Henry the Eighth Author:William Shakespeare Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ACT II. SCENE I.—A Street. Enter Two Gentlemen, meeting. 1 Gent. Whither away so fast ? 2 Gent. O,—God save you!— Even to the hall,1 to hear what shall... more » become Of the great duke of Buckingham. 1 Gent. I '11 save you That labour, sir. All's now done, but the ceremony Of bringing back the prisoner. 2 Gent. Were you there ? 1 Gent. Yes, indeed, was I. 2 Gent. Pray speak what has happened. 1 Gent. You may guess quickly what. 2 Gent. Is he found guilty ? 1 Gent. Yes, truly is he, and condemned upon it. 2 Gent. I am sorry for 't. 1 Gent. So are a number more. 2 Gent. But, pray, how passed it ? 1 Gent. I '11 tell you in a little.2 The great duke Ctme to the bar; where to his accusations He pleaded still, not guilty, and alleged Many sharp reasons to defeat the law. The king's attorney, on the contrary, 1 The hall] Westminster HalL ' In a little] In few words. Urged on the examinations, proofs, confessions Of diver witnesses,—which the duke desired To have brought, vivd voce, to his face: At which appeared against him, his surveyor ; Sir Gilbert Peck his chancellor ; and John Car, Confessor to him; with that devil-monk,1 Hopkins, that made this mischief. 2 Gent. That was he That fed him with his prophecies ? 1 Gent. The same. All these accused him strongly; which he fain Would have flung from him, but, indeed, he could not: And so his peers, upon this evidence, Have found him guilty of high treason. Much He spoke, and learnedly, for life ; but all Was either pitied in him, or forgotten. 2 Gent. After all this, how did he bear himself? 1 Gent. When he was brought again to the bar, to hear His knell rung out, his judgment, he was stirred With such an agony, he sweat extremely, And something spoke in choler, ill and...« less