Re-enter the Dukes of NORFOLK, and SUFFOLK, the Earl of SURREY, and the Lord Chamberlain. Nor. Hear the king's pleasure, cardinal: who commands you To render up the great seal presently Into our hands; and to confine yourself Where's your commission, lords? words cannot carry Suf. Who dare cross 'em? Bearing the king's will from his mouth expressly? 481 Wol. 'Till I find more than will, or words, to do it (I mean, your malice), know, officious lords, I dare, and must deny it. Now I feel Of what coarse metal ye are moulded-envy. 490 As if it fed ye? and how sleek and wanton (Mine, and your master), with his own hand gave me : Wol. 500 Wol. It must be himself then. Sur. Thou art a proud traitor, priest. Wol. Proud lord, thou liest; Within these forty hours Surrey durst better Sur. Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robb'd this bewailing land (With thee, and all thy best parts bound together), Weigh'd not a hair of his. Plague of your policy! You sent me deputy for Ireland ; Far from his succour, from the king, from all 511 That might have mercy on the fault thou gav'st him ; Whilst your great goodness, out of holy pity, Absolv'd him with an axe. Wol. This, and all else This talking lord can lay upon my credit, His noble jury and foul cause can witness. If I lov'd many words, lord, I should tell you, That I, in the way of loyalty and truth Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be, Sur. By my soul, 520 Your Your long coat, priest, protects you; thou should'st feel My sword i' the life-blood of thee else.-My lords, Can ye endure to hear this arrogance ? 531 And from this fellow? If we live thus tamely, To be thus jaded by a piece of scarlet, Farewel nobility; let his grace go forward, And dare us with his cap, like larks. Is poison to thy stomach. Sur. Yes, that goodness Of gleaning all the land's wealth into one, Into your own hands, cardinal, by extortion; 540 The goodness of your intercepted packets, You writ to the pope, against the king: your good ness, Since you provoke me, shall be most notorious.- Worse than the sacring bell, when the brown wench 551 Wol. How much, methinks, I could despise this man, But that I am bound in charity against it! Nor. Those articles, my lord, are in the king's hand : But, But, thus much, they are foul ones. Wol. So much fairer, And spotless, shall mine innocence arise, Sur. This cannot save you : I thank my memory, I yet remember Some of these articles; and out they shall. Now, if you can blush, and cry guilty, cardinal, Wol. Speak on, sir; I dare your worst objections: if I blush, It is, to see a nobleman want manners. 560 Sur. I'd rather want those, than my head. Have at you. First, that, without the king's assent, or knowledge, 570 Nor. Then, that, in all you writ to Rome, or else To foreign princes, Ego & Rex meus Was still inscrib'd; in which you brought the king To be your servant. Suf. Then, that, without the knowledge Either of king or council, when you went Ambassador to the emperor, you made bold To carry into Flanders the great seai. Sur. Item, you sent a large commission To Gregory de Cassalis, to conclude, 580 Without the king's will, or the state's allowance, A league between his highness and Ferrara. Suf. Suf. That, out of mere ambition, you have caus'd Your holy hat to be stampt on the king's coin. Sur. Then, that you have sent innumerable sub stance (By what means got I leave to your own conscience), Cham. O my lord, Press not a falling man too far; 'tis virtue: Not you, correct him. My heart weeps to see him Sur. I forgive him. 590 600 Suf. Lord cardinal, the king's further pleasure isBecause all those things, you have done of late By your power legatine within this kingdom, Fall into the compass of a PræmunireThat therefore such a writ be su'd against you; To forfeit all your goods, lands, tenements, Castles, and whatsoever, and to be Out of the king's protection :-This is my charge. Nor. And so we'll leave you to your meditations How to live better. For your stubborn answer, About the giving back the great seal to us, The king shall know it, and, no doubt, shall thank you. Sa |