That mould up such a mighty piece as this is,
With all the virtues that attend the good,

Shall still be doubled on her: truth shall nurse her,
Holy and heavenly thoughts still counsel her:

She shall be loved, and feareda: Her own shall bless

her:

Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn,

And hang their heads with sorrow: Good grows with

her:

In her days, every man shall eat in safety,

Under his own vine, what he plants, and sing

The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours.
God shall be truly known; and those about her
From her shall read the perfect ways of honour,
And by those claim their greatness, not by blood.
Nor shall this peace sleep with her: But as, when b
The bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix,

Her ashes new create another heir,

с

As great in admiration as herself,

So shall she leave her blessedness to one 4,

(When heaven shall call her from this cloud of darkness,)

Who, from the sacred ashes of her honour,

Shall star-like rise, as great in fame as she was,
And so stand fixed: Peace, plenty, love, truth, terror,
That were the servants to this chosen infant,

Loved by her people and feared by her enemies.

b But as, when that wonderful bird, the single Phoenix, dies, a new Phoenix springs from the ashes of the nest in which the old bird has consumed herself.-The allusion here is to Elizabeth dying a virgin.

• Admiration in our older writers means wonder, whether with or without approval.

d James, the successor of Elizabeth.

Shall then be his, and like a vine grow to him;
Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine,
His honour, and the greatness of his namea,
Shall be, and make new nations: He shall flourisht,
And, like a mountain cedar, reach his branches

To all the plains about him:——— Our children's chil

dren

Shall see this, and bless heaven.

K. Hen.

Thou speakest wonders. Cran. She shall be, to the happiness of England, An aged princess; many days shall see her, And yet no day without a deed to crown it. Would I had known no more! but she must die, She must, the saints must have her; yet a virgin, A most unspotted lily, shall she pass To the ground, and all the world shall mourn her. K. Hen. O lord archbishop,

Thou hast made me now a man; never before

This happy child did I get anything.

с

This oracle of comfort d has so pleased me,

That, when I am in heaven, I shall desire

To see what this child does, and praise my Maker.
I thank ye all:-
.:—to you, my good lord mayor,
And you, good brethren, I am much beholding;
I have received much honour by your presence,

shall find me thankful. Lead the way, lords;

a His honour and the greatness of his name shall be wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, and there make new nations. There is an allusion here to the discovery (then comparatively recent) of America, and especially to the colonization of Virginia.

To flourish, and to spread forth ample boughs, like the cedar, are scriptural figures.

с

All good that I have got before is as nothing to this.

a The comforting presage you have uttered.

Ye must all see the queen, and she must thank ye,
She will be sick else. This day, no man think
He has business at his house; for all shall stay;
This little one shall make it holiday.

[Exeunt.

She will be very ill indeed, if she cannot be seen on this occasion.

EPILOGUE.

"T is ten to one, this play can never please
All that are here: Some come to take their ease,
And sleep an act or two; but those, we fear,
We have frighted with our trumpets; so 't is clear,
They'll say 't is naught: others, to hear the city
Abused extremely, and to cry,—“ that's witty !"
Which we have not done neither: that, I fear,
All the expected good we are like to hear,
For this play at this time, is only in
The merciful construction of good women;
For such a one we showed them: If they smile,
And say 't will do, I know, within a while
All the best men are ours; for 't is ill hap,
If they hold, when their ladies bid them clap.

End of King Henry VIII.

APPENDIX.

EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

(PARTIALLY ANSWERED)

ON PASSAGES FROM

SHAKSPEARE'S HENRY THE EIGHTH.

I.

"My surveyor is false; the o'er-great cardinal
Hath showed him gold. My life is spanned already;

I am the shadow of poor Buckingham,

Whose figure even this instant cloud puts on,

By darkening my clear sun.-My lords, farewell!"

Act I. Sc. 1.

1. Write a brief sketch of the life of Cardinal Wolsey.

11. Give some account of the Duke of Buckingham. 111. What figure of speech is here exemplified by the word gold? iv. Explain the figurative meanings of spanned and shadow; and

the force of the expressions already, this instant, and clear. v. Of the forty-two words in this passage (over-great, already, and farewell, being each regarded as two), how many are of Latin origin? Explain the derivation of these. What proportion of Shakspeare's English is not Saxon?

vi. Parse the passage by the ordinary or etymological method. vii. Parse it syntactically.

viii. Distinguish and describe its component sentences. 1x. Give the general logical analysis of each sentence.

1. Give a detailed logical analysis of each sentence.

I

Answers to Questions 5 — 10.

5. Seven of the forty-two words are of Latin origin, viz. the fol

Surveyor, from Lat. super, over, and video, I see; through the Norman French surveoir.

False, from Lat. fallo, (falsum,) I err or deceive.

Cardinal, (cardo, a hinge.)—Poor, (pauper, poor, thro' Fr. pauvre.) Figure, (figura, a representation.) — Instant, (insto=in and sto, I impend or press on.) - Clear, (clarus, clear.)

***The student may consult Hunter's Manual of Derivation.' About one sixth of Shakspeare's English is not Saxon.

6. My, masc. pers. pron. sing. poss. gov. by surveyor; or pronominal adj. defining surveyor.

Surveyor, masc. noun, sing. nom. to is.

Is, neut. verb, indic. pres. third pers. sing.
False, adj. qual. surveyor; attributed by is.

The, def. art. to o'er-great cardinal.

Over-great, adj. (comp. of adv. and adj.) qual. cardinal.

Cardinal, masc. noun, sing. nom. to hath.

Hath, auxil. verb, indic. pres. third pers. sing.

Showed, verb, perf. partic. trans. gov. gold.

Him, masc. pers. pron. sing. obj. gov. by to understood.
Gold, neut. noun, sing. obj. gov. by showed or hath showed.

***In the above manner, the remainder of the parsing may be extended from the following hints:-My (as before). Life, neut. noun, nom. to is. Is, neut. verb. Spanned, perf. partic. pass. describing life; attributed by is. Already, adv. modif. is or spanned. I nomin to am. Am, indic. pres. Shadow, nomin. in apposition to I; attributed by am. Of, prep. expressing relation between shadow and Buckingham. Buckingham, obj. to of. Whose, rel. agreeing with antecedent Buckingham in gend. numb. and pers., poss. gov. by figure. Figure, nomin. to puts. Even, adv. modif. the prepos. phrase at this instant. This, adj. defining instant. Instant, obj. to at understood. Cloud, obj. to puts. On, adv. modif. puts. By, prep. expressing relation between puts on cloud and darkening. Darkening, participial noun, obj. to by, and governing sun. Lords, nomin. of address. Fare, intrans. verb, imperative. Well, adv. modif. fare. Farewell might be parsed as an interjection.