Who first rais'd head against usurping Richard, And, must needs say, a noble one; which makes me A little happier than my wretched father: Both Fell by our servants, by those men we lov'd most; A most unnatural and faithless service! And give your hearts to, when they once perceive Farewell: And when you would say something that is sad, Speak how I fell. I have done; and God for give me! [Exeunt BUCKINGHAM and Train. 1. Gent. Q, this is full of pity! Sir, it calls, I fear, too many curses on their heads, 2. Gent. If the Duke be guiltless, 'Tis full of woe: yet I can give you inkling Af an ensuing evil, if it fall, Greater than this. 1. Gent. Good angels keep it from us! What may it be? You do not doubt my faith, Sir? 2. Gent. The secret is so weighty; 'twill re•quire 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 A buzzing, of a separation 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 Fresher than e'er it was; and held for certain, The King will venture at it. Either the Cardinal, Or some about him near, have, out of malice To the good Queen, possess'd him with a scruple 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 not cruel, That she should feel the smart of this? The Car dinal Will have his will, and she must fall. 1. Gent. 'Tis woful. We are too open here to argue this; SCENE II. [Exeunt. Enter the Lord Chamberlain, reading a letter. Cham. My Lord, The horses your Lordship sent for, with all the care I had, I saw well chosen, 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 stopp'd our mouths, Sir. I fear, he will, indeed: Well, let him have them; He will have all, I think. Enter the Dukes of NORFOLK and SUFFOLK. Nor. Well mét, my good Lord Chamberlain. Cham. Good day to both your Graces. Suf. How is the King employ'd? Full of sad thoughts and troubles. Nor. What's the cause? Cham. It seems, the marriage with his brother's wife Has crept too near his conscience. Has crept too. near another lady. This is the Cardinal's doing, the King-Cardinal: 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 And, out of all these to restore the King, These news are every where; every tongue speaks them, And every true heart weeps for't: All, that dare open The King's eyes, that so long have slept upon Suf. And free us from his slavery. And heartily, for our deliverance; Suf. For me, my Lords, I love him not, nor fear him; there's my creed: Nor. Let's in; And, with some other business, put the King From these sad thoughts, that work too inuch upon him: My Lord, you'll bear us company ? Cham. Excuse me ; The King hath sent me otherwhere besides, You'll find a most unfit time to disturb him: Nor. Thanks, my good Lord Chamberlain. |