Found thee a way, out of his wreck, to rise in; A sure and safe one, though thy master miss'd it.

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Mark but my fall and that that ruin'd me.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition:
By that sin fell the angels; how can man then,
The image of his Maker, hope to win by it?
Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate
thee;

Corruption wins not more than honesty.

Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace,
To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear

not:

Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's,
Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O
Cromwell,

Thou fall'st a blessed martyr! Serve the king;
And prithee, lead me in:

There take an inventory of all I have,

To the last penny; 'tis the king's: my robe,
And my integrity to heaven, is all

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I dare now call my own. O Cromwell, Crom-
well!

Had I but served my God with half the zeal
I served my king, he would not in mine age
Have left me naked to mine enemies.

Crom. Good sir, have patience.

Wol.

So I have. Farewell. The hopes of court! my hopes in heaven do dwell.

[Exeunt.

"Had I but served my God," etc. Holinshed reports these addressed by Wolsey in his last hours to "Master Kingston."

ACT FOURTH

SCENE I

A street in Westminster.

Enter two Gentlemen, meeting one another.

First Gent. You 're well met once again.

Sec. Gent.

So are you. First Gent. You come to take your stand here and behold

The Lady Anne pass from her coronation?

Sec. Gent. 'Tis all my business. At our last encounter,

The Duke of Buckingham came from his trial. First Gent. 'Tis very true: but that time offer'd

sorrow;

This, general joy.

Sec. Gent.

I am sure, have
minds-

"Tis well: the citizens, shown at full their royal

As, let 'em have their rights, they are ever for-
ward-

In celebration of this day with shows,
Pageants and sights of honor.

First Gent.

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Never greater,

Nor, I'll assure you, better taken, sir.

Sec. Gent. May I be bold to ask what that con

tains,

That paper in your hand?

First Gent.

Yes; 'tis the list

Of those that claim their offices this day
By custom of the coronation.

The Duke of Suffolk is the first, and claims

To be high-steward; next, the Duke of Norfolk, He to be earl marshal: you may read the rest. Sec. Gent. I thank you, sir: had I not known those customs,

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I should have been beholding to your paper. But, I beseech you, what's become of Katharine,

The princess dowager? how goes her business? First Gent. That I can tell you too. The Archbishop

Of Canterbury, accompanied with other

Learned and reverend fathers of his order,
Held a late court at Dunstable, six miles off
From Ampthill, where the princess lay; to
which

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She was often cited by them, but appear'd not:
And, to be short, for not appearance and
The king's late scruple, by the main assent
Of all these learned men she was divorced,
And the late marriage made of none effect:
Since which she was removed to Kimbolton,
Where she remains now sick.

Sec. Gent.

Alas, good lady!
[Trumpets.

The trumpets sound: stand close, the queen is coming.

[Hautboys.

THE ORDER OF THE CORONATION

1. A lively Flourish of Trumpets.

2. Then two Judges.

3. Lord Chancellor, with purse and mace before him.

4. Choristers, singing.

Musicians.

5. Mayor of London, bearing the mace. Then Garter, in his coat of arms, and on his head he wears a gilt copper crown.

6. Marquess Dorset, bearing a scepter of gold, on his head a demi-coronal of gold. With him, the Earl of Surrey, bearing the rod of silver

with the dove, crowned with an earl's coronet. Collars of SS.

7. Duke of Suffolk, in his robe of estate, his coronet on his head, bearing a long white wand, as high-steward. With him, the Duke of Norfolk, with the rod of marshalship, a coronet on his head. Collars of SS.

8. A canopy borne by four of the Cinque-ports; under it, the Queen in her robe; in her hair richly adorned with pearl, crowned. On each side her, the Bishops of London and Winchester.

9. The old Duchess of Norfolk, in a coronal of gold, wrought with flowers, bearing the Queen's train.

36. "Garter, in his coat of arms"; that is, his coat of office, emblazoned with the royal arms.-H. N. H.

10. Certain ladies or Countesses, with plain circlets of gold without flowers.

They pass over the stage in order and state.

Sec. Gent. A royal train, believe me. These I know:

Who's that that bears the scepter?

First Gent.

Marquess Dorset: And that the Earl of Surrey, with the rod. Sec. Gent. A bold brave gentleman. That should

be

The Duke of Suffolk?

First Gent.

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"Tis the same: high-steward.

Sec. Gent. And that my Lord of Norfolk?

First. Gent.

Yes.

Sec. Gent. [Looking on the Queen] Heaven bless thee!

Thou hast the sweetest face I ever look'd on.

Sir, as I have a soul, she is an angel;

Our king has all the Indies in his arms,

And more and richer, when he strains that lady:
I cannot blame his conscience.

First Gent.

They that bear
The cloth of honor over her, are four barons

Of the Cinque-ports.

Sec. Gent. Those men are happy; and so are all

are near her.

I take it, she that carries up the train

Is that old noble lady, Duchess of Norfolk.

First Gent. It is; and all the rest are countesses. Sec. Gent. Their coronets say so.

indeed,

And sometimes falling ones.

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These are stars