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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'll say,
A man may weep upon his wedding day.

King HENRY the Eighth.

Cardinal WOLSEY. Cardinal CAMPEIUS.
CAPUCIUS, Ambassador from the Emperor, Charles V.
CRANMER, Archbishop of Canterbury.

Duke of NORFOLK. Duke of BUCKINGHAM,
Duke of SUFFOLK. Earl of SURREY.
Lord Chamberlain. Lord Chancellor.
GARDINER, Bishop of Winchester.

Bishop of LINCOLN. Lord ABERGAVENNY. Lord
SANDS.

Sir HENRY GUILDFORD. Sir THOMAS LOVELL. Sir ANTHONY DENNY. Sir NICHOLAS VAUX. Secretaries to Wolscy.

CROMWELL, Servant to Wolsey.

GRIFFITH, Gentleman-Usher to Queen Katharine.
Three other Gentlemen.

Doctor BUTTS, Physician to the King.

Garter, King at Arms.

Surveyor to the Duke of Buckingham.

BRANDON, and a Serjeant at Arms.

Door-keeper of the Council-Chamber. Porter, and his Man.

Page to Gardiner. A Cryer.

Queen KATHARINE, wife to King Henry; afterwards

divorced.

ANNE BULLEN, her maid 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; Spirits, which appear to her; Scribes, Officers, Guards, and other Attendants.

SCENE, chiefly in London, and Westminster; once, at Kimbolton.

KING HENRY VIII.

ACT I. SCENE I.

London. An Antichamber in the Palace.

Enter the Duke of NORFOLK, at one door; at the other, the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, and the Lord ABERGAVENNY.

Buckingham. Good morrow, and well met. How have you done,

Since last we saw in France ?

Nor.

I thank your grace:

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Of what I saw there.

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Stay'd me a prisoner in my chamber, when
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