And from a mouth of honor quite cry down
This Ipswich fellow's insolence; or proclaim,
There's difference in no persons.

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,
Or but allay the fire of passion.

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

By your prescription: but this top-proud fellow,
(Whom from the flow of gall I name not, but
From sincere motions 1) 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.

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
Infecting one another, yea, reciprocally)
Only to show his pomp as well in France

As here at home, suggests 1 the king our master
To this last costly treaty, the interview,

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,
Who cannot err, he did it.

Now this follows;—
(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 color; but he came
To whisper Wolsey) here makes visitation :
His fears were, that the interview betwixt
England and France, might, through their amity,
Breed him some prejudice; for from this league
Peep'd harms that menaced him. He privily
Deals with our cardinal; and, as I trow,—
Which I do well; for, I am sure, the emperor

1 Excites.

Paid ere he promised, whereby his suit was granted
Ere it was ask'd;-but when the way was made,
And paved with gold, the emperor thus desired ;-
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 honor 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.
Ser.
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 sovereign king.

Buck.

Sir,

Lo, you, my lord,

The net has fallen upon me: I shall perish
Under device and practice.1

Bran.

I am sorry

To see you ta'en from liberty, to look on

1 Unfair stratagems.

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 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 :
I am the shadow of poor Buckingham;
Whose figure even this instant cloud puts on,
By darkening 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-charged confederacy, and give thanks
To you that choked it. Let be call'd 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: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.