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Shakespeare's History of King Henry the Eighth
Shakespeare's History of King 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: Buckingham ACT II Scene I. A Street Enter two Gentlemen, meeting 1 Gentleman. Whither away so fast? 2 Gentleman. O ! — God save ye ! Even to th... more »e hall, to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham. 1 Gentleman. I 'll save you That labour, sir. All 's now done but the ceremony Of bringing back the prisoner. 2 Gentleman. Were you there? 1 Gentleman. Yes, indeed, was I. 2 Gentleman. Pray, speak what has happen'd. i Gentleman. You may guess quickly what. 2 Gentleman. Is he found guilty? 1 Gentleman. Yes, truly is he, and condemn'd upon 't. 2 Gentleman. I am sorry for 't. 1 Gentleman. So are a number more. 2 Gentleman. But, pray, how pass'd it! 10 1 Gentleman. I 'll tell you in a little. The great duke Came to the bar, where to his accusations He pleaded still not guilty and alleg'd Many sharp reasons to defeat the law. The king's attorney, on the contrary, Urg'd on the examinations, proofs, confessions Of divers witnesses, which the duke desir'd To have brought viva voce to his face,— At which appear'd against him his surveyor; Sir Gilbert Peck, his chancellor; and John Car, 20 Confessor to him ; with that devil-monk, , Hopkins, that made this mischief. 2 Gentleman. That was he That fed him with his prophecies? 1 Gentleman. The same. All these accus'd 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 Gentleman. After all this, how did he bear himself ? I Gentleman. When he was brought again to the bar, to hear 31 His knell rung out, his judgment, he was stirr'd With such an agony h...« less