Whilft WOLSEY, leaning on his Throne of State, The King arrives at Graf ton with Anna Bulleyn, and the two Cardinals fol The King was now upon a Tour into the Country, accompanied by his most loveby She. Being arrived at Grafton in Northamptonshire, the two Cardinals foon followed the Court, when it quickly appeared the Scene was changed;* for here they found a very cold Reception, tho' fome Marks of Diftinction were fhewn to Campeius as a Stranger, * Shakespear has finely touched these Matters. low. and Enter Duke of Norfolk, Duke of Suffolk, Lord Surry, and Lord Chamberlain, Nor. If you will now unite in your Complaints, And force them with a Conftancy, the Cardinal Cannot stand under them: If you omit The Offer of this Time, I cannot promise But that you fhall fuftain more new Difgraces, Sur. I am joyful To meet the leaft Occafion that may give me Suff. Which of the Peers Have uncontemn'd gone by him, or at least Cham. My Lords, you speak your Pleasures :- Nor. O fear him not, His Spell in that is out; the King hath found Kk 2 The 4 and a Perfon of publick Character: But the Cardinal of England, after he had waited on his Brother Legate to his Apartment, thinking to go directly to his own, was told by one of the Officers, That no Provifion for his Reception had been made in the Court: At which he was much furprized, having never been treated near the King's Perfon with any fuch Neglect before. However, as the King's Difpleasure against the Cardinal was not then publickly known, but only whispered about, Sir John Norris, in a very obliging Manner, made him an Offer of his own Lodgings, till fome other Provifion could be made, which The Honey of his Language. No, he's fettled, Nor. Believe it, this is true. In the Divorce, his contrary Proceedings Are all unfolded; wherein he appears As I would with mine Enemy. Sur. How came His Practices to light? Suff. Moft ftrangely. Sur. How? Suff. The Cardinal's Letters to the Pope mifcarried, To ftay the Judgment o'th' Divorce; for if My King is tangled in Affection to A Creature of the Queen's, Lady Anna Bulleyn. Suff. Believe it. Sur. Will this work? Cham. The King in this perceives him, how he coafts And hedges his own Way. But in this Point All his Tricks founder; and he brings his Phyfick After his Patient's Death; the King already Hath married the fair Lady. Sur. Would he had! Suff. May you be happy in your Wish, my Lord, For I profefs you have it. Sur. Now all Joy Trace the Conjunction, Suff. Wolfey is received graciously. which the Cardinal accepted of. When he came afterwards into the King's Prefence, he received him graciously, to the utmost Mortification of many Lords, who had been foolish enough to lay Wagers, That the King would not speak to him. Yet thefe Legates dined not with the King, who could not be fpared from spending that Time with Anna Bulleyn in her own Chamber; and our Author fays, "They were thought innocent Free"doms at that Time," which would be difficult to Suff. My Amen to't. Suff. There's Order given for her Coronation: In Mind and Feature. I perfuade me from her Sur. But will the King Digeft this Letter of the Cardinal's ? The Lord forbid! Nor. Marry, Amen. Suff. No, no: There be more Wafps that buz about his Nose, Is pofted as the Agent of our Cardinal, The King cry'd Ha! at this. Cham. Now God incenfe him ; And let him cry, Ha! louder, Nor. But my Lord, When returns Cranmer ? Suff. He is return'd with his Opinions, Which have fatisfied the King for his Divorce, Gather'd from all the famous Colleges Almoft in Christendom: Soon, I believe, His fecond Marriage fhall be publish'd, and Her Coronation. Katherine no more Shall be call'd Queen, but Princess Dowager, A Widow to Prince Arthur. recon Nor. *This Speech feems to be fuited to the Time the Author lived in Queen Elizabeth's. reconcile with the ftrict Maxims of Behaviour, that obtain among young Ladies of the firft Diftinction at present. Cavendish relates the Manner of that Lady's Behaviour at Dinner with his Majefty in Terms fignificant enough, to whom we fhall refer. Cardinal Wolfey, after Dinner, waited on the King, who received him with feeming Pleafure, had a long ferious Difcourfe with him, and then, taking him by the Hand, led him into the Privy Chamber, where Nor. This fame Cranmer's A worthy Fellow, and hath ta'en much Pain Suff. He has, and we fhall fee him For it an Archbishop. Nor. So I hear. Suff. 'Tis fo. The Cardinal. Enter Wolfey and Cromwell. Nor. Obferve, obferve, he's moody. Wolf. The Packet, Cromwell! Gave it you the King? Cromw. To his own Hand, in's Bed-chamber, He did unfeal them, and the first he view'd, Wol. Is he ready to come Abroad? It fhall be to the Dutchess of Alençon, The French King's Sifter; he fhall marry her. he [Exit Cromwell, [Afide. Anne Bulleyn! -No, I'll no Anne Bulleyn's for him, There's more in't than fair Vifage Bulleyn! No, we'll no Bulleyn's!fpeedily I wish To hear from Rome,- the Marchiones of Pembroke ! Nor. He's difcontented. Suff. May be he hears the King Does whet his Anger to him. Sur. Sharp enough, Lord, for thy Justice! Wolf he was for a confiderable Time alone with him; upon which his Enemies were under great Uneaft nefs, left they fhould miscarry in their Defigns of ruining him with his Mafter. What paffed between the King and the Cardinal does not appear: But after all his Majefty was determined to difgrace his Minifter, at the Requeft of his Favourite, and his other Enemies about the Court; though it is faid, the King had Conflicts within himself, before he could be firmly fixed in his Resolution of facrificing an old and faithful Ser Wolf. [Afide.] The late Queen's Gentlewoman, a Knight's Daughter! To be her Miftrefs's Miftrefs! the Queen's Queen! This Candle burns not clear, 'tis I muft fnuff it, Then out it goes.. What tho' I know her virtuous, And well-deferving; yet I know her for A fpleeny Lutheran, and not wholefome to Our Caufe!--that she should lie i'th' Bofom of And is his Oracle. Nor. He's vex'd at fomething. Enter King, reading of a Schedule, Sur. I would 'twere fomething that would fret the String, The Mafter-cord of's Heart. Suff. The King! the King! King. What Piles of Wealth hath he accumulated † To his own Portion! what Expence by th' Hour Seems to flow from him! how in the Name of Thrift Nor. My Lord, we have Stood here obferving him. Some ftrange Commction * This also looks like temporizing. + Great indeed! but for whofe Ufe the Sequel fl.ews. King |