I am the most unhappy woman living.— If your grace Wol. We are to cure such sorrows, not to sow them. Grow from the king's acquaintance, by this carriage. So much they love it; but, to stubborn spirits, A soul as even as a calm; Pray, think us Those we profess, peace-makers, friends, and servants. Cam. Madam, you'll find it so. You wrong your vir tues With these weak women's fears. A noble spirit, As yours was put into you, ever casts Such doubts, as false coin, from it. The king loves you; Beware, you lose it not: For us, if you please To trust us in your business, we are ready That once was mistress of the field,] So, in Spenser's Fairy Queen, Book II, c. vi, st. 16: "The lily, lady of the flow'ring field." H. White. 1 The hearts of princes kiss obedience, So much they love it; but, to stubborn spirits, They swell, and grow as terrible as storms.] It was one of the charges brought against Lord Essex, in the year before this play was probably written, by his ungrateful kinsman, Sir Francis Bacon, when that nobleman, to the disgrace of humanity, was obliged, by a junto of his enemies, to kneel at the end of the council-table for several hours, that in a letter written during his retirement, in 1598, to the Lord Keeper, he had said, "There is no tempest to the passionate indignation of a prince." Malone. To use our utmost studies in your service. Q. Kath. Do what ye will, my lords: And, pray, forgive me, If I have us❜d myself unmannerly;2 You know, I am a woman, lacking wit To make a seemly answer to such persons. Pray, do my service to his majesty: He has my heart yet; and shall have my prayers, SCENE II. Ante-Chamber to the King's Apartment. Enter the Duke of NORFOLK, the Duke of SUFFOLK, the Nor. If you will now unite in your complaints, But that you shall sustain more new disgraces, Sur. Suf. Which of the peers Have uncontemn'd gone by him, or at least Strangely neglected?4 when did he regard 2 If I have us'd myself unmannerly;] That is, if I have behaved myself unmannerly. M. Mason. 3 And force them-] Force is enforce, urge. Johnson. So, in Measure for Measure: 4 Has he affections in him "That thus can make him bite the law by the nose, or at least Strangely neglected?] Which of the peers has not gone by him uncontemned or neglected? Johnson. Our author extends to the words, strangely neglected, the negative comprehended in the word uncontemn'd. M. Mason. The stamp of nobleness in any person, Cham. O, fear him not; Nor. The honey of his language. No, he's settled, Sur. Sir, I should be glad to hear such news as this Nor. Believe it, this is true. In the divorce, his contrary proceedings As I could wish mine enemy. Sur. His practices to light? Suf. Sur. How came Suf. The cardinal's letter to the pope miscarried, Uncontemn'd, as I have before observed in a note on As you Like it, must be understood, as if the author had written not contemn'd. See Vol. V, p. 29, n. 7. Malone. 5 when did he regard The stamp of nobleness in any person, Out of himself?] The expression is bad, and the thought false. For it supposes Wolsey to be noble, which was not so: we should read and point: when did he regard The stamp of nobleness in any person; Out of 't himself? i. e. When did he regard nobleness of blood in another, having none of his own to value himself upon? Warburton. I do not think this correction proper. The meaning of the present reading is easy. When did he, however careful to carry his own dignity to the utmost height, regard any dignity of another? Johnson. contrary proceedings-] Private practices opposite to his publick procedure. Johnson. 6-- And came to the eye o' the king: wherein was read, To stay the judgment o' the divorce; For if A creature of the queen's, lady Anne Bullen. Suf. Sur. Believe it. Will this work? Cham. The king in this perceives him, how he coasts, And hedges, his own way. But in this point All his tricks founder, and he brings his physick After his patient's death; the king already Hath married the fair lady. Sur. 'Would he had! your wish, my lord; Now all my joy may My amen to 't! all All men's. Suf. There's order given for her coronation: In mind and feature: I persuade me, from her 7 And hedges, his own way.] To hedge, is to creep along by the hedge: not to take the direct and open path, but to steal covertly through circumvolutions. Johnson. Hedging is by land, what coasting is by sea. M. Mason. 8 Trace the conjunction!] To trace, is to follow. Johnson. So, in Macbeth: The form of Surrey's wish has been anticipated by Richmond in King Richard III, sc. ult: "Smile heaven upon this fair conjunction!" Steevens. but young,] The same phrase occurs again in Romeo and Juliet, Act I, sc. i: 9 There be more wasps that buz about his nose, Is stolen away to Rome; hath ta'en no leave; Cham. And let him cry ha, louder! Nor. When returns Cranmer? Now, God incense him, But, my lord, Suf. He is return'd, in his opinions; which Almost in Christendom:2 shortly, I believe, 1 In it be memoriz'd.] To memorize is to make memorable. The word has been already used in Macbeth, Act I, sc. ii. Steevens. * This exclamation is frequently used by the King when much incensed, and seems to be noticed here to prove that those of the court knew well, it indicated his mind highly inflamed with anger. Am. Ed. 2 He is return'd, in his opinions; which Have satisfy'd the king for his divorce; Together with all famous colleges Almost in Christendom:] Thus the old copy. The meaning is this: Cranmer, says Suffolk, is returned in his opinions, i. e. with the same sentiments, which he entertained before he went abroad, which (sentiments) have satisfied the king, together with all the famous colleges referred to on the occasion.-Or, perhaps the passage (as Mr. Tyrwhitt observes) may mean-He is return'd in effect, having sent his opinions, i. e. the opinions of divines, &c. collected by him. Mr. Rowe altered these lines as follows, and all succeeding editors have silently adopted his unnecessary change: He is return'd with his opinions, which Have satisfy'd the king for his divorce, Gather'd from all the famous colleges Almost in Christendom: Steevens |