This facsimile reproduces an engraved portrait of King Henry VIII in the Elizabethan Club. It represents the king as he appeared in 1544, near the end of his life. The engraving illustrates the earliest period of the art in England and was executed by Cornelius Metzys (1511?-1550?), son of the Flemish painter Quentin Metzys. KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. CARDINAL WOLSEY. CARDINAL CAMPEIUS. CAPUCIUS, Ambassador from the Emperor Charles V. CRANMER, Archbishop of Canterbury. DUKE OF Norfolk. DUKE OF SUFFOLK. DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. EARL OF SURREY. LORD CHANCELLOR. LORD CHAMBERLAIN. GARDINER, Bishop of Winchester. BISHOP OF LINCOLN. SIR THOMAS LOVELL. GRIFFITH, Gentleman-Usher to Queen Katharine. BRANDON, and a Sergeant-at-Arms. QUEEN KATHARINE, Wife to King Henry. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth THE PROLOGUE I come no more to make you laugh: things now, The play may pass, if they be still and willing, In a long motley coat guarded with yellow, Our own brains, and the opinion that we bring, Will leave us never an understanding friend. The Prologue; cf. n. 3 Sad: serious 9 truth; cf. n. working: full of pathos state: dignity 16 In... coat; cf. n. guarded: trimmed 19 As fool and fight is; cf. n. 21 intend: undertake 121 12 16 20 20 24 12 shilling; cf. n. 20 opinion: reputation, intention 22 Will leave us; cf. n. ye: think ye see Be sad, as we would make ACT FIRST Scene One [London. An Antechamber in the Palace] 28 32 Enter the Duke of Norfolk at one door; at the other, the Duke of Buckingham and the Lord Abergavenny. Buck. Good morrow, and well met. How have you done, Since last we saw in France? Nor. I thank your Grace, Healthful; and ever since a fresh admirer Of what I saw there. Buck. An untimely ague Stay'd me a prisoner in my chamber, when Nor. "Twixt Guynes and Arde: I was then present, saw them salute on horseback; 8 25, 26 Cf. n. Scene One S. d. Duke of Norfolk, Duke of Buckingham, Lord Abergavenny; cf. n. 6 Those suns of glory; cf. n. 2 saw: met 7 vale of Andren; cf. n. |