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་་་པ་སཔས ་ས་ ་

nhappy woman living.

ches, where are now your fortunes ?
[To her women.

on a kingdom, where no pity,
hope; no kindred weep for me,
ve allow'd me :-Like the lily,
niftrefs of the field, and flourish'd,
ad, and perish.

If your grace

ought to know, our ends are honest,
e comfort: why should we, good lady,
se, wrong you? alas! our places,
profeffion is against it;

fuch forrows, not to fow them.
ake, confider what you do;

hurt yourself, ay, utterly

king's acquaintance, by this carriage. rinces kifs obedience,

ove it; but, to stubborn spirits, grow as terrible as ftorms.

ve a gentle, noble temper,

as a calm; Pray, think us

fs, peace-makers, friends, and fervants.

Cam.

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If I have us'd myself unmannerly;
You know, I am a woman, lacking wit
To make a feemly answer to fuch persons.
Pray, do my service to his majesty :

and fhall have my

He has my heart yet;
While I fhall have my life. Come, rever
Beftow your counfels on me: fhe now beg
That little thought, when she set footing
She should have bought her dignities fo d

SCENE II.

Antechamber to the King's Apart

Enter the Duke of NORFOLK, the Duke of Earl of SURREY, and the Lord Cha

Nor. If you will now unite in your com And force them with a conftancy, the car Cannot ftand under them: If you omit The offer of this time, I cannot promife, But that you shall sustain more new difgra With these you bear already.

Sur.

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I am joyful

To meet the leaft occafion, that may give me
Remembrance of my father-in-law, the duke,
To be reveng'd on him.

Suf.

Which of the peers

Have uncontemn'd gone by him, or at least
Strangely neglected? when did he regard
The stamp of nobleness in any person,
Out of himself?

Cham.

My lords, you speak your pleasures:
What he deserves of you and me, I know;
What we can do to him, (though now the time
Gives way to us,) I much fear. If you cannot
Bar his access to the king, never attempt
Any thing on him; for he hath a witchcraft
Over the king in his tongue.

O, fear him not;

Nor.
His spell in that is out: the king hath found
Matter against him, that for ever mars
The honey of his language. No, he's fettled,
Not to come off, in his displeasure.

Sur.

Sir,

I fhould be glad to hear fuch news as this

Once every hour.

Nor.

Believe it, this is true.

In the divorce, his contrary proceedings
Are all unfolded; wherein he appears,

As I could with mine enemy.

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Suf. The cardinal's letter to the pope mifcarried, And came to the eye o’the king: wherein was read, How that the cardinal did entreat his holiness

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