They have done my poor house grace; for which I pay 'em A thousand thanks, and pray 'em take their pleasures. K. Hen. beauty! [Ladies chosen for the dance. The King takes ANNE BULLEN. The fairest hand I ever touch'd. 0 Till now I never knew thee. Wol. My lord,— [Music. Dance. Your Grace ? Pray tell 'em thus much from me : There should be one amongst 'em, by his person, More worthy this place than myself; to whom, If I but knew him, with my love and duty I would surrender it. Cham. I will, my lord. [Cham. goes to the maskers, and returns. Wol. What say they? Cham. Such a one, they all confess, There is, indeed; which they would have your Grace Find out, and he will take it. By all your good leaves, gentlemen; here I'll make K. Hen. Ye have found him, Cardinal. [Unmasking. You hold a fair assembly; you do well, Lord: 86 Ye have found him. Cavendish and Holinshed relate that Wolsey mistook Sir Edward Neville for the King. (n) 80 89 unhappily, not in a favourable manner. (R) Wol. Your Grace is grown so pleasant. K. Hen. I am glad My Lord Chamberlain, 90 Pr'ythee, come hither. What fair lady 's that? Cham. An't please your Grace, Sir Thomas Bullen's daughter, The Viscount Rochford, one of her Highness' women. K. Hen. By Heaven, she is a dainty one. Sweetheart, I were unmannerly to take you out, And not to kiss you. - A health, gentlemen! Wol. Sir Thomas Lovell, is the banquet ready Lov. Wol. Yes, my lord. Your Grace, 100 I fear, with dancing is a little heated. K. Hen. I fear, too much. In the next chamber. There's fresher air, my lord, K. Hen. Lead in your ladies, every one. - Sweet To drink to these fair ladies, and a measure 90 pleasant, facetious. Cf. II. iii. 93. (R) 98 Viscount Rochford. Sir Thomas Bullen, created Viscount Rochford, June, 1525; hence before this time, 1527. He afterwards became Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond. (R) 96 And not to kiss you. The allusions to the custom here put in practice are countless in our old literature. A kiss was the established reward of the lady's partner, which she could not deny, or he, without an open slight, neglect to take. (w) [This explains Sir John Falstaff's greeting of Mrs. Ford in Merry Wives, I. i. 200.] To lead 'em once again; and then let's dream ACT Two. [Exeunt with trumpets. Enter two Gentlemen, meeting. FIRST GENTLEMAN. Whither away so fast? 2 Gent. O!-God save ye! Ev'n to the hall, to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham. 1 Gent. I'll save you That labour, sir. All's now done, but the ceremony Of bringing back the prisoner. 2 Gent. 1 Gent. Yes, indeed, was I. 2 Gent. Were you there? Pray, speak what has happen'd. Is he found guilty? 1 Gent. You may guess quickly what. 2 Gent. 1 Gent. Yes, truly is he, and condemn'd upon't. 2 Gent. I am sorry for 't. 1 Gent. So are a number more. 2 Gent. But, pray, how pass'd it? 1 Gent. I'll tell you in a little. The great Duke 108 knock it, a phrase of old for "play," as applied to music, probably arising from the very common use of instruments of percussion - the lute, the tabor, &c. II. i. ii. Fletcher's work and 10 not Shakespeare's, according to Spedding's analysis. (R) Urg'd on the examinations, proofs, confessions Hopkins, that made this mischief. Would have flung from him, but, indeed, he could not; Have found him guilty of high treason. Much Was either pitied in him or forgotten. 2 Gent. After all this, how did he bear himself? 1 Gent. When he was brought again to th' bar to hear In all the rest shew'd a most noble patience. He was never so womanish: the cause He may a little grieve at. Sure, he does not; Either produced no effect, or only ineffectual pity."- Malone. (R) 34 something spoke, i. e. (possibly) spoke somewhat. (R) 40 the end, at the bottom. (R) 1 Gent. "T is likely, 40 By all conjectures: first, Kildare's attainder, Earl Surrey was sent thither, and in haste too, 2 Gent. Was a deep envious one. 1 Gent. That trick of state At his return, This is noted, No doubt he will requite it. And generally; whoever the King favours, 2 Gent. All the Commons Hate him perniciously, and, o' my conscience, Wish him ten fadom deep: this Duke as much They love and dote on; call him bounteous Buckingham, 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 him; Halberds on each side; accompanied with Sir THOMAS LOVELL, Sir NICHOLAS VAUX, Sir WILLIAM SANDS, and Common People. 2 Gent. Buck. Let's stand close, and behold him. 41 Kildare. FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare, was recalled from the deputyship of Ireland in 1520. (R) 43 Earl Surrey, Sir Thomas Howard, eldest son of the Duke of Norfolk. He had married Buckingham's daughter. Cf. III. ii. 8, below. (R) VOL. X.- 4 All good people, 45 envious, malicious. (R) 48 find employment, i. e. find employment for. (R) 54 [Tipstaves], bailiffs. (R) [Sir WILLIAM SANDS.] The folio has Sir Walter Sands; a misprint or a slip of the pen, as we learn from Holinshed. (w) |