It lies, to cure me: and the cure is, to Remove these thoughts from you; The which before His highness shall speak in, I do beseech You, gracious madam, to unthink your speaking, And to say so no more. Q. Kath. My lord, my lord, I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. You are meek, and humblemouth'd; You sign your place and calling2, in full seeming, To bring my whole cause 'fore his holiness, Cam. [She curt'sies to the King, and offers to depart. The queen is obstinate, Stubborn to justice, apt to accuse it, and Disdainful to be tried by it; 'tis not well. She's going away. K. Hen. Call her again. Crier. Katharine queen of England, come into the court. Grif. Madam, you are call'd back. Q. Kath. What need you note it? pray you, keep your way: 2 You sign your place and calling,] To sign here is to show, to denote. By your outward meekness and humility, you show that you are of an holy order, but, &c. When you are call'd, return.-Now the lord help, They vex me past my patience!-pray you, pass on: I will not tarry: no, nor ever more, Upon this business, my appearance make In any of their courts. K. Hen. [Exeunt Queen, GRIFFITH, and her other Go thy ways, Kate: Carried herself towards me. Wol. Most gracious sir, In humblest manner I require your highness, Of all these ears, (for where I am robb'd and bound, 3 could speak thee out,)] had tongues capable of speaking out thy merits; i. e. of doing them extensive justice. 4 although not there At once and fully satisfied,)] The sense, which is encumbered with words, is no more than this-I must be loosed, though when so loosed, I shall not be satisfied fully and at once; that is, I shall not be immediately satisfied. Johnson. "that might "-MALONE. Be to the prejudice of her present state, K. Hen. My lord cardinal, And thus far clear him. Now, what mov'd me to't,- heed to't: My conscience first receiv'd a tenderness, A marriage, 'twixt the duke of Orleans and (I mean, the bishop) did require a respite; Respecting this our marriage with the dowager, Yea, with a splitting power, and made to tremble 5 The passages made toward it :] i. e. closed, or fastened. I stood not in the smile of heaven; who had The grave does to the dead: for her male issue Or died where they were made, or shortly after This world had air'd them: Hence I took a thought, This was a judgment on me; that my kingdom, Well worthy the best heir o'the world, should not Be gladded in't by me: Then follows, that I weigh'd the danger which my realms stood in By this my issue's fail: and that gave to me Many a groaning throe. Thus hulling in The wild sea of my conscience, I did steer Toward this remedy, whereupon we are Now present here together; that's to say, I meant to rectify my conscience,-which I then did feel full sick, and yet not well,By all the reverend fathers of the land, And doctors learn'd.-First, I began in private With you, my lord of Lincoln; you remember How under my oppression I did reek, When I first mov'd you. Lin. Very well, my liege. K. Hen. I have spoke long; be pleas'd yourself to say How far you satisfied me. Lin. So please your highness, The question did at first so stagger me, Bearing a state of mighty moment in't, And consequence of dread,-that I committed 6 hulling in The wild sea-] That is, floating without guidance; tossed here and there. VOL. VI. 0 K. Hen. I then mov'd you, My lord of Canterbury; and got your leave Under your hands and seals. Therefore, go on : To wear our mortal state to come, with her, Cam K. Hen. These cardinals trifle with me: I abhor This dilatory sloth, and tricks of Rome. [Exeunt, in manner as they entered. |