1 Gent. 'Tis likely, By all conjectures: first, Kildare's attainder, 2 Gent. That trick of state Was a deep envious one. 1 Gent. At his return, No doubt, he will requite it. This is noted, 2 Gent. All the commons Hate him perniciously, and, o' my conscience, The mirror of all courtesy ; 1 Gent. Stay there, Sir, And see the noble ruin'd man you speak of. Enter BUCKINGHAM from his Arraignment; Tipstaves before him; the Axe with the edge towards F him; Halberds on each Side: with him Sir THOMAS LOVELL, Sir NICHOLAS VAUX, Sir WILLIAM SANDS, and common People. 2 Gent. Let's stand close, and behold him. You that thus far have come to pity me, ness, And, if I have a conscience, let it sink me, Be what they will, I heartily forgive them: me, And dare be bold to weep for Buckingham, Ee Is only bitter to him, only dying, Go with me, like good angels, to my end; And lift my soul to heaven.-Lead on, o' God's name. Lov. I do beseech your grace, for charity, If ever any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgive me frankly. There cannot be those numberless offences Lov. To the water-side I must conduct your grace; Then give my charge up to Sir Nicholas Vaux, Who undertakes you to your end. Vaux. Prepare there, The duke is coming: see the barge be ready; The greatness of his person. Buck. Nay, Sir Nicholas, Let it alone; my state now will but mock me. When I came hither, I was lord high constable, And duke of Buckingham; now, poor Edward Bohun: Yet I am richer than my base accusers, That never knew what truth meant: I now seal it; And with that blood will make them one day groan for't. My noble father, Henry of Buckingham, Who first raised head against usurping Richard, • Close. Henry the eighth, life, honour, name, and all Fell by our servants, by those men we loved most; Farewell: And when you would say something that is sad, Speak how I fell.-I have done; and God forgive me! [Exeunt Buckingham and Train. 1'Gent. O, this is full of pity-Sir, it calls, I fear, too many curses on their heads, That were the authors. 2 Gent. If the duke be guiltless, Tis full of woe: yet I can give you inkling Of an ensuing evil, if it fall, Greater than this. 1 Gent. Good angels keep it from us!Where may it be? You do not doubt my faith, Sir? 2 Gent. This secret is so weighty, 'twill require A strong faith to conceal it. 1 Gent. Let me have it; I do not talk much. 2 Gent. I am confident; You shall, Sir: Did you not of late days hear Between the king and Katharine? 1 Gent. Yes, but it held not: For when the king once heard it, out of anger 2 Gent. But that slander, Sir, Is found a truth now: for it grows again Great fidelity.. The king will venture at it. Either the cardinal, 1 Gent. 'Tis the cardinal; And merely to revenge him on the emperor, 2 Gent. I think, you have hit the mark but is't 1 Gent. 'Tis woful. We are too open here to argue this; [Exeunt. SCENE II.-An Ante-chamber in the Palace. Enter the Lord CHAMBERLAIN, reading a Letter. Cham. My lord,-The horses your lordship sent care saw ridden, and furnished. They were young and handsome; and of the best breed in the north. When they were ready to set out for London, a man of my lord Cardinal's, by commission, and main power, took 'em from me; with this reason,-His master would be served before a subject, if not before the king; which stopped our mouths, Sir. I fear, he will, indeed: well, let him have them; Enter the Dukes of NORFOLK and SUFFOLK. Nor. Well met, my good Lord chamberlain. Cham. Good day to both your graces. Suf. How is the king employ❜d? Full of sad thoughts and troubles. Cham. It seems, the marriage with his brother's wife Hath crept too near his conscience. Suf. No, his conscience Has crept too near another lady. Nor. 'Tis so; This is the cardinal's doing, the king-cardinal: That blind priest, like the eldest son of Fortune, Turns what he lists. The king will know him one day. Suf. Pray God, he do! He'll never know himself else. Nor. How holily he works in all his business! And with what zeal! For, now he has crack'd the league Between us and the emperor, the queen's great nephew, He dives into the king's soul; and there scatters These news are every where; every tongue speaks them, And every true heart weeps for 't: all, that dare The French king's sister. Heaven will one day open Suf. And free us from his slavery. And heartily, for our deliverance; Or this imperious man will work as all From princes into pages: all men's honours Lie in one lump before him, to be fashion'd Suf. For me, my lords, I love him not, nor fear him; there's my creed: If the king please; his curses and his blessings And, with some other business, put the king |