(Whom from the flow of gall I name not, but Nor. Say not, treasonous. Buck. To the king I'll say't; and make my vouch as strong 4 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 ratify'd, As he cry'd, Thus let it be to as much end, As give a crutch to the dead: But our count-cardinal To the old dam, treason,)-Charles the emperor, [3] Honest indignation, warmth of integrity. Perhaps name not, should be blame not. JOHNS. [4] Equal for equally. Shakspeare frequently uses adjectives adverbial [5] Suggests, for excites. WARB. MAL (As soon he shall by me,) that thus the cardinal Nor. am sorry To hear this of him; and could wish, you were Buck. No, not a syllable ; I do pronounce him in that very shape, Enter BRANDON; a Sergeant at Arms before him, and two or three of the Guard. Bran. Your office, sergeant; execute it. My lord the duke of Buckingham, and earl Buck. 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 The business present:6 'Tis his highness' pleasure, Buck. It will help me nothing, To plead mine innocence; for that dye 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 ABERG. Is pleas'd, you shall to the Tower, till you know Aber. As the duke said, The will of heaven be done, and the king's pleasure Bran. Here is a warrant from The king, to attach lord Montacute; and the bodies Of the duke's confessor, John de la Court, One Gilbert Peck, his chancellor, Buck. So, so; These are the limbs of the plot: No more, I hope. [6] I am sorry that I am obliged to be present and an eye-witness of your foss of liberty. JOHNS. Buck. My surveyor is false; the o'er-great cardinal Hath show'd him gold: my life is spann'd already :7I am the shadow of poor Buckingham; Whose figure even this instant cloud puts on, By dark'ning my clear sun.-My lord, farewel. [Exe. SCENE II. The Council-Chamber. Cornets. Enter King HENRY, Cardinal WOLSEY, the Lords of the Council, Sir THOMAS LOVEL, Officers, and Attendants. The King enters leaning on the Cardi nal's shoulder. K.Hen My life itself, and the best heart of it, 8 And point by point the treasons of his master 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 rises from his state, takes her up, kisses, and places her by him. Q.Kath. Nay, we must longer kneel; I am a suitor. K.Hen. Arise, and take place by us :-half 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. [7] To span is to gripe, or inclose in the hand; to span is also to measure by the palm and fingers. The meaning therefore, may either be, that hold is taken of my life, my life is in the gripe of my enemies; or, that my time is measured, the length of my life is now determined. JOHNS.Man's life, in scripture, is said to be but a span long. Probably, therefore, it means, when tis spann'd 'ris ended. REED. [8] Heart is not here taken for the great organ of circulation and life, but, in a common, and popular sense, for the most valuable or precious part. Our author, in Hamlet,mentions the heart of heart. Exhausted and effete ground is said by the farmer to be out of heart. The hard and inner part of the oak is called heart of oak. JOHNS. [9] To stand in the leve of a gun is to stand in a line with its mouth, so as to be hit by the shot. JOHNS. Q.Kath. Thank your majesty. That you would love yourself; and, in that love, 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 commissions 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 Nor. Not almost appears, I It doth appear: for, upon these taxations, And lack of other means, in desperate manner K.Hen. Taxation! Wherein? and what taxation ?-My lord cardinal, Know you of this taxation ? Wol. Please you, sir, I know but of a single part, in aught Pertains to the state; and front but in that file Where others tell steps with me. Q.Kath. No, my lord, You know no more than others: but you frame [] The many is the meiny, the train, the people. Dryden is, perhaps, the Jast that used this word :-"The kings before their many rode." JOHNS. [2] Could one easily believe that a writer, who had,but immediately before, sunk so low in expression, should here rise again to a height so truly sub.. lime? where, by the noblest stretch of fancy, Danger is personified as serv ing in the rebel army, and shaking the established government. WARB Perforce be their acquaintance.3 These exactions, 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 Is nam'd, your wars in France: This makes bold mouths: Live where their prayers did; and it's come to pass, To each incensed will. I would, your highness There is no primer business. K. Hen. By my life, This is against our pleasure. I have no further gone in this, than by A single voice; and that not past me, but The chronicles of my doing,-let me say, To cope malicious censurers ; which ever, As ravenous fishes, do a vessel follow That is new trimm'd; but benefit no further Not ours, or not allow'd; what worst, as oft, [3] That is, you know no more than other counsellors, but you are the person who frame those things which are afterwards proposed, and known equally by all. M. MASON. [4] To cope-to engage with, to encounter. The word is still in use in some counties. JOHNS. |