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King Henry VIII
act iv   Scene 1.
William Shakespeare
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       A street in Westminster
       Enter two GENTLEMEN, meeting one another
       FIRST GENTLEMAN
       Y'are well met once again.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       So are you.
       FIRST GENTLEMAN
       You come to take your stand here, and
       behold
       The Lady Anne pass from her coronation?
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       'Tis all my business. At our last encounter
       The Duke of Buckingham came from his trial.
       FIRST GENTLEMAN
       'Tis very true. But that time offer'd
       sorrow;
       This, general joy.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       'Tis well. The citizens,
       I am sure, have shown at full their royal minds-
       As, let 'em have their rights, they are ever forward-
       In celebration of this day with shows,
       Pageants, and sights of honour.
       FIRST GENTLEMAN
       Never greater,
       Nor, I'll assure you, better taken, sir.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       May I be bold to ask what that contains,
       That paper in your hand?
       FIRST GENTLEMAN
       Yes; 'tis the list
       Of those that claim their offices this day,
       By custom of the coronation.
       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.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       I thank you, sir; had I not known
       those customs,
       I should have been beholding to your paper.
       But, I beseech you, what's become of Katharine,
       The Princess Dowager? How goes her business?
       FIRST GENTLEMAN
       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 of
       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 removed to Kimbolton,
       Where she remains now sick.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       Alas, good lady!
       [Trumpets]
       The trumpets sound. Stand close, the Queen is coming. [Hautboys]
       THE ORDER OF THE CORONATION.
       1. A lively flourish of trumpets.
       2. Then two JUDGES.
       3. LORD CHANCELLOR, with 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. MARQUIS 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 Esses.
       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 Esses.
       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
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       A royal train, believe me. These know.
       Who's that that bears the sceptre?
       FIRST GENTLEMAN
       Marquis Dorset;
       And that the Earl of Surrey, with the rod.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       A bold brave gentleman. That should be
       The Duke of Suffolk?
       FIRST GENTLEMAN
       'Tis the same-High Steward.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       And that my Lord of Norfolk?
       FIRST GENTLEMAN
       Yes.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       [Looking on the QUEEN] Heaven
       bless thee!
       Thou hast the sweetest face I ever look'd on.
       Sir, as I have a soul, she is an angel;
       Our king has all the Indies in his arms,
       And more and richer, when he strains that lady;
       I cannot blame his conscience.
       FIRST GENTLEMAN
       They that bear
       The cloth of honour over her are four barons
       Of the Cinque-ports.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       Those men are happy; and so are all
       are near her.
       I take it she that carries up the train
       Is that old noble lady, Duchess of Norfolk.
       FIRST GENTLEMAN
       It is; and all the rest are countesses.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       Their coronets say so. These are stars indeed,
       And sometimes falling ones.
       FIRST GENTLEMAN
       No more of that.
       Exit Procession, with a great flourish of trumpets
       Enter a third GENTLEMAN
       God save you, sir! Where have you been broiling?
       THIRD GENTLEMAN
       Among the crowds i' th' Abbey, where a finger
       Could not be wedg'd in more; I am stifled
       With the mere rankness of their joy.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       You saw
       The ceremony?
       THIRD GENTLEMAN
       That I did.
       FIRST GENTLEMAN
       How was it?
       THIRD GENTLEMAN
       Well worth the seeing.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       Good sir, speak it to us.
       THIRD GENTLEMAN
       As well as I am able. The rich stream
       Of lords and ladies, having brought the Queen
       To a prepar'd place in the choir, fell of
       A distance from her, while her Grace sat down
       To rest awhile, some half an hour or so,
       In a rich chair of state, opposing freely
       The beauty of her person to the people.
       Believe me, sir, she is the goodliest woman
       That ever lay by man; which when the people
       Had the full view of, such a noise arose
       As the shrouds make at sea in a stiff tempest,
       As loud, and to as many tunes; hats, cloaks-
       Doublets, I think-flew up, and had their faces
       Been loose, this day they had been lost. Such joy
       I never saw before. Great-bellied women,
       That had not half a week to go, like rams
       In the old time of war, would shake the press,
       And make 'em reel before 'em. No man living
       Could say 'This is my wife' there, all were woven
       So strangely in one piece.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       But what follow'd?
       THIRD GENTLEMAN
       At length her Grace rose, and with
       modest paces
       Came to the altar, where she kneel'd, and saintlike
       Cast her fair eyes to heaven, and pray'd devoutly.
       Then rose again, and bow'd her to the people;
       When by the Archbishop of Canterbury
       She had all the royal makings of a queen:
       As holy oil, Edward Confessor's crown,
       The rod, and bird of peace, and all such emblems
       Laid nobly on her; which perform'd, the choir,
       With all the choicest music of the kingdom,
       Together sung 'Te Deum.' So she parted,
       And with the same full state pac'd back again
       To York Place, where the feast is held.
       FIRST GENTLEMAN
       Sir,
       You must no more call it York Place: that's past:
       For since the Cardinal fell that title's lost.
       'Tis now the King's, and called Whitehall.
       THIRD GENTLEMAN
       I know it;
       But 'tis so lately alter'd that the old name
       Is fresh about me.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       What two reverend bishops
       Were those that went on each side of the Queen?
       THIRD GENTLEMAN
       Stokesly and Gardiner: the one of Winchester,
       Newly preferr'd from the King's secretary;
       The other, London.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       He of Winchester
       Is held no great good lover of the Archbishop's,
       The virtuous Cranmer.
       THIRD GENTLEMAN
       All the land knows that;
       However, yet there is no great breach. When it comes,
       Cranmer will find a friend will not shrink from him.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       Who may that be, I pray you?
       THIRD GENTLEMAN
       Thomas Cromwell,
       A man in much esteem with th' King, and truly
       A worthy friend. The King has made him Master
       O' th' jewel House,
       And one, already, of the Privy Council.
       SECOND GENTLEMAN
       He will deserve more.
       THIRD GENTLEMAN
       Yes, without all doubt.
       Come, gentlemen, ye shall go my way, which
       Is to th' court, and there ye shall be my guests:
       Something I can command. As I walk thither,
       I'll tell ye more.
       BOTH
       You may command us, sir.
       Exeunt
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Dramatis Personae
Prologue.
act i
   Scene 1.
   Scene 2.
   Scene 3.
   Scene 4.
act ii
   Scene 1.
   Scene 2.
   Scene 3.
   Scene 4.
act iii
   Scene 1.
   Scene 2.
act iv
   Scene 1.
   Scene 2.
act v
   Scene 1.
   Scene 2.
   Scene 3.
   Scene 4.
   Scene 5.
Epilogue