She's a good creature, and, sweet lady, does
Deserve our better wishes.

Gar.

But, sir, sir,

Hear me, Sir Thomas: You are a gentleman
Of mine own way; I know you wise, religious;
And, let me tell you, it will ne'er be well,-
"Twill not, Sir Thomas Lovell, take't of me,
Till Cranmer, Cromwell, her two hands, and she,
Sleep in their graves.

Lov.

Now, sir, you speak of two The most remark'd i'the kingdom. As for Crom

well,

Beside that of the jewel-house, he's made master O'the rolls, and the king's secretary: further, sir, Stands in the gap and trade 5 of more preferments, With which the time will load him: The archbishop Is the king's hand and tongue; And who dare speak One syllable against him?

Gar. Yes, yes, Sir Thomas, There are that dare; and I myself have ventur'd To speak my mind of him: and, indeed, this day, Sir (I may tell it you), I think, I have

Incens❜d the lords o'the council, that he is

4 of mine own opinion in religion.

5 i. e. course or way. 'Iter pro incepto et instituto, a way, trade, or course. COOPER. Again, in Udal's Apothegms, p. 75,

althoughe it repent them of the trade or way that they have chosen.' So in a letter from the earl of Leicester to Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, among the Conway Papers :-' But methinks she had rather you followed the trade you take, and did what you with your credit might.' See King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 3:

'Some way ofɔmmon trade.'

6 Incens'd or insensed in this instance, and in some others, only means instructed, informed: still in use in Staffordshire. It properly signifies to infuse into the mind, to prompt or instigate. Invidiæ stimulo mentes Patrum fodit Saturnia: Juno incenseth the senators' minds with secret envy against,' &c. COOPER.

(For so I know he is, they know he is) A most arch heretick, a pestilence

That does infect the land: with which they moved,
Have broken with the king; who hath so far
Given ear to our complaint (of his great grace
And princely care; foreseeing those fell mischiefs
Our reasons laid before him), he hath commanded
To-morrow morning to the council board

He be convented. He's a rank weed, Sir Thomas,
And we must root him out. From your affairs,
I hinder you too long: good night, Sir Thomas.
Lov. Many good nights, my lord: I rest your ser-
[Exeunt GARDINER and Page.

vant.

As LOVELL is going out, enter the King, and the DUKE of SUFFolk.

K. Hen. Charles, I will play no more to-night; My mind's not on't, you are too hard for me. Suf. Sir, I did never win of you

before.

-

K. Hen. But little, Charles; Nor shall not, when my fancy's on my play.Now, Lovell, from the queen what is the news? Lov. I could not personally deliver to her What you commanded me, but by her woman I sent your message; who return'd her thanks In the greatest humbleness, and desir'd your highness Most heartily to pray for her.

K. Hen

What say'st thou? ha!

To pray for her? what, is she crying out?

7 That is, have broken silence; told their minds to the king. So in The Two Gentlemen of Verona :

'I am to break with thee of some affairs.'

8 i. e. summoned, convened. Thus in Coriolanus:

We are convented

Upon a pleasing treaty

Lov. So said her woman; and that her sufferance

made

Almost each pang a death 9.

K. Hen.

Alas, good lady! Suf. God safely quit her of her burden, and With gentle travail, to the gladding of

Your highness with an heir!

K. Hen.

'Tis midnight, Charles,

Pr'ythee, to bed; and in thy prayers remember
The estate of my poor queen. Leave me alone;
For I must think of that, which company
Would not be friendly to.

Suf.
A quiet night, and my good mistress will

I wish your highness

Remember in my prayers.

K. Hen.

Charles, good night.-
[Exit SUFFOLK.

Enter SIR ANTONY DENNY 10.

Well, sir, what follows?

Den. Sir, I have brought my lord the archbishop,

K. Hen.

Den. Ay, my good lord.

As

you commanded me.

Ha! Canterbury?

"Tis true: Where is he, Denny?

Bring him to us.

[Exit DENNY.

K. Hen.

Den. He attends your highness' pleasure.

K. Hen.

Lov. This is about that which the bishop spake:

I am happily 11

come hither.

[Aside.

9 We have almost the same sentiment before in Act ii. Sc. 3:

10 The substance of this and the two following scenes is taken from Fox's Acts and Monuments of the Christian Martyrs, &c. 1563.

11 i. e. luckily, opportunely. Vide note 2, p. 269, and p. 231, line 16.

BB 2

Re-enter DENNY, with CRANMER.

K. Hen.

Avoid the gallery.

[LOVELL seems to stay.

Ha!-I have said.—Be gone.

What!

[Exeunt LOVELL and DENNY.

Cran. I am fearful:-Wherefore frowns he thus? 'Tis his aspect of terror. All's not well.

K. Hen. How now, my lord? You do desire to

My good and gracious lord of Canterbury.

Come, you and I must walk a turn together;

I have news to tell you: Come, come, give me your ⚫hand.

Ah, my good lord, I grieve at what I speak,
And am right sorry to repeat what follows:
I have, and most unwillingly, of late
Heard many grievous, I do say, my lord,
Grievous complaints of you: which, being consider❜d,
Have mov'd us and our council, that you shall
This morning come before us; where, I know,
You cannot with such freedom purge yourself,
But that, till further trial, in those charges

Which will require your answer, you must take
Your patience to you, and be well contented
To make your house our Tower: You a brother of us1o,
It fits we thus proceed, or else no witness
Would come against you.

Cran.
I humbly thank your highness;
And am right glad to catch this good occasion
Most thoroughly to be winnow'd, where my chaff

12 You being one of the council, it is necessary to imprison ou, that the witnesses against you may not be deterred.

And corn shall fly asunder: for, I know,

There's none stands under more calumnious tongues, Than I myself, poor man.

K. Hen.

Stand up, good Canterbury; Thy truth, and thy integrity, is rooted

In us, thy friend: Give me thy hand, stand up;
Pr'ythee, let's walk. Now, by my holy dame,
What manner of man are you? My lord, I look'd
You would have given me your petition, that
I should have ta'en some pains to bring together
Yourself and your accusers; and to have heard you
Without indurance 13, further.

Cran.

Most dread liege, The good I stand on is my truth, and honesty;

If they shall fail, I, with mine enemies,

Will triumph o'er my person; which I weigh 14 not, Being of those virtues vacant. I fear nothing

What can be said against me.

K. Hen. Know you not how Your state stands i'the world, with the whole world? Your enemies are many, and not small: their

tices

prac

Must bear the same proportion: and not ever 15
The justice and the truth o'the question carries
The due o'the verdict with it: At what ease
Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt
To swear against you? such things have been done.
You are potently opposed; and with a malice

13 Indurance, which Shakspeare found in Fox's narrative, means here imprisonment: one or two of the chiefest of the council, making their excuse, declared, that in requesting his indurance, it was rather meant for his trial and his purgationthan for any malice conceived against him.'

14 i. e. have no value for. Thus in Love's Labour's Lost:You weigh me not,-O that's you care not for me.'

15 Not ever is an uncommon expression, and here means not always.