SCENE III.-The same. An Ante-chamber in the Queen's Apartments.

Enter ANNE BULLEN and an old Lady. ANNE. Not for that neither;--here's the pang that pinches :

a Yet, if that quarrel, Fortune,-] "She calls Fortune a quarrel or arrow, from her striking so deep and suddenly," says Warburton. Hanmer reads, "That quarr'ler fortune;' an emendation on a par with Warburton's portentous gloss. Mr. Collier's annotator suggests, "that cruel fortune," which is as miserably prosaic and commonplace as may be. Shakespeare has elsewhere characterised her humorous ladyship as, "strumpet Fortune," "harlot Fortune," and, which is the same thing, "giglot For

His highness having liv'd so long with her, and she

So good a lady that no tongue could ever
Pronounce dishonour of her,-by my life,
She never knew harm-doing;-O now, after
So many courses of the sun enthron'd,
Still growing in a majesty and pomp,-the which
To leave's a thousand-fold more bitter, than
"Tis sweet at first to acquire,-after this process,
To give her the avaunt! it is a pity
Would move a monster.

Trumpets, sennet, and cornets. Enter two Vergers, with short silver wands; next them, two Scribes, in the habits of doctors; after them, the ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY alone; after him, the BISHOPS of LINCOLN, ELY, ROCHESTER, and SAINT ASAPH; next them, with some small distance, follows a Gentleman, bearing the purse, with the great seal, and a cardinal's hat; then two Priests, bearing each a silver cross; then a Gentleman-usher bare-headed, accompanied with a Sergeant-at-arms, bearing a silver mace; then two Gentlemen, bearing two great silver pillars; (3) after them, side by side, the two Cardinals, WOLSEY and CAMPEIUS; two Noblemen with the sword and Then enter the KING and QUEEN, and their Trains. The KING takes place under the cloth of state; the two Cardinals

mace.

(*) Old text, mo.

a Forty pence, no.] That is, I'd wager forty-pence, it does not. Steevens has cited several passages to show that forty pence, or three and four pence, was a proverbial expression for any small wager or sum.

b If this salute my blood a jot;] Some critics have made a difficulty of the word salute in this passage; and Mr. Collier's annotator substitutes elate. Salute here means move or exhilarate. So, in our author's Sonnets (cxxi.):

[The QUEEN makes no answer, rises out of her chair, goes about the court, comes to the KING, and kneels at his feet; then speaks.]

Q. KATH. Sir, I desire you do me right and justice;

And to bestow your pity on me; for

d

I am a most poor woman, and a stranger,
Born out of your dominions; having here
No judge indifferent, nor no more assurance
Of equal friendship and proceeding. Alas, sir,
In what have I offended you? what cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure,
That thus you should proceed to put me off,
And take your good grace from me? Heaven witness,
I have been to you a true and humble wife,
At all times to your will conformable :
Ever in fear to kindle your dislike,

Yea, subject to your countenance,-glad or sorry,
As I saw it inclin'd. When was the hour
I ever contradicted
Or made it not mine too? Or which of your

friends

your desire,

wrong:

I have no spleen against you, nor injustice
For you or any how far I have proceeded,
Or how far further shall, is warranted
By a commission from the consistory,

Yea, the whole consistory of Rome. You charge

me

That I have blown this coal: I do deny it :
The king is present: if it be known to him
That I gainsay my deed, how may he wound,
And worthily, my falsehood! yea, as much
As you have done my truth. If he know
That I am free of your report, he knows,
I am not of your wrong. Therefore in him
It lies to cure me: and the cure is, to
Remove these thoughts from you: the which
before

His highness shall speak in, I do beseech
You, gracious madam, to unthink your speaking,
And to say so no more.

Q. KATH.

My lord, my lord,

I am a simple woman, much too weak
To oppose your cunning. You're meek and
humble-mouth'd;

You sign your place and calling, in full seeming,
With meekness and humility; but your heart
Is cramm'd with arrogancy, spleen, and pride.
You have, by fortune and his highness' favours,
Gone slightly o'er low steps; and now are
mounted

Where powers are your retainers; and your words,

Domestics to you, serve your will, as't please
Yourself pronounce their office. I must tell you,
You tender more your person's honour, than
Your high profession spiritual: that again
I do refuse you for my judge; and here,
Before you all, appeal unto the pope,
To bring my whole cause 'fore his holiness,
And to be judg'd by him.

[She curtsies to the KING, and retires.
САМ.
The queen is obstinate,
Stubborn to justice, apt to accuse it, and
Disdainful to be tried by 't; 'tis not well.
She's going away.

K. HEN. Call her again.

CRIER. Katharine queen of England, come into the court.

GRIF. Madam, you are call'd back.

Q. KATH. What need you note it? pray you,

keep your way:

When you are call'd, return.-Now the Lord

help,

a Desire the court;] The fourth folio has, "defer the court." b If he know, &c.] Rowe reads, "But if he know," &c.

e Your words,-] Tyrwhitt believed "words" to be a misprint

for wards; and that the queen referred to the young men of family whom Wolsey employed in domestic services.