Great store of room, no doubt, left for the ladies, An army cannot rule them. Cham. As I live, If the king blame me for't, I'll lay ye all By the heels, and suddenly; and on your heads Ye should do service. Hark, the trumpets sound; A Marshalsea, shall hold you play these two months. Man. You great fellow, stand close up, or I'll make your head ache. Port. You i' the camlet, get up o' the rail; I'll pick you o'er the pales else. [Exeunt. SCENE IV. The Palace. Enter trumpets, sounding; then two Aldermen, Lord Mayor, Garter, CRANMER, DUKE of NORFOLK, with his marshal's staff, DUKE of SUFFOLK, two Noblemen bearing great standing-bowls for the christening gifts; then four Noblemen bearing a canopy, under which the DUCHESS of NORFOLK, godmother, bearing the Child richly habited in a mantle, &c. Train borne by a Lady; then follows the MARCHIONESS of DORSET, the other godmother, and Ladies. The troop pass once about the stage, and Garter speaks. Gart. Heaven, from thy endless goodness, send prosperous life, long, and ever happy, to the high and mighty princess of England, Elizabeth. Flourish. Enter King and Train. Cran. [Kneeling.] And to your royal grace, and the good queen, : My noble partners, and myself, thus pray :- K. Hen. Thank you, good lord archbishop; Cran. K. Hen. Elizabeth. Stand up, lord.— With this kiss take my blessing. God protect thee! Cran. Amen. K. Hen. My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. I thank ye heartily; so shall this lady, When she has so much English. Cran. Let me speak, sir, For Heaven now bids me; and the words I utter Than this pure soul shall be. All princely graces, Shall still be doubled on her. Truth shall nurse her, She shall be loved and feared; her own shall bless her; And hang their heads with sorrow. Good grows with her: As great in admiration as herself; So shall she leave her blessedness to one, (When Heaven shall call her from this cloud of darkness,) Who, from the sacred ashes of her honor, Shall star-like rise, as great in fame as she was, And so stand fixed. Peace, plenty, love, truth, terror, Shall then be his, and like a vine grow to him; His honor and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations. He shall flourish, Shall see this, and bless Heaven. K. Hen. Our children's children Thou speakest wonders. Cran. She shall be, to the happiness of England, To the ground, and all the world shall mourn her. Thou hast made me now a man; never, before To see what this child does, and praise my Maker.— [Exeunt. 1 EPILOGUE. 'TIS ten to one, this play can never please CALCHAS, a Trojan Priest, taking part with the Greeks. PANDARUS, Uncle to Cressida. MARGARELON, a Bastard Son of Priam. THERSITES, a deformed and scurrilous Grecian. ALEXANDER, Servant to Cressida. Servant to Troilus; Servant to Paris; Servant to Dio medes. HELEN, Wife to Menelaus. ANDROMACHE, Wife to Hector. CASSANDRA, Daughter to Priam; a Prophetess. CRESSIDA, Daughter to Calchas. Trojan and Greek Soldiers, and Attendants. SCENE. Troy, and the Grecian Camp before it. |