To use our utmost studies in your service.

Q. Kath. Do what

ye will, my

lords: And, pray,

for

give me,

If I have us❜d myself unmannerly;2

You know, I am a woman, lacking wit

To make a seemly answer to such persons.
Pray, do my service to his majesty:

He has my heart yet; and shall have my prayers,
While I shall have my life. Come, reverend fathers,
Bestow your counsels on me: she now begs,
That little thought, when she set footing here,
She should have bought her dignities so dear. [Exeunt.
SCENE II.

Ante-Chamber to the King's Apartment.

Enter the Duke of NORFOLK, the Duke of SUFFOLK, the
Earl of SURREY, and the Lord Chamberlain.

Nor. If you will now unite in your complaints,
And force them3 with a constancy, the cardinal
Cannot stand under them: If you omit
The offer of this time, I cannot promise,

But that you shall sustain more new disgraces,
With these you bear already.

Sur.

I am joyful
To meet the least occasion, that may give me
Remembrance of my father-in-law, the duke,
To be reveng'd on him.

Suf.

Which of the peers

Have uncontemn'd gone by him, or at least

Strangely neglected?4 when did he regard

2 If I have us'd myself unmannerly;] That is, if I have behaved myself unmannerly. M. Mason.

3 And force them—] Force is enforce, urge. Johnson.

So, in Measure for Measure:

"That thus can make him bite the law by the nose,
"When he would force it?" Steevens.

or at least

Strangely neglected?] Which of the peers has not gone by him uncontemned or neglected? Johnson.

Our author extends to the words, strangely neglected, the nega tive comprehended in the word uncontemn'd. M. Mason.

The stamp of nobleness in any person,
Out of himself?5

Cham.

My lords, you speak your pleasures: What he deserves of you and me, I know; What we can do to him, (though now the time Gives way to us) I much fear. If you cannot Bar his access to the king, never attempt Any thing on him; for he hath a witchcraft Over the king in his tongue.

O, fear him not;

Nor.
His spell in that is out: the king hath found
Matter against him, that for ever mars

The honey of his language. No, he's settled,
Not to come off, in his displeasure.

Sur.

Sir,

I should be glad to hear such news as this
Once every hour.

Nor.

Believe it, this is true.

In the divorce, his contrary proceedings
Are all unfolded; wherein he appears,

As I could wish mine enemy.

Sur.

His practices to light?

Suf.

Sur.

How came

Suf. The cardinal's letter to the pope miscarried,

Uncontemn'd, as I have before observed in a note on As you Like it, must be understood, as if the author had written not contemn'd.. See Vol. V, p. 29, n. 7. Malone.

5 when did he regard

The stamp of nobleness in any person,

Out of himself?] The expression is bad, and the thought false. For it supposes Wolsey to be noble, which was not so: we should read and point:

when did he regard

The stamp of nobleness in any person;

Out of 't himself?

i. e. When did he regard nobleness of blood in another, having none of his own to value himself upon? Warburton.

I do not think this correction proper. The meaning of the present reading is easy. When did he, however careful to carry his own dignity to the utmost height, regard any dignity of another? Johnson. 6- contrary proceedings-] Private practices opposite to his publick procedure. Johnson.

And came to the eye o' the king: wherein was read,
How that the cardinal did entreat his holiness
To stay the judgment o' the divorce; For if
It did take place, I do, quoth he, perceive,
My king is tangled in affection to

A creature of the queen's, lady Anne Bullen.
Sur. Has the king this?

Suf.

Sur.

Believe it.

Will this work?

Cham. The king in this perceives him, how he coasts, And hedges, his own way. But in this point All his tricks founder, and he brings his physick After his patient's death; the king already Hath married the fair lady.

Sur.

'Would he had!
your wish, my lord;

Now all my joy

My amen to 't!

All men's.

Suf. There's order given for her coronation:
Marry, this is yet but young, and may be left
To some ears unrecounted.-But, my lords,
She is a gallant creature, and complete

In mind and feature: I persuade me, from her
Will fall some blessing to this land, which shall
In it be memoriz'd.1

7 And hedges, his own way.] To hedge, is to creep along by the hedge: not to take the direct and open path, but to steal covertly through circumvolutions. Johnson.

Hedging is by land, what coasting is by sea. M. Mason.

8 Trace the conjunction!] To trace, is to follow. Johnson. So, in Macbeth:

The form of Surrey's wish has been anticipated by Richmond in King Richard III, sc. ult:

9

"Smile heaven upon this fair conjunction!" Steevens. but young,] The same phrase occurs again in Romeo and Juliet, Act I, sc. i:

No, no;

There be more wasps that buz about his nose,
Will make this sting the sooner. Cardinal Campeius
Is stolen away to Rome; hath ta'en no leave;
Has left the cause o' the king unhandled; and
Is posted, as the agent of our cardinal,
To second all his plot. I do assure you

The king cry'd, ha!* at this.

Cham.

And let him cry ha, louder!

Nor.

When returns Cranmer?

Now, God incense him,

But, my lord,

Suf. He is return'd, in his opinions; which
Have satisfy'd the king for his divorce,
Together with all famous colleges

Almost in Christendom:2 shortly, I believe,
His second marriage shall be publish'd, and
Her coronation. Katharine no more

1 In it be memoriz'd.] To memorize is to make memorable. The word has been already used in Macbeth, Act I, sc. ii.

Steevens.

* This exclamation is frequently used by the King when much incensed, and seems to be noticed here to prove that those of the court knew well, it indicated his mind highly inflamed with anger. Am. Ed.

2 He is return'd, in his opinions; which Have satisfy'd the king for his divorce, Together with all famous colleges

Almost in Christendom:] Thus the old copy. The meaning is this: Cranmer, says Suffolk, is returned in his opinions, i. c. with the same sentiments, which he entertained before he went abroad, which (sentiments) have satisfied the king, together with all the fanous colleges referred to on the occasion.-Or, perhaps the passage (as Mr. Tyrwhitt observes) may mean-He is return'd in effect, having sent his opinions, i. e. the opinions of divines, &c. collected by him. Mr. Rowe altered these lines as follows, and all succeeding editors have silently adopted his unnecessary change: He is return'd with his opinions, which Have satisfy'd the king for his divorce, Gather'd from all the famous colleges Almost in Christendom:

Steevens.

Shall be call'd, queen; but princess dowager,

And widow to prince Arthur.

Nor.

This same Cranmer 's

A worthy fellow, and hath ta'en much pain

In the king's business.

Suf.

For it, an archbishop.

Nor.

He has; and we shall see him

So I hear.

'Tis so.

Suf.

The cardinal

Nor.

Enter WOLSEY and CROMWell.

Observe, observe, he's moody.

Wol. The packet, Cromwell, gave it you the king?
Crom. To his own hand, in his bedchamber.3
Wol. Look'd he o' the inside of the paper?
Crom.

He did unseal them: and the first he view'd,
He did it with a serious mind; a heed
Was in his countenance: You, he bade
Attend him here this morning.

Wol.

To come abroad?

Crom.

Is he ready

I think, by this he is.

Wol. Leave me a while.

It shall be to the duchess of Alençon,

Presently.

[Exit CROM.

The French king's sister: he shall marry her.-
Anne Bullen! No; I'll no Anne Bullens for him:
There is more in it than fair visage.-Bullen!

No, we 'll no Bullens.-Speedily I wish

To hear from Rome.-The marchioness of Pembroke Nor. He's discontented.

3 To his own hand, in his bedchamber.] Surely, both the syllable wanting in this line, and the respect due from the speaker to Wolsey, should authorize us to read:

To his own hand, sir, in his bedchamber.

And again, in Cromwell's next speech:

Was in his countenance: you, sir, he bade →

or with Sir Thomas Hanmer:

and you he bade -. Steevens.