Thomas Lord Cromwell

BEDFORD. Am I betrayed? was Bedford born to die By such base slaves in such a place as this? Have I escaped so many times in France, So many battles have I over passed, And made...

FRISKIBALL. O Friskiball, what shall become of thee? Where shalt thou go, or which way shalt thou turn Fortune, that turns her too unconstant wheel, Hath turned thy wealth and r...

CROMWELL. Now, Cromwell, hast thou time to meditate, And think upon thy state, and of the time. Thy honours came unsought, aye, and unlooked for; Thy fall as sudden, and unlooke...

BAGOT. So all goes well; it is as I would have it. Banister he is with the Governour And shortly shall have guives upon his heels. It glads my heart to think upon the slave; I h...

GARDINER. Bid them come hither, and stay you without:— For by those men, the Fox of this same land, That makes a Goose of better than himself, We’ll worry him unto his latest ho...

BAGOT. I hope this day is fatal unto some, And by their loss must Bagot seek to gain. This is the lodging of master Friskiball, A liberal Merchant, and a Florentine, To whom Ban...

BAGOT. To tell you true, a wild brain of his own; Such youth as they cannot see when they are well: He is all bent to travail, that’s his reason, And doth not love to eat his br...

CROMWELL. Good morrow, morn, I do salute thy brightness. The night seems tedious to my troubled soul, Whose black obscurity binds in my mind A thousand sundry cogitations: And n...

HODGE. Fortune; a plague of this Fortune makes me go wetshod; the rogues would not leave me a shoe to my feet. For my hose, they scorned them with their heels; but for my Double...

HALES. Come, sirs, be careful of your master’s credit, And as our bounty now exceeds the figure Of common entertainment: so do you With looks as free as is your master’s soul, G...

NORFOLK. Master Cromwell, since Cardinal Wolsey’s death, His majesty is given to understand There’s certain bills and writings in your hand, That much concerns the state of Engl...

HERALD. This is to give notice to all the king’s subjects: The late Lord Cromwell, Lord Chancellor of England, Vicar general over the realm, him to hold and esteem as a traitor...

CROMWELL. Thus far my reckoning doth go straight & even, But, Cromwell, this same ployding fits not thee: Thy mind is altogether set on travel, And not to live thus cloistered l...

CROMWELL. My noble Lords of Suffolk and of Bedford, Your honors’ welcome to poor Cromwell’s house. Where is my father? nay, be covered, Father. Although that duty to these noble...

BEDFORD. My soul is like a water troubled, And Gardiner is the man that makes it so. O, Cromwell, I do fear they end is near: Yet I’ll prevent their malice if I can. And in good...

SECOND CITIZEN. It is too true, sir; would it were otherwise, Condition I spent half the wealth I had. I was at Lambeth, saw him there arrested, And afterward committed to the T...

FIRST MERCHANT. I will resolve you, sir; and thus it is: The Bishop of Winchester, that loves not Cromwell, As great men are envied, as well as less— A while ago there was a jar...

FIRST SMITH. I cannot tell whether my old master will be stirring or no: but I am sure I can hardly take my afternoon’s nap, for my young Master Thomas, he keeps such a quile in...

CROMWELL. Is the Barge ready? I will straight to Lambeth, And if this one day’s business once were past, I’d take my ease to morrow after trouble.— How now, my friend, wouldst t...

CHORUS. Now Cromwell’s highest fortunes doth begin. Wolsey, that loved him as he did his life, Committed all his treasure to his hands. Wolsey is dead, and Gardiner, his man, Is...

CHORUS. Now, gentlemen, imagine that young Cromwell is In Antwerp ledger for the English Merchants: And Banister, to shun this Bagot’s hate, Hearing that he hath got some of his...