of good deed to say well: And yet words are no deeds. My father loved you: He said he did, and with his deed did crown His word upon you. Since I had my office, I have kept you next my heart; have not alone Employed you where high profits might come home, But pared my present havings, to bestow My bounties upon you. Wol. [Aside] What should this mean? Sar. [Aside] The Lord increase this business! King. Have I not made you T h e prime man of the state? I pray you, tell me, If what I now pronounce you have found true: And, if you m a y confess it, say withal, If you are bound to us or no. W h a t say you? Wol. M y sovereign, I confess your royal graces, Shower'd on me daily, have been more than could My studied purposes requite; which went Beyond all man's endeavours: m y endeavours H a v e ever come too short of m y desires, Y e t filed with m y abilities: mine own ends H a v e been mine so t h a t evermore they pointed T o the good of your most sacred person and T h e profit of the state. F o r your great graces Heap'd upon me, poor undeserver, I Can nothing render b u t allegiant thanks, M y prayers to heaven for you, m y loyalty, Which ever has and ever shall b e growing 155. hisdeed]FTF2. this deed YZYA. 156. word] F ^ . sword F 3 F 4 . 160, 161. [Aside] Rowe. 168. requite] F x . require F 2 F J > which] they Hanmer. 169. mart s endeavours] man's ambition Hanmer. men's, in devoirs Becket conj.

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KING HENRY

VIII.

[ACT HI.

Till death, that winter, kill it. King. Fairly answer'd; 180 A loyal and obedient subject is Therein illustrated: the honour of it Does pay the a6l of it; as, i' the contrary, The foulness is the punishment. I presume That, as my hand has open'd bounty to you, My heart dropp'd love, my power rain'd honour, more 185 On you than any; so your hand and heart, Your brain and every function of your power, Should, notwithstanding that your bond of duty, As 'twere in love's particular, be more To me, your friend, than any. Wol. I do profess 190 That for your highness' good I ever labour'd More than mine own; that am, have, and will be— Though all the world should crack their duty to you, And throw it from their soul; though perils did Abound, as thick as thought could make 'em, and 195 Appear in forms more horrid—yet my duty, As doth a rock against the chiding flood, Should the approach of this wild river break, And stand unshaken yours. King. 'Tis nobly spoken. 2co Take notice, lords, he has a loyal breast, For you have seen him open't. \Giving him papers?^ Read o'er this; And after, this: and then to breakfast with What appetite you have. {Exit Kingy frozvning npon the Cardinal: the nobles throng after him, smiling and whispering. Wol What should this mean?" What sudden anger's this? how have I reap'd it? He parted frowning from me, as if ruin 205 182. Tope, 190. 192. 193. 105. 201.

as, V the] as P ttt Ff. V tJC om. Ff. o1 th% Hanmer. 203. have] may Rowe. See note I do prof ess] Tprofess Pope. (ix). that...be—] See note (vm). SCENE IV. Pope. crack] lack Singer conj. 204. reap'd] roused Keightley. 'em] them Malone. raised ox rip'd Id. conj. [Giving him papers.] Pope.

SCENE IL]

KING

HENRY

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VIII.

Leap'd from his eyes. So looks the chafed lion Upon the daring huntsman that has gall'd him; Then makes him nothing. I must read this paper; I fear, the story of his anger. 'Tis so; This paper has undone me: 'tis the account Of all that world of wealth I have drawn together For mine own ends; indeed, to gain the popedom, And fee my friends in Rome. O negligence! Fit for a fool to fall by: what cross devil Made me put this main secret in the packet I sent the king ? Is there no way to cure this ? No new device to beat this from his brains? I know 'twill stir him strongly; yet I know A way, if it take right, in spite of fortune Will bring me off again. What's this? 'To the Pope!' The letter, as I live, with all the business I writ to's holiness. Nay then, farewell! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness; And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting: I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more. Reciter to WOLSEY the DUKES

OF NORFOLK and SUFFOLK, EARL OF SURREY, and the LORD CHAMBERLAIN.

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Hear the king's pleasure, cardinal: who commands you To render up the great seal presently 230 Into our hands; and to confine yourself To Asher-house, my Lord of Winchester's, Till you hear further from his highness. Stay: Wol Where's your commission, lords? words cannot carry 209. [Opens the paper and reads, trembling. Collier (Collier MS.). 211,223. I have] Pve Vo^e. 113, 214. negligence! by:~\¥{. negligence,...by! Theobald. 222. to's]to/tisCzpell 227. Re-enter...] Capell. Enter...

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Pope. Hear...you] As in Pope. Two lines in Ff. 231. Asher] Esher Capell. 233. commission, lords?] Rowe. commission? Lords, Ff. SCENE V.

KING HENRY VIII.

[ACT III.

Authority so weighty. Suf. Who dare cross 'em, Bearing the.king's will from his mouth expressly? Wol. Till I find more than will or words to do it— I mean your malice—know, officious lords, I dare, and must deny it. Now I feel Of what coarse metal ye are moulded—envy: How eagerly ye follow my disgraces, As if it fed ye! and how sleek and wanton Ye appear in every thing may bring my ruin! Follow your envious courses, men of malice; You have Christian warrant for 'em, and, no doubt, In time will find their fit rewards. That seal You ask with such a violence, the king, Mine and your master, with his own hand gave me; Bade me enjoy it, with the place and honours, During my life; and, to confirm his goodness, Tied it by letters-patents: now, who'll take it? Stir. The king, that gave it. Wol. It must be himself, then. Sur. Thou art a proud traitor, priest. Wol. Proud lord, thou liest: Within these forty hours Surrey durst better Have burnt that tongue than said so. Sur. Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robb'd this bewailing land Of noble Buckingham, my father-in-law: The heads of all thy brother cardinals, With thee and all thy best parts bound together, Weigh'd not a hair of his. Plague of your policy! You sent me deputy for Ireland; Far from his succour, from the king, from all 234. weighty] FjF 2 . mightyY{YA. 236. Till,.. it—] I Vh ilst I find more than his will, or words to it, Hanmer. 239. coarse] course Ff. base Capell. 240. disgraces] disgrace Y4.

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HENRY

VIII.

That might have mercy on the fault thou gavest him; Whilst your great goodness, out of holy pity, Absolved him with an axe. WoL This, and all else This talking lord can lay upon my credit, I answer, is most false. The duke by law Found his deserts. How innocent I was From any private malice in his end, His noble jury and foul cause can witness. If I loved many words, lord, I should tell you You have as little honesty as honour, That in the way of loyalty and truth Toward the king, my ever royal master, Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be, And all that love his follies. Stir. By my soul, Your long coat, priest, prote6ls you; thou shouldst feel My sword iJ the life-blood of thee else. My lords, Can ye endure to hear this arrogance? And from this fellow? If we live thus tamely, To be thus jaded by a piece of scarlet, Farewell nobility; let his grace go forward, And dare us with his cap like larks. WoL All goodness Is poison to thy stomach. Sur. Yes, that goodness Of gleaning all the land's wealth into one, Into your own hands, cardinal, by extortion; The goodness of your intercepted packets You writ to the pope against the king: your goodness, Since you provoke me, shall be most notorious. My Lord of Norfolk, as you are truly noble, As you respe6l the common good, the state Of our despised nobility, our issues, 271. After this line S. Walker would insert To rail in such irreverent wise on me. 272. in the] IP tK Theobald. 274. Dare] I dare Staunton conj.

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