468Card. Stand forth, & with bold spirit relate what you

469Most like a carefull Subiect haue collected

470Out of the Duke of Buckingham.

471Kin. Speake freely.

472Sur. First, it was vsuall with him; euery day

473It would infect his Speech: That if the King

474Should without issue dye; hee'l carry it so

475To make the Scepter his. These very words

476I'ue heard him vtter to his Sonne in Law,

477Lord Aburgany, to whom by oth he menac'd

478Reuenge vpon the Cardinall.

479Card. Please your Highnesse note

480This dangerous conception in this point,

481Not frended by his wish to your High person;

482His will is most malignant, and it stretches

483Beyond you to your friends.

484Queen. My learn'd Lord Cardinall,

485Deliuer all with Charity.

486Kin. Speake on;

487How grounded hee his Title to the Crowne

488Vpon our faile; to this poynt hast thou heard him,

489At any time speake ought?

490Sur. He was brought to this,

491By a vaine Prophesie of Nicholas Henton.

492Kin. What was that Henton?

493Sur. Sir, a Chartreux Fryer,

494His Confessor, who fed him euery minute

495With words of Soueraignty.

496Kin. How know'st thou this?

497Sur. Not long before your Highnesse sped to France,

498The Duke being at the Rose, within the Parish

499Saint Laurence Poultney, did of me demand

500What was the speech among the Londoners,

501Concerning the French Iourney. I replide,

502Men feare the French would proue perfidious

503To the Kings danger: presently, the Duke

504Said, 'twas the feare indeed, and that he doubted

505'Twould proue the verity of certaine words

506Spoke by a holy Monke, that oft, sayes he,

507Hath sent to me, wishing me to permit

508Iohn de la Car, my Chaplaine, a choyce howre

509To heare from him a matter of some moment:

510Whom after vnder the Commissions Seale,

511He sollemnly had sworne, that what he spoke

512My Chaplaine to no Creature liuing, but

513To me, should vtter, with demure Confidence,

514This pausingly ensu'de; neither the King, nor's Heyres

515(Tell you the Duke) shall prosper, bid him striue

516To the loue o'th'Commonalty, the Duke

517Shall gouerne England.

518Queen. If I know you well,

519You were the Dukes Surueyor, and lost your Office

520On the complaint o'th'Tenants; take good heed

521You charge not in your spleene a Noble person,

522And spoyle your nobler Soule; I say, take heed;

523Yes, heartily beseech you.

524Kin. Let him on: Goe forward.

525Sur. On my Soule, Ile speake but truth.

526I told my Lord the Duke, by th'Diuels illusions

527The Monke might be deceiu'd, and that 'twas dangerous

528For this to ruminate on this so farre, vntill

529It forg'd him some designe, which being beleeu'd

530It was much like to doe: He answer'd, Tush,

531It can doe me no damage; adding further,

532That had the King in his last Sicknesse faild,

533The Cardinals and Sir Thomas Louels heads

534Should haue gone off.

535Kin. Ha? What, so rancke? Ah, ha,

536There's mischiefe in this man; canst thou say further?

537Sur. I can my Liedge.

538Kin. Proceed.

539Sur. Being at Greenwich,

540After your Highnesse had reprou'd the Duke

541About Sir William Blumer.

543The Duke retein'd him his. But on: what hence?

544Sur. If (quoth he) I for this had beene committed,

545As to the Tower, I thought; I would haue plaid

546The Part my Father meant to act vpon

547Th'Vsurper Richard, who being at Salsbury,

548Made suit to come in's presence; which if granted,

549(As he made semblance of his duty) would

550Haue put his knife into him.

551Kin. A Gyant Traytor.

552Card. Now Madam, may his Highnes liue in freedome,

553And this man out of Prison.

554Queen. God mend all.

556Sur. After the Duke his Father, with the knife

557He stretch'd him, and with one hand on his dagger,

558Another spread on's breast, mounting his eyes,

559He did discharge a horrible Oath, whose tenor

560Was, were he euill vs'd, he would outgoe

561His Father, by as much as a performance

562Do's an irresolute purpose.

563Kin. There's his period,

564To sheath his knife in vs: he is attach'd,

565Call him to present tryall: if he may

566Finde mercy in the Law, 'tis his; if none,

567Let him not seek't of vs: By day and night

571L. Ch. Is't possible the spels of France should iuggle

572Men into such strange mysteries?

573L. San. New customes,

574Though they be neuer so ridiculous,

575(Nay let 'em be vnmanly) yet are follow'd.

576L. Ch. As farre as I see, all the good our English

577Haue got by the late Voyage, is but meerely

578A fit or two o'th'face, (but they are shrewd ones)

579For when they hold 'em, you would sweare directly

580Their very noses had been Councellours

581To Pepin or Clotharius, they keepe State so.

582L. San. They haue all new legs,

583And lame ones; one would take it,

584That neuer see 'em pace before, the Spauen

585A Spring-halt rain'd among 'em.

586L. Ch. Death my Lord,

587Their cloathes are after such a Pagan cut too't,

588That sure th'haue worne out Christendome: how now?

589What newes, Sir Thomas Louell?

591Louell. Faith my Lord,

592I heare of none but the new Proclamation,

593That's clapt vpon the Court Gate.