Arch. Good madam, be not angry with the child. What is thy news? As grieves me to unfold. Mess. Well, madam, and in health. Duch. Mess. Lord Rivers, and lord Grey, are sent to Pom fret, With them Sir Thomas Vaughan, prisoners. Duch. Who hath committed them? Mess. Gloster and Buckingham. Q. Eliz. The mighty dukes, For what offence? Mess. The sum of all I can, I have disclos'd; Why, or for what, the nobles were committed, Is all unknown to me, my gracious lady. Q. Eliz. Ah me, I see the ruin of my house! Upon the innocent and awless' throne :- Duch. Accursed and unquiet wrangling days; S awless] Not producing awe, nor reverenced. To jut upon is to encroach. Blood to blood, self 'gainst self:-0, preposterous Q. Eliz. Come, come, my boy, we will to sanctuary.Madam, farewell. For my part, I'll resign unto your grace The seal I keep; And so betide to me, ACT III. SCENE I.-The same. A Street. [Exeunt. The Trumpets sound. Enter the Prince of WALES, GLOSTER, BUCKINGHAM, Cardinal BOURCHIER, and Others. Buck. Welcome, sweet prince, to London, to your chamber. Glo. Welcome, dear cousin, my thoughts' sovereign: The weary way hath made you melancholy. Prince. No, uncle; but our crosses on the way Have made it tedious, wearisome, and heavy : I want more uncles here to welcome me. Glo. Sweet prince, the untainted virtue of your years Hath not yet div'd into the world's deceit : No more can you distinguish of a man, Than of his outward show; which, God he knows, 5 to your chamber.] London was anciently called Camera regis. This title it began to have immediately after the Norman conquest. Seldom, or never, jumpeth with the heart. Those uncles, which you want, were dangerous; God keep you from them, and from such false friends! Prince. God keep me from false friends! but they were none. Glo. My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you. Enter the Lord Mayor, and his Train. May. God bless your grace with health and happy days! all. Prince. I thank you, good my lord;—and thank you [Exeunt Mayor, &c. I thought, my mother, and my brother York, Would long ere this have met us on the way: Fye, what a slug is Hastings! that he comes not To tell us, whether they will come, or no. Enter HASTINGS. Buck. And in good time, here comes the sweating lord. Prince. Welcome, my lord: What, will our mother come? Hast. On what occasion, God he knows, not I, Buck. Fye! what an indirect and peevish course Card. My lord of Buckingham, if my weak oratory Can from his mother win the duke of York, Anon expect him here: But if she be obdurate To mild entreaties, God in heaven forbid We should infringe the holy privilege Of blessed sanctuary! not for all this land, Would I be guilty of so deep a sin. Buck. You are too senseless-obstinate, my lord, Weigh it but with the grossness of this age', To those whose dealings have deserv'd the place, Oft have I heard of sanctuary men ; But sanctuary children, ne'er till now. Card. My lord, you shall o'er-rule my mind for once.— Come on, lord Hastings, will you go with me? Hast. I go, my lord. Prince. Good lords, may. make all the speedy haste you [Exeunt Cardinal and HASTINGS. Say, uncle Gloster, if our brother come, Where shall we sojourn till our coronation? Glo. Where it seems best unto your royal self. If I may counsel you, some day, or two, Your highness shall repose you at the Tower: 6 Too ceremonious, and traditional :] Ceremonious for superstitious; traditional for adherent to old customs. 7 Weigh it but with the grossness of this age,] That is, compare the act of seizing him with the gross and licentious practices of these times, it will not be considered as a violation of sanctuary, for you may give such reasons as men are now used to admit. Prince. I do not like the Tower, of any place:- Glo. He did, my gracious lord, begin that place; Prince. But say, my lord, it were not register'd; Even to the general all-ending day. Glo. So wise so young, they say, do ne'er live long. Prince. What say you, uncle ? Glo. I say, without charácters, fame lives long. [A side. Thus, like the formal vice, Iniquity, [Aside. I moralize two meanings in one word". Prince. That Julius Cæsar was a famous man; With what his valour did enrich his wit, Prince. An if I live until I be a man, 8 As 'twere retail'd to all posterity.] Retailed means handed down from one to another. 9 Thus, like the formal vice, Iniquity, I moralize two meanings in one word.] The Vice of the old moralities was a buffoon character, whose chief employment was to make the audience laugh, and one of the modes by which he effected his purpose was by double meanings, or playing upon words. In these moral representations, Fraud, INIQUITY, Covetousness, Luxury, Gluttony, Vanity, &c. were frequently introduced. The formal Vice perhaps means, the shrewd, the sensible |