(As soon he shall by me,) that thus the cardinal Nor. I am sorry To hear this of him; and could wish, you were Buck. No, not a syllable; I do pronounce him in that very shape, Enter BRANDON ; a Sergeant at Arms before him, and two or three of the Guard. Bran. Your office, sergeant; execute it. My lord the duke of Buckingham, and earl Buck. Lo you, my lord, The net has fallen upon me; I shall perish Bran. I am sorry To see you ta'en from liberty, to look on The business present:6 'Tis his highness' pleasure, Buck. It will help me nothing, To plead mine innocence; for that dye is on me, Which makes my whitest part black. The will of heaven Be done in this and all things !-I obey. O my lord Aberga'ny, fare you well. Bran. Nay, he must bear you company :-The king [To ABERG. Is pleas'd, you shall to the Tower, till you know Aber. As the duke said, The will of heaven be done, and the king's pleasure Bran. Here is a warrant from The king, to attach lord Montacute; and the bodies One Gilbert Peck, his chancellor, Buck. So, so; These are the limbs of the plot: No more, I hope. [6] I am sorry that I am obliged to be present and an eye-witness of your loss of liberty. JOHNS. Bran. A monk o' the Chartreux. Buck. O, Nicholas Hopkins? Buck. My surveyor is false; the o'er-great cardinal Whose figure even this instant cloud puts on, By dark'ning my clear sun.-My lord, farewel. [Exe. SCENE II. The Council-Chamber. Cornets. Enter King HENRY, Cardinal WOLSEY, the Lords of the Council, Sir THOMAS LOVEL, Officers, and Attendants. The King enters leaning on the Cardi nal's shoulder. K.Hen My life itself, and the best heart of it, 8 And point by point the treasons of his master 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 rises from his state, takes her up, kisses, and places her by him. :-half your suit Q. Kath. Nay, we must longer kneel; I am a suitor. K.Hen. Arise, and take place by us :Never name to us; you have half our power: The other moiety, ere you ask, is given; Repeat your will, and take it. [7] To span is to gripe, or inclose in the hand; to span is also to measure by the palm and fingers. The meaning therefore, may either be, that hold is taken of my life, my life is in the gripe of my enemies; or, that my time is measured, he length of my life is now determined. JOHNS.-Man's life, in scripture, is said to be but a span long. Probably, therefore, it means, when tis spann'd 'tis ended. REED. [8] Heart is not here taken for the great organ of circulation and life, but, in a common, and popular sense, for the most valuable or precious part. Our author. in Hamlet,mentions the heart of heart. Exhausted and effete ground is said by the farmer to be out of heart. The hard and inner part of the oak is called heart of cak. JOHNS. [9] To stand in the leve of a gun is to stand in a line with its mouth, so as to be hit by the shot. JOHNS. 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 Nor. Not almost appears, It doth appear: for, upon these taxations, And lack of other means, in desperate manner K.Hen. Taxation ! Wherein and what taxation?-My lord cardinal, 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 [] The many is the meiny, the train, the people. Dryden is, perhaps, the last that used this word :-"The kings before their many rode." JOHNS. [2] Could one easily believe that a writer, who had, but immediately before, sunk so low in expression, should here rise again to a height so truly sub. lime? where, by the noblest stretch of fancy, Danger is personified as serving in the rebel army, and shaking the established government. WARB. Perforce be their acquaintance. 3 These exactions, K.Hen. Still exaction! The nature of it? In what kind, let's know, 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: Live where their prayers did; and it's come to pass, To each incensed will. I would, your highness Would give it quick consideration, for There is no primer business: K.Hen. By my life, This is against our pleasure. Wol. And for.me, I have no further gone in this, than by To cope malicious censurers ; which ever, That is new trimm'd ; but benefit no further [3] That is, you know no more than other counsellors, but you are the person who frame those things which are afterwards proposed, and known equally by all. M. MASON. [4] To cope-to engage with, to encounter. The word is still in use in some counties. JOHNS. Hitting a grosser quality,5 is cry'd up In fear our motion will be mock'd or carp'd at, K.Hen. Things done well, And with a care, exempt themselves from fear; Wol. A word with you. [To the Secretary. Let there be letters writ to every shire, Of the king's grace and pardon. The griev'd.commons Hardly conceive of me; let it be nois'd, That, through our intercession, this revokement And pardon comes: I shall anon advise you Further in the proceeding. Enter Surveyor. [Exit Secretary. Q.Kath. I am sorry, that the duke of Buckingham Is run in your displeasure. K.Hen. It grieves many : This gentleman is learn'd, a most rare speaker, Yet see, When these so noble benefits shall prove Not well dispos'd, the mind growing once corrupt, [5] The worst actions of great men are commended by the vulgar, as more accommodated to the grossness of their notions. JOHNS. [6] Lop is a substantive, and signifies the branches. WARB. [7] Beyond the treasures of his own mind. JOHNS.Read: And ne'er seek aid out of himself. Yet see,-. RITSON. [8] Great gifts of nature and education, not joined with good dispositions. JOHNS. |