And, pray, receive them nobly, and conduct them Into our presence, where this heaven of beauty Shall shine at full upon them.-Some attend him.— [Exit Chamberlain, attended. All arise, and tables removed. You have now a broken banquet; but we'll mend it. A noble company! what are their pleasures? Cham. Because they speak no English, thus they pray'd To tell your grace :-That, having heard by fame This night to meet here, they could do no less, duct, 1 Gent. Yes, indeed, was I. 2 Gent. Pray, speak what has happen'd. 1 Gent. You may guess quickly what. 2 Gent. Is he found guilty? 1 Gent. Yes, truly is he, and condemn'd upon it. 2 Gent. I am sorry for't. 1 Gent. So are a number more. 2 Gent. But, pray, how pass'd it? 1 Gent. I'll tell you in a little. The great duke Came to the bar; where, to his accusations He pleaded still not guilty, and alleg'd Many sharp reasons to defeat the law. The king's attorney, on the contrary, Urg'd on the examinations, proofs, confessions Of divers witnesses, which the duke desir'd To have brought, vivá voce, to his face : At which appeared against him, his surveyor; Sir Gilbert Peck his chancellor; and John Car, Confessor to him; with that devil-monk, Henton, that made this mischief. 2 Gent. That was he, The same. All these accus'd him strongly; which he fain Would have flung from him, but, indeed, he could not: And so his peers, upon this evidence, Have found him guilty of high treason. Much 2 Gent. After all this, how did he bear himself? 1 Gent. When he was brought again to the bar, to hear His knell rung out, his judgment, he was stirr'd 1 Gent. Sure, he does not; He was never so womanish: the cause He may a little grieve at. 2 Gent. Certainly, 'Tis likely, The cardinal is the end of this. By all conjectures: first, Kildare's attainder, Earl Surrey was sent thither, and in haste too, Was a deep envious one. 1 Gent. That trick of state At his return, No doubt, he will requite it. This is noted, And generally; whoever the king favours, The cardinal instantly will find employment, And far enough from court too. All the commons 2 Gent. Hate him perniciously, and, o' my conscience, Wish him ten fathom deep: this duke as much They love and dote on; call him, bounteous Buckingham, The mirror of all courtesy 1 Gent. Stay there, sir ; And see the noble ruin'd man you speak of. Enter BUCKINGHAM from his arraignment; Tipstaves before him; the axe with the edge towards him; Halberds on each side: accompanied with Sir THOMAS LOVELL, Sir NICHOLAS VAUX, Sir WILLIAM SANDS, and common People. 2 Gent. Let's stand close, and behold him. Buck. All good people, You that thus far have come to pity me, Hear what I say, and then go home and lose me. I have this day receiv'd a traitor's judgment, And by that name must die: yet, heaven bear witness, And if I have a conscience let it sink me, The law I bear no malice for my death, It has done upon the premises but justice; Be what they will, I heartily forgive them. More than I dare make faults. You few that lov'd me, And dare be bold to weep for Buckingham, Go with me, like good angels, to my end; And lift my soul to heaven.-Lead on, o' God's name. Lov. I do beseech your grace for charity, Were hid against me, now to forgive me frankly. And, if he speak of Buckingham, pray, tell him, prayers My vows and Yet are the king's; and, till my soul forsake, Let it alone my state now will but mock me. When I came hither, I was lord high constable, And duke of Buckingham; now, poor Edward Bohun : Yet I am richer than my base accusers, That never knew what truth meant. I now seal it; And with that blood will make them one day groan for't. My noble father, Henry of Buckingham, For ever from the world. I had my trial, Heaven has an end in all yet, you that hear me, And give your hearts to, when they once perceive But where they mean to sink ye. All good people, Farewell: and when you would say something that Speak how I fell.-I have done, and God forgive You shall, sir. Did you not of late days hear 1 Gent. Yes, but it held not; 2 Gent. 1 Gent. That she should feel the smart of this? Will have his will, and she must fall. The car 'Tis woful. handsome, and of the best breed in the north. Enter the Dukes of NORFOLK, and SUFFOLK. Full of sad thoughts and troubles. I left him private, What's the cause? He dives into the king's soul; and there scatters riage: And, out of all these, to restore the king, most true, These news are every where; every tongue speaks And every true heart weeps for't. All, that dare open The king's eyes, that so long have slept upon Suf. And free us from his slavery. Nor. We had need pray, And heartily, for our deliverance, Or this imperious man will work us all For me, my lords, SCENE II.-An Ante-Chamber in the Palace. Enter the Lord Chamberlain, reading a letter. Cham. " My Lord,-The horses your lordship sent for, with all the care I had, I saw well chosen, ridden, and furnished. They were young, and Let's in. And with some other business put the king |