{"product_id":"henry-viii-isbn-9780140714753","title":"Henry VIII","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. 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Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.“Gorgeous new Shakespeare paperbacks.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Marlon James, author of \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Seven Killings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“I have been using the Pelican Shakespeare for years in my lecture course--it's invaluable, the best individual-volume series available for students.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eMarjorie Garber, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April, 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA. R.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBraunmuller \u003c\/b\u003eis Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has written critical volumes on George Peele and George Chapman and has edited plays in both the Oxford (\u003ci\u003eKing John\u003c\/i\u003e) and Cambridge (\u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e) series of Shakespeare editions. He is also general editor of The New Cambridge Shakespeare. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eStephen Orgel \u003c\/b\u003eis the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of the Humanities at Stanford University and general editor of the Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture. His books include \u003ci\u003eImagining Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Authentic Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImpersonations: The Performance of Gender in Shakespeare’s England\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Illusion of Power\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003eThe Life of King Henry      the Eighth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e the prologue \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I come no more to make you laugh. Things now\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That bear a weighty and a serious brow,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We now present. Those that can pity, here\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e May (if they think it well) let fall a tear:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The subject will deserve it. Such as give\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Their money out of hope they may believe,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e May here find truth too. Those that come to see\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Only a show or two and so agree\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The play may pass-if they be still and willing,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I'll undertake may see away their shilling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Richly in two short hours. Only they\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That come to hear a merry bawdy play,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A noise of targets, or to see a fellow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a long motley coat guarded with yellow,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Will be deceived. For, gentle hearers, know\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To rank our chosen truth with such a show\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As fool and fight is, beside forfeiting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Our own brains and the opinion that we bring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To make that only true we now intend,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Will leave us never an understanding friend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Therefore, for goodness' sake, and as you are known\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The first and happiest hearers of the town,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Be sad, as we would make ye. Think ye see\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The very persons of our noble story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As they were living. Think you see them great,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And followed with the general throng and sweat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Of thousand friends. Then, in a moment, see\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How soon this mightiness meets misery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And if you can be merry then, I'll say\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A man may weep upon his wedding day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ¥    I.1 Enter the Duke of Norfolk at one door;        at the other, the Duke of Buckingham and the Lord Abergavenny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Good morrow and well met. How have ye done\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Since last we saw in France?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk      I thank your grace,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Healthful, and ever since a fresh admirer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Of what I saw there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      An untimely ague\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Stayed me a prisoner in my chamber when\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Those suns of glory, those two lights of men,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Met in the vale of Andren.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk      'Twixt Guynes and Arde.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I was then present, saw them salute on horseback,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beheld them when they lighted, how they clung\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In their embracement, as they grew together;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Which had they, what four throned ones could have weighed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Such a compounded one?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      All the whole time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I was my chamber's prisoner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk      Then you lost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The view of earthly glory. Men might say\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Till this time pomp was single, but now married\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To one above itself. Each following day\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Became the next day's master, till the last\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Made former wonders, its. Today the French,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e All clinquant, all in gold, like heathen gods\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Shone down the English; and tomorrow they\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Made Britain India: every man that stood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Showed like a mine. Their dwarfish pages were\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As cherubins, all gilt. The madams too,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Not used to toil, did almost sweat to bear\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The pride upon them, that their very labor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Was to them as a painting. Now this masque\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Was cried incomparable; and th' ensuing night\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Made it a fool and beggar. The two kings,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Equal in luster, were now best, now worst,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As presence did present them: him in eye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Still him in praise; and being present both,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Twas said they saw but one, and no discerner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Durst wag his tongue in censure. When these suns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (For so they phrase 'em) by their heralds challenged\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The noble spirits to arms, they did perform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beyond thought's compass, that former fabulous story,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Being now seen possible enough, got credit,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That Bevis was believed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      O you go far.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As I belong to worship and affect\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In honor honesty, the tract of ev'ry thing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Would by a good discourser lose some life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Which action's self was tongue to. All was royal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To the disposing of it nought rebelled;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Order gave each thing view. The office did\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Distinctly his full function. Who did guide,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I mean who set the body and the limbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Of this great sport together? As you guess:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One, certes, that promises no element\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In such a business.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      I pray you who, my lord?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e All this was ordered by the good discretion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Of the right reverend Cardinal of York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The devil speed him! No man's pie is freed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From his ambitious finger. What had he\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To do in these fierce vanities? I wonder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That such a keech can with his very bulk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Take up the rays o' th' beneficial sun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And keep it from the earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk      Surely, sir,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There's in him stuff that puts him to these ends;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For, being not propped by ancestry, whose grace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chalks successors their way, nor called upon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For high feats done to th' crown, neither allied\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To eminent assistants, but spiderlike\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Out of his self-drawing web, a gives us note,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The force of his own merit makes his way,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A gift that heaven gives for him, which buys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A place next to the king.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e abergavenny      I cannot tell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What heaven hath given him. Let some graver eye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pierce into that; but I can see his pride\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Peep through each part of him. Whence has he that?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If not from hell the devil is a niggard,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Or has given all before, and he begins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A new hell in himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      Why the devil,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Upon this French going out, took he upon him\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (Without the privity o' th' king) t' appoint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Who should attend on him? He makes up the file\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Of all the gentry, for the most part such\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To whom as great a charge as little honor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He meant to lay upon; and his own letter,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The honorable board of council out,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Must fetch him in he papers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e abergavenny      I do know\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kinsmen of mine, three at the least, that have\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By this so sickened their estates that never\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e They shall abound as formerly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      O many\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Have broke their backs with laying manors on 'em\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For this great journey. What did this vanity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But minister communication of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A most poor issue?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk      Grievingly I think\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The peace between the French and us not values\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The cost that did conclude it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      Every man,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After the hideous storm that followed, was\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A thing inspired, and not consulting broke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Into a general prophecy: that this tempest,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dashing the garment of this peace, aboded\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The sudden breach on't.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk      Which is budded out;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For France hath flawed the league and hath attached\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Our merchants' goods at Bordeaux.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e abergavenny      Is it therefore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Th' ambassador is silenced?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk      Marry is't!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e abergavenny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A proper title of a peace, and purchased\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At a superfluous rate!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      Why, all this business\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Our reverend cardinal carried.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk      Like it your grace,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The state takes notice of the private difference\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Betwixt you and the cardinal. I advise you\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (And take it from a heart that wishes towards you\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Honor and plenteous safety) that you read\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The cardinal's malice and his potency\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Together; to consider further, that\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What his high hatred would effect wants not\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A minister in his power. You know his nature,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That he's revengeful; and I know his sword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hath a sharp edge; it's long, and 't may be said\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It reaches far, and where 'twill not extend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thither he darts it. Bosom up my counsel;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e You'll find it wholesome. Lo where comes that rock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That I advise your shunning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e wolsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Duke of Buckingham's surveyor, ha?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Where's his examination?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e first secretary      Here, so please you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e wolsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Is he in person ready?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e first secretary      Ay, please your grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e wolsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Well, we shall then know more, and Buckingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Shall lessen this big look.Exeunt Cardinal and his train.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This butcher's cur is venom-mouthed, and I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Have not the power to muzzle him; therefore best\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Not wake him in his slumber. A beggar's book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Outworths a noble's blood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk      What, are you chafed?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Which your disease requires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      I read in's looks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Matter against me, and his eye reviled\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Me as his abject object. At this instant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He bores me with some trick. He's gone to th' king.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I'll follow and outstare him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk      Stay, my lord,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And let your reason with your choler question\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What 'tis you go about. To climb steep hills\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Requires slow pace at first. Anger is like\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Self-mettle tires him. Not a man in England\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Can advise me like you. Be to yourself\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As you would to your friend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      I'll to the king\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And from a mouth of honor quite cry down\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This Ipswich fellow's insolence, or proclaim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There's difference in no persons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk      Be advised.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That it do singe yourself. We may outrun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By violent swiftness that which we run at,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And lose by overrunning. Know you not\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The fire that mounts the liquor till't run o'er\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In seeming to augment it wastes it? Be advised.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I say again there is no English soul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e More stronger to direct you than yourself,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If with the sap of reason you would quench,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Or but allay the fire of passion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      Sir,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I am thankful to you, and I'll go along\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By your prescription. But this top-proud fellow-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Whom from the flow of gall I name not, but\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From sincere motions-by intelligence,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And proofs as clear as founts in July when\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We see each grain of gravel, I do know\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To be corrupt and treasonous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk      Say not treasonous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To th' king I'll say't and make my vouch as strong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As shore of rock. Attend. This holy fox,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Or wolf, or both (for he is equal rav'nous\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As he is subtile, and as prone to mischief\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As able to perform't), his mind and place\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Infecting one another, yea reciprocally,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Only to show his pomp as well in France\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As here at home, suggests the king our master\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To this last costly treaty; th' interview\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That swallowed so much treasure and like a glass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Did break i' th' wrenching.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk      Faith, and so it did.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pray give me favor, sir. This cunning cardinal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The articles o' th' combination drew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As himself pleased; and they were ratified\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As he cried \"Thus let be,\" to as much end\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As give a crutch to th' dead. But our count-cardinal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Has done this, and 'tis well; for worthy Wolsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (Who cannot err) he did it. Now this follows\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (Which, as I take it, is a kind of puppy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To th' old dam, treason), Charles the emperor,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Under pretense to see the queen his aunt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (For 'twas indeed his color, but he came\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To whisper Wolsey), here makes visitation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e His fears were that the interview betwixt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e England and France might through their amity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Breed him some prejudice, for from this league\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Peeped harms that menaced him: privily\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Deals with our cardinal, and, as I trow,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Which I do well; for I am sure the emperor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Paid ere he promised, whereby his suit was granted\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ere it was asked; but when the way was made,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And paved with gold, the emperor thus desired,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That he would please to alter the king's course\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And break the foresaid peace. Let the king know\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (As soon he shall by me) that thus the cardinal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Does buy and sell his honor as he pleases,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And for his own advantage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e norfolk      I am sorry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To hear this of him, and could wish he were\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Something mistaken in't.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      No, not a syllable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I do pronounce him in that very shape\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He shall appear in proof.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Enter Brandon, a Sergeant at Arms before him, and two or three of      the Guard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e brandon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Your office, sergeant; execute it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e sergeant      Sir,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e My lord the Duke of Buckingham, and Earl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Of Hereford, Stafford, and Northampton, I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Arrest thee of high treason, in the name\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Of our most sovereign king.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      Lo you, my lord,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The net has fall'n upon me! I shall perish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Under device and practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e brandon      I am sorry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To see you ta'en from liberty, to look on\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The business present. 'Tis his highness' pleasure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e You shall to th' Tower.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      It will help me nothing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To plead mine innocence, for that dye is on me\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Which makes my whit'st part black. The will of heav'n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Be done in this and all things! I obey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e O my Lord Aberga'ny, fare you well!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e brandon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nay, he must bear you company.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [To Abergavenny]    The king\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Is pleased you shall to th' Tower till you know\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How he determines further.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e abergavenny      As the duke said,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The will of heaven be done, and the king's pleasure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By me obeyed!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e brandon      Here is a warrant from\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The king t' attach Lord Montacute and the bodies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Of the duke's confessor, John de la Car,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One Gilbert Perk, his chancellor-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      So, so!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These are the limbs o' th' plot. No more, I hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e brandon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A monk o' th' Chartreux.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham      O, Michael Hopkins?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e brandon      He.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e buckingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e My surveyor is false. The o'ergreat cardinal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hath showed him gold; my life is spanned already.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I am the shadow of poor Buckingham,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Whose figure even this instant cloud puts on\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By dark'ning my clear sun. My lord, farewell.Exeunt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ¥    I.2 Cornets. Enter King Henry, leaning on the Cardinal's      shoulder, the Nobles, [the Cardinal's Secretary,] and Sir Thomas      Lovell. The Cardinal places himself under the King's feet on his      right side.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e king\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e My life itself, and the best heart of it,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thanks you for this great care. I stood i' th' level\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Of a full-charged confederacy, and give thanks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To you that choked it. Let be called before us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That gentleman of Buckingham's; in person\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I'll hear him his confessions justify,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And point by point the treasons of his master\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He shall again relate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A noise within, crying \"Room for the Queen!\" Enter the Queen,      ushered by the Duke of Norfolk, and Suffolk. She kneels. 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