A minister in his power. You know his nature,
That he's revengeful; and I know his sword

Hath a sharp edge-it's long and't may be said
It reaches far, and where 'twill not extend,

Thither he darts it. Bosom up my counsel
You'll find it wholesome. Lo, where comes that rock

That I advise your shunning.
Enter CARDINAL WOLSEY, the purse borne before

him, certain of the guard, and two SECRETARIES
with papers. The CARDINAL in his passage fixeth his

eye on BUCKINGHAM, and BUCKINGHAM on him,
both full of disdain

WOLSEY. The Duke of Buckingham's surveyor? Ha!
Where's his examination?

SECRETARY. Here, so please you.
WOLSEY. Is he in person ready?

SECRETARY. Ay, please your Grace.
WOLSEY. Well, we shall then know more, and Buckingham

shall lessen this big look.
Exeunt WOLSEY and his train

BUCKINGHAM. This butcher's cur is venom-mouth'd, and I
Have not the power to muzzle him; therefore best

Not wake him in his slumber. A beggar's book
Outworths a noble's blood.

NORFOLK. What, are you chaf'd?
Ask God for temp'rance; that's th' appliance only

Which your disease requires.
BUCKINGHAM. I read in's looks

Matter against me, and his eye revil'd
Me as his abject object. At this instant

He bores me with some trick. He's gone to th' King;
I'll follow, and outstare him.

NORFOLK. Stay, my lord,
And let your reason with your choler question

What 'tis you go about. To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first. Anger is like

A full hot horse, who being allow'd his way,
Self-mettle tires him. Not a man in England

Can advise me like you; be to yourself
As you would to your friend.

BUCKINGHAM. I'll to the King,
And from a mouth of honour quite cry down

This Ipswich fellow's insolence; or proclaim
There's difference in no persons.

NORFOLK. Be advis'd:
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot

That it do singe yourself. We may outrun
By violentswiftness 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 advis'd.
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.
BUCKINGHAM. Sir,

I am thankful to you, and I'll go along
By your prescription; but this top-proud fellow-

Whom from the flow of gan I name not, but
From sincere motions, 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.
NORFOLK. Say not treasonous.

BUCKINGHAM. To th' King I'll say't, and make my vouch as strong
As shore of rock. Attend: this holy fox,

Or wolf, or both-for he is equal rav'nous
As he is subtle, and as prone to mischief

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 the King our master

To this last costly treaty, th' interview
That swallowed so much treasure and like a glass

Did break i' th' wrenching.
NORFOLK. Faith, and so it did.

BUCKINGHAM. Pray, give me favour, sir; this cunningcardinal
The articles o' th' combination drew

As himself pleas'd; and they were ratified
As he cried 'Thus let be' to as much end

As give a crutch to th' 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 th' old dam treason: Charles the Emperor,
Under pretence to see the Queen his aunt-

For 'twas indeed his colour, 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 menac'd him-privily

Deals with our Cardinal; and, as I trow-
Which I do well, for I am sure the Emperor

Paid ere he promis'd; whereby his suit was granted
Ere it was ask'd-but when the way was made,

And pav'd with gold, the Emperor thus desir'd,
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 honour as he pleases,
And for his own advantage.

NORFOLK. I am sorry
To hear this of him, and could wish he were

Something mistaken in't.
BUCKINGHAM. 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

BRANDON. Your office, sergeant: execute it.
SERGEANT. Sir,

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.

BUCKINGHAM. Lo you, my lord,
The net has fall'n upon me! I shall perish

Under device and practice.
BRANDON. I am sorry

To see you ta'en from liberty, to look on
The business present; 'tis his Highness' pleasure

You shall to th' Tower.
BUCKINGHAM. It will help nothing

To plead mine innocence; for that dye is on me
Which makes my whit'st part black. The will of heav'n

Be done in this and all things! I obey.
O my Lord Aberga'ny, fare you well!

BRANDON. Nay, he must bear you company.
[To ABERGAVENNY] The King

Is pleas'd you shall to th' Tower, till you know
How he determines further.

ABERGAVENNY. As the Duke said,
The will of heaven be done, and the King's pleasure

By me obey'd.
BRANDON. Here is warrant from

The King t' attach Lord Montacute and the bodies
Of the Duke's confessor, John de la Car,

One Gilbert Peck, his chancellor-
BUCKINGHAM. So, so!

These are the limbs o' th' plot; no more, I hope.
BRANDON. A monk o' th' Chartreux.

BUCKINGHAM. O, Nicholas Hopkins?
BRANDON. He.

BUCKINGHAM. My surveyor is false. The o'er-great Cardinal
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 dark'ning my clear sun. My lord, farewell.
Exeunt

ACT I. SCENE 2.
London. The Council Chamber

Cornets. Enter KING HENRY, leaning on the CARDINAL'S
shoulder, the NOBLES, and SIR THOMAS

LOVELL, with others. The CARDINAL places himself
under the KING'S feet on his right side

KING. My life itself, and the best heart of it,
Thanks you for this great care; I stood i' th' level

Of a full-charg'd confederacy, and give thanks
To you that chok'd it. Let be call'd before us

That gentleman of Buckingham's. In person
I'll hear his confessions justify;

And point by point the treasons of his master
He shall again relate.

A noise within, crying 'Room for the Queen!'
Enter the QUEEN, usher'd by the DUKES OF NORFOLK

and SUFFOLK; she kneels. The KING riseth
from his state, takes her up, kisses and placeth her

by him
QUEEN KATHARINE. Nay, we must longer kneel: I am suitor.

KING. 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.

QUEEN KATHARINE. Thank your Majesty.
That you would love yourself, and in that love

Not unconsidered leave your honour nor
The dignity of your office, is the point

Of my petition.
KING. Lady mine, proceed.

QUEEN KATHARINE. I am solicited, not by a few,
And those of true condition, that your subjects

Are in great grievance: there have been commissions
Sent down among 'em which hath flaw'd the heart

Of all their loyalties; wherein, although,
My good Lord Cardinal, they vent reproaches

Most bitterly on you as putter-on
Of these exactions, yet the King our master-

Whose honour Heaven shield from soil!-even he escapes not
Language unmannerly; yea, such which breaks

The sides of loyalty, and almost appears
In loud rebellion.

NORFOLK. Not almost appears-
It doth appear; for, upon these taxations,

The clothiers all, not able to maintain
The many to them 'longing, have put of

The spinsters, carders, fullers, weavers, who
Unfit for other life, compell'd by hunger

And lack of other means, in desperate manner
Daring th' event to th' teeth, are all in uproar,

And danger serves among them.

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