And from a mouth of honor quite cry down Nor. Be advised: Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot That it do singe yourself. We may outrun, By violent swiftness, that which we run at, And lose by over-running. Know you not, The fire, that mounts the liquor till 't run o'er, In seeming to augment it, wastes it? Be advised. I say again, there is no English soul More stronger to direct you than yourself; If with the sap of reason you would quench, I am thankful to you; and I'll go along By your prescription: but this top-proud fellow, And proofs as clear as founts in July, when Nor. Buck. To the king I'll vouch as strong As shore of rock. Attend. Say not, treasonous. say 't; and make my This holy fox, Or wolf, or both, (for he is equal ravenous As he is subtle, and as prone to mischief 1 Warmth of integrity. As able to perform 't; his mind and place As here at home, suggests 1 the king our master That swallow'd so much treasure, and, like a glass, Did break i' the rinsing. Nor. Faith, and so it did. Buck. Pray, give me favor, sir. This cunning cardinal The articles o' the combination drew, As himself pleased; and they were ratified, As he cried, Thus let be; to as much end, As give a crutch to the dead: but our count cardinal Has done this, and 'tis well; for worthy Wolsey, Now this follows;— 1 Excites. Paid ere he promised, whereby his suit was granted Nor. I am sorry To hear this of him, and could wish he were 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. Buck. Sir, Lo, you, my lord, The net has fallen upon me: I shall perish Bran. I am sorry To see you ta'en from liberty, to look on 1 Unfair stratagems. The business present: 'tis his highness' pleasure, 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 Heaven Be done in this and all things!-I obey. O my lord Aberga'ny, fare you well. king Bran. Nay, he must bear you company.-The [to Abergavenny. Is pleased, you shall to the Tower, till you know How he determines farther. Aber. As the duke said, The will of Heaven be done, and the king's pleasure By me obey'd. Bran. Here is a warrant from The king, to attach lord Montacute; and the bodies Of the duke's confessor, John de la Car, One Gilbert Peck, his chancellor, Buck. So, so; These are the limbs of the plot. No more, I hope. Bran. A monk o' the Chartreux. Buck. Bran. O, Nicholas Hopkins? He. Buck. My surveyor is false: the o'er-great car dinal Hath show'd him gold: my life is spann'd already : [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, And point by point the treasons of his master The King takes his state:1 the Lords of the Council take their several places: the Cardinal 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. 1 i. e. chair of state, throne. |