1865And came to th'eye o'th'King, wherein was read

1866How that the Cardinall did intreat his Holinesse

1867To stay the Iudgement o'th'Diuorce; for if

1868It did take place, I do (quoth he) perceiue

1869My King is tangled in affection, to

1870A Creature of the Queenes, Lady Anne Bullen.

1871Sur. Ha's the King this?

1872Suf. Beleeue it.

1873Sur. Will this worke?

1874Cham. The King in this perceiues him, how he coasts

1875And hedges his owne way. But in this point,

1876All his trickes founder, and he brings his Physicke

1877After his Patients death; the King already

1878Hath married the faire Lady.

1879Sur. Would he had.

1880Suf. May you be happy in your wish my Lord,

1881For I professe you haue it.

1882Sur. Now all my ioy

1883Trace the Coniunction.

1884Suf. My Amen too't.

1885Nor. All mens.

1886Suf. There's order giuen for her Coronation:

1887Marry this is yet but yong, and may be left

1888To some eares vnrecounted. But my Lords

1889She is a gallant Creature, and compleate

1890In minde and feature. I perswade me, from her

1891Will fall some blessing to this Land, which shall

1892In it be memoriz'd.

1893Sur. But will the King

1894Digest this Letter of the Cardinals?

1895The Lord forbid.

1896Nor. Marry Amen.

1897Suf. No, no:

1898There be moe Waspes that buz about his Nose,

1899Will make this sting the sooner. Cardinall Campeius,

1900Is stolne away to Rome, hath 'tane no leaue,

1901Ha's left the cause o'th'King vnhandled, and

1902Is posted as the Agent of our Cardinall,

1903To second all his plot. I do assure you,

1904The King cry'de Ha, at this.

1905Cham. Now God incense him,

1906And let him cry Ha, lowder.

1907Norf. But my Lord

1908When returnes Cranmer?

1909Suf. He is return'd in his Opinions, which

1910Haue satisfied the King for his Diuorce,

1911Together with all famous Colledges

1912Almost in Christendome: shortly (I beleeue)

1913His second Marriage shall be publishd, and

1914Her Coronation. Katherine no more

1915Shall be call'd Queene, but Princesse Dowager,

1916And Widdow to Prince Arthur.

1917Nor. This same Cranmer's

1918A worthy Fellow, and hath tane much paine

1919In the Kings businesse.

1920Suf. He ha's, and we shall see him

1921For it, an Arch-byshop.

1922Nor. So I heare.

1923Suf. 'Tis so.

1925The Cardinall.

1926Nor. Obserue, obserue, hee's moody.

1927Car. The Packet Cromwell,

1928Gau't you the King?

1929Crom. To his owne hand, in's Bed-chamber.

1930Card. Look'd he o'th'inside of the Paper?

1931Crom. Presently

1932He did vnseale them, and the first he view'd,

1933He did it with a Serious minde: a heede

1934Was in his countenance. You he bad

1935Attend him heere this Morning.

1936Card. Is he ready to come abroad?

1937Crom. I thinke by this he is.

1939It shall be to the Dutches of Alanson,

1940The French Kings Sister; He shall marry her.

1941Anne Bullen? No: Ile no Anne Bullens for him,

1942There's more in't then faire Visage. Bullen?

1943No, wee'l no Bullens: Speedily I wish

1944To heare from Rome. The Marchionesse of Penbroke?

1945Nor. He's discontented.

1946Suf. Maybe he heares the King

1947Does whet his Anger to him.

1948Sur. Sharpe enough,

1949Lord for thy Iustice.

1950Car. The late Queenes Gentlewoman?

1951A Knights Daughter

1952To be her Mistris Mistris? The Queenes, Queene?

1953This Candle burnes not cleere, 'tis I must snuffe it,

1954Then out it goes. What though I know her vertuous

1955And well deseruing? yet I know her for

1956A spleeny Lutheran, and not wholsome to

1957Our cause, that she should lye i'th'bosome of

1958Our hard rul'd King. Againe, there is sprung vp

1959An Heretique, an Arch-one; Cranmer, one

1960Hath crawl'd into the fauour of the King,

1961And is his Oracle.

1962Nor. He is vex'd at something.

1964Sur. I would 'twer somthing y^t would fret the string,

1965The Master-cord on's heart.

1966Suf. The King, the King.

1967King. What piles of wealth hath he accumulated

1968To his owne portion? And what expence by'th'houre

1969Seemes to flow from him? How, i'th'name of Thrift

1970Does he rake this together? Now my Lords,

1971Saw you the Cardinall?

1972Nor. My Lord, we haue

1973Stood heere obseruing him. Some strange Commotion

1974Is in his braine: He bites his lip, and starts,

1975Stops on a sodaine, lookes vpon the ground,

1976Then layes his finger on his Temple: straight

1977Springs out into fast gate, then stops againe,

1978Strikes his brest hard, and anon, he casts

1979His eye against the Moone: in most strange Postures

1980We haue seene him set himselfe.

1981King. It may well be,

1982There is a mutiny in's minde. This morning,

1983Papers of State he sent me, to peruse

1984As I requir'd: and wot you what I found

1985There (on my Conscience put vnwittingly)

1986Forsooth an Inuentory, thus importing

1987The seuerall parcels of his Plate, his Treasure,

1988Rich Stuffes and Ornaments of Houshold, which

1989I finde at such proud Rate, that it out-speakes

1990Possession of a Subiect.

1991Nor. It's Heauens will,

1992Some Spirit put this paper in the Packet,

1993To blesse your eye withall.

1994King. If we did thinke