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, That swallow'd so much treasure, and like a 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 ratified, As give a crutch to the dead: But our count-cardinal To the old dam, treason),-Charles the emperor, Excites. (As soon he shall by me), that thus the cardinal 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, Enter Brandon; a Serjeant at Arms before him, and two or three of the guards. Bran. Your office, serjeant; execute it. Buck. Sir, Lo you, my lord, The net has fall'n upon me; I shall perish Bran. I am sorry To see you ta'en from liberty, to look on 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. 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 pleasure By me obey'd. * Unfair stratagem. Bran. Here is a warrant from The king, to attach lord Montacute; and the bodies 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: Whose figure even this instant cloud puts on, [Exeunt. SCENE II. The council-chamber. Cornets. Enter King Henry, Cardinal Wolsey, the Lords of the Council, Sir Thomas Lovell, Officers, and Assistants. 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 * Measured. The King takes his state*. 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. K. Hen. Arise, and take place by us:-Half suit Never name to us; you have half our power: Q. Kath. your Thank your majesty. 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 My good lord cardinal, they vent reproaches Of these exactions, yet the king our master (Whose honour Heaven shield from soil!) even he escapes not Language unmannerly, yea, such which breaks In loud rebellion. * Chair. Nor. Not almost appears, It doth appear; for, upon these taxations, K. Hen. Taxation! Wherein? and what taxation?-My lord cardinal, Wol. Please you, sir, I know but of a single part, in aught Pertains to the state; and front but in that file* No, my lord, Q. Kath. You know no more than others: but you frame Things, that are known alike; which are not whole some To those which would not know them, and yet must K. Hen. Still exaction! The nature of it? In what kind, let's know, Q. Kath. I am much too venturous In tempting of your patience; but am bolden'd Under your promis'd pardon. The subject's grief Comes through commissions, which compel from each The sixth part of his substance, to be levied * I am only one among the other counsellors. |