Upon my smiles. Go, get thee from me, Cromwell! To be thy lord and master. Seek the King! 415 That sun, I pray, may never set! I have told Crom. O my lord, Must I, then, leave you? Must I needs forgo Wol. Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear 430 In all my miseries; but thou hast forc'd me, And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention H Found thee a way, out of his wreck, to rise in ; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, 445 To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Thou fall'st a blessed martyr! Serve the King! There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny; 'tis the King's. My robe, 450 I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Crom- Had I but serv'd my God with half the zeal 455 Have left me naked to mine enemies. Crom. Good sir, have patience. Wol. So I have. Farewell The hopes of court! My hopes in heaven do dwell. Exeunt. ACT FOURTH SCENE I [A street in Westminster.] Enter two Gentlemen meeting one another. So are you. 1. Gent. You're well met once again. 2. Gent. 1. Gent. You come to take your stand here, and behold The Lady Anne pass from her coronation? 5 2. Gent. "Tis all my business. At our last encounter, The Duke of Buckingham came from his trial. 1. Gent. 'Tis very true; but that time offer'd sorrow; This, general joy. 2. Gent. 'Tis well. The citizens, I am sure, have shown at full their royal minds 1. Gent. Never greater, Nor, I'll assure you, better taken, sir. 2. Gent. May I be bold to ask what that contains, That paper in your hand? 1. Gent. Yes; 'tis the list Of those that claim their offices this day 10 15 The Duke of Suffolk is the first, and claims To be High Steward; next, the Duke of Norfolk, He to be Earl Marshal. You may read the rest. 2. Gent. I thank you, sir; had I not known those customs, I should have been beholding to your paper. 20 25 But, I beseech you, what's become of Katherine, The Princess Dowager? How goes her business? 1. Gent. That I can tell you too. The Archbishop Of Canterbury, accompanied with other Learned and reverend fathers of his order, Held a late court at Dunstable, six miles off From Ampthill where the Princess lay; to which She was often cited by them, but appear'd not; And, to be short, for not appearance and The King's late scruple, by the main assent Of all these learned men she was divorc'd, And the late marriage made of none effect : Since which she was remov'd to Kimbolton, Where she remains now sick. 2. Gent. 30 Alas, good lady! 35 [Trumpets.] The trumpets sound; stand close, the Queen is coming. THE ORDER OF THE CORONATION 1. A lively flourish of Trumpets. 2. Then, two Judges. Hautboys. 3. Lord Chancellor, with the purse and mace before him. 4. Choristers, singing. Music. 5. Mayor of London, bearing the mace. Then Garter, in his coat of arms, and on his head he wore a gilt copper crown. 6. Marquess Dorset, bearing a sceptre of gold, on his head a demi-coronal of gold. With him, the Earl of Surrey, bearing the rod of silver with the dove, crowned with an earl's coronet. Collars of SS. 7. Duke of Suffolk, in his robe of estate, his coronet on his head, bearing a long white wand, as high steward. With him, the Duke of Norfolk, with the rod of marshalship, a coronet on his head. Collars of SS. 8. A canopy borne by four of the Cinque-ports; under it, the Queen in her robe, in her hair richly adorned with pearl, crowned. On each side her, the Bishops of London and Winchester. 9. The old Duchess of Norfolk, in a coronal of gold, wrought with flowers, bearing the Queen's train. 10. Certain Ladies or Countesses, with plain circlets of gold without flowers. Exeunt, first passing over the stage in order and state, and then a great flourish of trumpets. |