I say again, there is no English soul
More stronger to direct you than yourself;
If with the sap of reason you would quench,
Or but allay, the fire of passion.

Buck. Sir,

I am thankful to you; and I'll go along

but

By your prescription :—but this top-proud fellow,
(Whom from the flow of gall I name not,
From sincere motions,) by intelligence,
And proofs as clear as founts in July, when
We see each grain of gravel, I do know
To be corrupt and treasonous.

Nor. Say not, treasonous.

Buck. To the King I'll say't; and make my
vouch as strong

As shore of rock. Attend. This holy fox,
Or wolf, or both, (for he is equal ravenous,
As he is subtle; and as prone to mischief,
As able to perform it: his mind and place
Infecting one another, yea, reciprocally,)
Only to show his pomp as well in France
As here at home, suggests the King our master
To this last costly treaty, the interview,"
That swallow'd so much treasure,
and like a

Did break i' the rinsing.

glass

Nor. 'Faith, and so it did.

Buck. Pray, give me favour, Sir. This cunning Cardinal

The articles o' the combination drew,

As himself pleas'd; and they were ratify'd;
As he cry'd, Thus let be; to as much end,

As give a crutch to the dead: But our Count

Cardinal

Has done this, 'tis well: for worthy Wolsey, he did it. Now this follows,

Who cannot err,

(Which, as I take it, is a kind of puppy
To the old dam, treason,) Charles the Emperor
Under pretence to see the Queen his aunt,
(For 'twas, indeed, his colour; but he came
To whisper Wolsey,) here makes visitation:
His fears were, tha the interview, betwixt
England and France, might through their amity,
Breed him some prejudice; for from this league
Peep'd harms that menac'd him: He privily
Deals with our Cardinal; and, astrow,
Which I do well; for, I am sure, the Emperor
Pay'd ere he promis'd; whereby his suit was
granted,

Ere it was ask'd; but when the way was made,
And pav'd with gold, the Emperor thus desir'd; -
That he would please to alter the King's course,
And break the foresaid peace. Let the King know,
(As soon he shall by me,) that thus the Cardinal
Does buy and sell his honour as he pleases,
And for his own advantage.

Nor. I am sorry

To hear this of him; and could wish, he were
Something mistaken in't..

Buck. No, not a syllable;

I do pronounce him in that very shape,
He shall appear in proof.

Enter BRANDON; a Sergeant at arms before him, and two or three of the guard.

Bran. Your office, sergeant: execute it.
Serg. Sir,

My Lord the Duke of Buckingham, and Earl
Of Hereford, Stafford, and Northampton, I
Arrest thee of high treason, in the name

Of our most sovereing King.

Buck. Lo you, my Lord,

The net has fall'n upon me; I shall perish
Under device and practice.

Bran. I am sorry

To see you ta'en from liberty, to look on
The business present: "Tis his Highness' pleasure,
You shall to the Tower.

Buck. It will help me nothing,

To plead mine innocence; for that die is on me, Which makes my whitest part black. The will of heapen

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 ABERGAVENNY. Is pleas'd, you shall to the Tower, till you know How he determines further.

Aber. As the Duke said,

The will of heaven be done, and the King's plea

The King, to attack Lord Montacute; and the bodies

Of the Duke's confessor, John de la Court,

One Gilbert Peck, hic chancellor,

Buck. So, so; '

These are the limbs of the plot: No more, I hope. Bran. A monk o' the Chartreux.

Buck. O, Nicholas Hopkins?

Bran. He.

Buck. My surveyor is false; the o'er-great Car

dinal

Hath show'd him gold: my life is spann'd al

ready:

I am the shadow of poor Buckingham;
Whose figure even this instant cloud puts on,
By dark'ning, my clear sun. My Lord, farewell.
[Exeunt.

SCENE II.

The Council- Chamber.

Cornets. Enter King HENRY, Cardinal WOLSEY, the Lords of the Council, Sir THOMAS LoVELL, Officers, and Attendants. The King enters leaning on the Cardinal's shoulder.

K. Hen. My life itself, and the best heart of it, Thanks you for this great care: I stood, i' the

level

Of a full-charg'd confederacy, and give thanks
To you that chok'd it
Let be called before us

That gentleman of Buckingham's: in person
'I'll hear him his confessions justify;

And point by point the treasons of his master
He shall again relate.

The King takes his state. The Lords of the
Council take their several places. The Car-
dinal 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 riseth from his state, takes her up,
kisses, and placeth her by him,

Q. Kath, Nay, we must longer kneel; I am a

suitor.

Z. Hen.

K. Hen. Arise, and take place by us:

your suit

Never name to us; you have half our power :
The other moiety, ere you ask, is given;
Repeat your will, and take it.

Q. Kath. Thank your Majesty.

Half

That you would love yourself; and, in that love,
Not unconsider'd leave your honour, nor
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 commis

sions

Sent down among them, which hath flaw'd the heart

Of all their loyalties: wherein, although,
My good Lord Cardinal, they vent reproaches
Most bitterly on you, as putter-on

Of these exactions, yet the King our master,
(Whose honour heaven shield from soil!) even he
escapes not

Language unmannerly, yea, such which breaks
The sides of loyalty, and almost appears
In loud rebellion.

Nor. Not almost appears,

It doth appear: for, upon these taxations,
The clothiers all, not able to maintain
The many to them 'longing, have put off
The spinsters, carders, fullers, weavers, who,
Unfit for other life, compell'd by hunger
And lack of other means, in desperate manner
Daring the event to the teeth, are all in uproar,
And Danger serves among them.

K. Hen. Taxation!

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