Anne. "Tis more than you deserve; But, since you teach me how to flatter you, [Exeunt Lady ANNE, TRESSEL, and BERKLEY. Glo. Take up the corse, sirs. Gent. Towards Chertsey, noble lord? Glo. No, to White Friars; there attend my coming. [Exeunt the rest, with the Corpse. Was ever woman in this humour wooed? Was ever woman in this humour won? I'll have her, but I will not keep her long. With Heaven, her conscience, and these bars against me, And I no friends to back my suit withal, But the plain devil, and dissembling looks, Ha! Hath she forgot already that brave prince, Edward, her lord, whom I some three months since, Young, valiant, wise, and, no doubt, right royal,- That cropp'd the golden prime of this sweet prince, On me, whose all not equals Edward's moiety? A small French coin. I'll be at charges for a looking-glass; [Exit. SCENE III. A Room in the Palace. Enter Queen ELIZABETH, Lord RIVERS, and Riv. Have patience, madam; there's no doubt, his majesty Will soon recover his accustom'd health. Grey. In that you brook it ill, it makes him worse: Therefore, for heaven's sake, entertain good com fort, And cheer his grace with quick and merry words. Q. Eliz. If he were dead, what would betide of me? Grey. No other harm but loss of such a lord. Grey. The heavens have bless'd you with a goodly son, To be your comforter, when he is gone. Q. Eliz. Ah, he is young; and his minority Q. Eliz. It is determin'd, not concluded yet : But so it must be if the king miscarry. Enter BUCKINGHAM and STANLEY. Grey. Here comes the lords of Buckingham and Stanley. Buck. Good time of day unto your royal grace! Stan. Heaven make your majesty joyful as you have been! Q. Eliz. The countess Richmond, good my of Stanley, To your good prayer will scarcely say -amen. Stan. I do beseech you, either not believe lord Bear with her weakness, which, I think, proceeds From wayward sickness, and no grounded malice. Q. Eliz. Saw you the king to-day, my lord of Stanley ? Stan. But now, the duke of Buckingham, and I, Are come from visiting his majesty. Q. Eliz. What likelihood of his amendment, lords? Buck. Madam, good hope; his grace speaks cheerfully. Q. Eliz. God grant him health! did you confer with him? Buck. Ay, madam, he desires to make atonement Between the duke of Gloster and your brothers, And between them, and my lord chamberlain ; And sent to warn them to his royal presence. Q. Eliz. Would all were well!-But that will never be; I fear, our happiness is at the height. Enter GLOSTER, HASTINGS, and DORSET. Glo. They do me wrong, and I will not endure Who are they, that complain unto the king, Grey. To whom in all this presence speaks your grace? Glo. To thee, that hast nor honesty, nor grace, When have I injur'd thee? when done thee wrong? Or thee? or thee? —or any of your faction? A plague upon you all! His royal grace, But you must trouble him with rude complaints. matter: The king, of his own royal disposition, Glo. I cannot tell ;- The world is grown so bad, That wrens may prey where eagles dare not perch. Since every Jack became a gentleman, There's many a gentle person made a Jack. 9 Low fellow. Q. Eliz. Come, come, we know your meaning, brother Gloster : You envy my advancement, and my friends; Our brother is imprison'd by your means, Held in contempt; while great promotions That scarce, some two days since, were worth a noble. I Q. Eliz. By Him, that rais'd me to this careful From that contented hap which I enjoy'd, Against the duke of Clarence, but have been My lord, you do me shameful injury, Glo. You may deny that you were not the cause Of my lord Hastings' late imprisonment. Riv. She may, my lord; for Glo, She may, lord Rivers? why, who knows She may, ay, marry may Riv. What, marry, may she? Glo. What, marry, may she? marry with a king, A bachelor, a handsome stripling too : I wis2, your grandam had a worser match. Q. Eliz. My lord of Gloster, I have too long borne A coin rated at 6s. 8d. Think. |