Chapter 43 third act

The first Bradwell Palace.Queen's Inner Palace The queen and her maids are sewing. Queen Catherine, take up your harp and play, and my troubles make me sad.Sing a song and see if you can solve your troubles.Stop working. Song Where Orpheus played the lyre grew a forest, snow-covered mountaintops when orpheus sang Tilt their heads too; Flowers and grass heard the music he played and all flourished like sunshine and rain so that they never wither. Everything in the world heard his music, Even the roaring waves of the ocean, Also bowed his head and tended to be peaceful; There is such magic in beautiful music,

All sorrows go to sleep and rest, Dies at the sound of music. Enter a valet. What is the matter, Queen Catherine? The attendants reported to the empress, and the two cardinals waited in the living room. Queen Catherine Do they want to talk to me? This is how the attendants want me to return my mother's words. Queen Catherine invites your lords to come here. (Exit attendant) A poor weak woman like me, out of grace, what business do they come to me for?I don't think they came with good intentions.It stands to reason that they should be good people, and what they want to do should be just, but not all hooded monks are good monks.

Enter Cardinals Wolsey and Campius. Wool Xi wishes her mother well. Queen Catherine My lords, behold, I am now almost a housewife; and when the worst comes, I can be quite a housewife.What is the business of two holy lords coming to me? Wolsey's noble queen, I beg you to take us to your chambers, that we may fully explain to you our reasons for coming here. Queen Catherine speaks here.Until now I haven't done anything that would bother my conscience and I must hide in a corner and talk about it.I wish all women could say that without shame as I do.My lords, I dare - I am better than many people in this point - to let anyone judge my behavior, my every move is obvious to all, I am not afraid of those who are jealous and villainous People come against me, and I know my life is open.If the two nobles who come here have anything to do with me and my status as a wife, please speak boldly, the truth likes open transactions.

Woolsey Tanta est erga te mentis integritas regina serenissima――⒃ My good lord, Queen Catherine, please don't speak Latin, my native language has not been completely abandoned since I came to England, but speaking foreign tongues in England makes my case all the more strange and suspicious.Please speak English.If you speak the truth, they'll thank you for their poor mistress' sake.Please believe that their mistress has suffered many, many grievances.My lord cardinal, even the sins I commit intentionally can be pardoned in English. Madam Woolsey, I am a loyal minister before the Emperor and yours. I meant it out of loyalty and did not want to arouse your great suspicion, which makes me regret.We do not come here to accuse you, every good man blesses your honour, we do not wish to tarnish your honor, we do not wish to cause you pain, your pain, good lady, is too much too much.We have come only to know your attitude to the great quarrel between the emperor and you; and as free and honest men, we would like to give you our just opinion and some comfort in your case.

Most venerable Queen of Campius, Archbishop of York, from his noble nature, ardor, and deference to you to this day, does not mind your recent exaggerated attacks on his loyalty and birth, and is worthy He is a kind gentleman; just like me, he is willing to serve you and give you advice in order to show that we can eliminate our grudges. Queen Catherine (narrator) Ain't trying to set me up. ——My lords, I thank you for your kindness. What you say is like the words of honest people. May God make you two truly honest people.But to be honest, I really don't know how to give you an answer to such an important question right away.This question is closely related to my honor, and perhaps even more to my life; besides, my ability to think is weak, and you two are such serious and learned people.I was just now sewing with my maids, and, God behold, I never expected such a person, such a thing, to befall me.I feel that my queen's position is drawing to a close, and I beg your lords, for the sake of my past, to give me some time to seek the opinion of the other side on my matter.Well, I am a friendless and hopeless woman.

Queen Wolsey, you are unworthy of the Emperor's favor with these scruples, you have infinite hopes, and infinite friends. Queen Catherine in England, if ever, would not do me much good.My lord, which Englishman do you think dare to advise me?If there is a friend who is desperate, dares to openly violate the emperor's holy will, and speaks out what is in his heart, does he still want to live as a subject?That, my friends, is impossible.Those who can take away my pain, those whom I can trust, are not here, they are as far away as my other consolations, and are in my own country, my lords.

CAMPIAS I wish you would put your cares aside, and take my advice. What is Queen Catherine's suggestion? Campius entrusts this important case of yours to the protection of the emperor, who is boundless in love and grace.Not only is it better for your honor, but it is also better for your case, otherwise if you are tried by the law, you will certainly go away in disgrace. Wolsey, what he said to you is very reasonable. What Queen Catherine and the two told me was exactly what they both wanted, and that was to destroy me.Is this the advice these two give me as Christians?You go away.There is also a blue sky above us all, and in the sky there is a judge who cannot be corrupted by any king.

Campius You are so angry that you have misunderstood us. Queen Catherine This shows you all the more shameful.I earlier thought you were holy men; I swear on my soul, I earlier thought you were two respectable, moral cardinals.But I think you are two sinful and unpopular cardinals.You two adults, you should feel ashamed and reform your mistakes.Is that the comfort you bring me?Is that the reassurance you give to me, a poor woman who is ruined among you, ridiculed, despised?I do not wish you to suffer even half as I suffer; I am kinder than your hearts.But I warn you: take heed, do take heed, lest the burden of my sorrow fall upon yourselves at once.

Queen Wolsey, this is sheer madness, and you take our kindness for malice. Queen Catherine You don't take me personally.Duplicity people like you are going to suffer.If you still have a little justice, a little compassion, if you are not just people wearing monk's clothes, you will never ask me to hand over my wronged and painful case to those who hate me.Well, he won't let me share his bed with him; he hasn't loved me for a long time.My lords, I am old, and now all I have to do with him is this: I obey him.My iniquity has come to an end, and it cannot be worse.It is the result of your hard work that I have fallen into the cursed situation I am today.

CAMPIAS Your scruples are worse than this accursed state. Queen Catherine Let me tell what I am, for a good man has no friends to speak for him.I've lived to such an old age, is there something wrong with my wife?I dare say without exaggeration, as a woman, when has someone expressed doubts about my chastity and branded me as unchaste?Am I not always loving to do what the king wants?Have I not loved him the most, and obeyed him most, besides God?Hasn't my infatuation with him reached the level of superstition?Have I not forgotten my prayers in order to please him?And is this what I get in return?My lord, this is unjust.Go find a wife who is faithful to her husband, who never dreams of any pleasure but her husband's, and find her, and compare her with me, and if she has done her best, I will One more brilliance than her is that I have great patience.

We have come for your good, Queen Wolsey, and you go too far from the point. Queen Catherine, it is a crime for me to voluntarily give up the honorable title that your lord bestowed on me when we married, and I dare not do it.Nothing but death shall separate me from the queen's dignity. Wolsey, please listen to me. Queen Catherine I wish I had never set foot on English soil, never felt the flattery that grows on English soil.You have faces like angels, but God knows what your hearts are like.My poor queen, what end awaits me today?I am the unluckiest woman alive.Well, poor girls, where is your future today?I am like a shipwrecked man, drifting to this country, with no relatives, no hope, no one to shed a tear of sympathy for me, it can be said that there is no place to die.I am like a lily that once flourished in the field and was alone for a while, but now I can only hang my head and wait to die. WOLSEY If ma'am will believe that we are sincere in our purpose, you will not be so unconsoled.Madam, why should we—what reason do we have—to feel sorry for you?Well, neither our position nor our profession allows us to do this.Our job is to heal such grief, not to spread it.For God's sake, consider that what you are doing now is only doing yourself a disservice, yes, only making the differences between you and the king completely irreparable.The hearts of princes love obedience, and they love such people.But to those whose minds are stubborn, they break out like terrible storms.I know you are gentle and noble, and have peace of mind; we have come as peacemakers, as friends, and as your servants, and please treat us as peacemakers, friends, and servants. Queen Campius, you will find it so.You should not injure your own character by those women's scruples.You have been endowed with a nobility of spirit that will always remove those scruples, as it does counterfeit money.The emperor loves you, you must not lose the emperor's love for you.As for us, if you are willing to entrust your affairs to us, we will do our best to serve you. Queen Catherine Your lordship, please forgive me.If there is something wrong with my behavior, you two can understand that I am a woman, and I don't know how to respond to people like the two adults.Please pay my respects to His Majesty the King, my heart still belongs to him and I will pray for him as long as I live.Please give me your advice, two priests; the queen must beg now, for when she set foot in this country, she did not expect to pay such a high price to maintain her dignity. . (same below.) An antechamber in the King's Palace, Scene 2 Enter the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Suffolk, the Earl of Surrey, and the Chamberlain. Norfolk Cardinals may not stand if you unite to press charges and follow through.If you miss the time, I dare to predict that besides the humiliation you have already suffered, there must be more new humiliation waiting for you. Surrey I am always glad when I have an opportunity to remind me of my father-in-law, the Duke of Buckingham, and to avenge him. What nobleman in Suffolk doesn't look down upon him?At least which nobleman is in his eyes?When had he ever acknowledged the nobility of anyone but himself? My lords, my lords, what you say is what you wish to do; and I know what he deserves from you and me.But while the timing is right now, I'm not sure what we can do to him.If you can't keep him from getting close to the king, don't do anything to him, for the words on his lips are like magic spells, which can charm the king. Don't be afraid of him, Norfolk, his magic has failed, the king has found the material against him, and his sweet words have no effect.The king must have grown disgusted with him, and there was no escape from him. My lord Surrey, I wish to hear news like this every hour. Norfolk trust me, it's true.In this divorce case, his duplicity has been fully exposed.It really fits my heart to expose the true colors of the enemy. Surrey How was his plot revealed? Suffolk is unbelievable, too. How about Sally? The Cardinal of Suffolk's letter to the Pope was mistaken, and fell into the King's eyes, saying that he begged the Holy Pope not to grant a divorce, which was not to be granted, because, it said, "I found that my King I have fallen in love with one of the queen's confidants, the noble lady Ann Boleyn, and I can't help myself." Yunyun. Has the Emperor Sully really seen this letter? Suffolk is good. Can the words on Sally's letter come true? From this letter, the palace ministers saw through his evasive and sneaky behavior, and all his tricks sank like a ship.Now, after the patient died, he brought the medicine: the emperor has married that beautiful court lady. Surrey hoped so. My lord Suffolk, your wish has been granted, and you may rejoice in it. Sally I wish them a happy marriage with all my heart. Suffolk I also wish. Best wishes to everyone in Norfolk. The Edict of Suffolk has been issued, and her coronation is to be held.This is a recent matter, and for some people it is unnecessary to dwell on it.But, my lords, she is a remarkable woman of both talents and looks.I believe she will bring blessings to our land, and the whole country will never forget it. Surrey But will the king bear with the cardinal's letter?God, don't let the king tolerate it any longer. Norfolk I wish God the same. Suffolk will not, will not.There were many wasps buzzing around the king's nose, and one of them would sting him as soon as possible.Cardinal Campius has gone stealthily to Rome, leaving the king's case without saying goodbye, and hastened to do our cardinal's behalf, and plead his plot.Let me tell you, the king shouted "Ha" when he heard about it. The ministers of the palace hope that God will add fuel to the fire and make the emperor's "ha" louder. Norfolk But my lord, when will Cranmer come back? He has already returned to Suffolk, and he has brought back opinions from abroad. Almost all the famous monasteries in various countries have agreed to divorce the emperor. I think the second marriage of the emperor and the coronation of Ann Pauline will be announced soon.Catherine will no longer be the queen, and her title will be Prince Arthur⒆widowed concubine. This Cranmer of Norfolk is a very respectable man, and he will work tirelessly for the Emperor's business. Suffolk Yes, we shall soon see him raised to Archbishop. Norfolk I heard too. Suffolk does.Here comes the cardinal. Enter Wolsey and Cromwell. Norfolk notice, notice, he looks a little morose. Woolsey, Cromwell, did you present that packet of letters to the Emperor? Cromwell I delivered it to him myself, in his bedroom. Wolsey Did he open the bag? Cromwell took it and opened it immediately. When he read the first letter, he was thinking very seriously, with a very concerned look on his face.He wants you to come here this morning to meet him. Wolsey Is he ready to court? Cromwell, I think the time is nearly up. Wolsey left me for a while. (Exit Cromwell) (Aside) Must be the Duchess of Alençon, sister of the King of France.The emperor must marry her.Ann Pauline?no.I can't let him marry Ann Pauline, it's not just a matter of pretty faces.Pauline?No, we must not have Pauline.I really hope to hear from Rome soon.Ann Pauline has been made Marquess of Pembroke? Norfolk looked dissatisfied. Suffolk Perhaps he heard the king was angry with him. Surrey God's justice is unforgiving. Wolsey (narrator) The deposed queen's maid?The knight's daughter is the mistress of the mistress?Queen's Queen?This candle is not bright enough, and I must pinch it before it goes out.I know she is of good character and fit to be queen, so what?I also know that she is a keen Lutheran, and that she is harmful to our cause, and should not be allowed to be the confidant of our stubborn king.In addition, another heretic came out, the number one heretic in the sky——Cranmer, who crawled close to the king like a worm, was favored by the king, and obeyed. Norfolk didn't know what troubled him. Sally, I hope it breaks his heartstrings. Enter KING HENRY, and read the watch-book; enter with Lovell. The Emperor of Suffolk, the Emperor! King Henry He has amassed a heap of wealth for himself!How much expenses flowed out of his hands every hour!By what economy did he rake up so much?Ah, my lords, can you see the cardinal? Your Majesty Norfolk, we have been standing here watching him.There seemed to be something strange in his mind that agitated him. He bit his lips to express his astonishment, then stopped suddenly, looked at the ground, put his fingers on his temples, walked quickly again, stopped suddenly, and beat hard chest, and suddenly looked at the moon again.We saw his demeanor very strange. King Henry probably struggled a lot in his mind.On my order this morning he showed me the state papers; guess what I found in them?A list of property, which I believe he inserted inadvertently, lists his various belongings, including various gold and silver utensils, jewels, luxurious clothing, furniture, etc., the number of which is huge , not what a subject should have. Norfolk, this is God's will, what god put this list in the briefcase for His Majesty's purpose. King Henry If we feel that what he meditates is extraterrestrial and spiritual, he may continue his meditation; but I fear he thinks only of earthly things, not worthy of his serious consideration . King Henry takes his seat and whispers to Lovell, who goes to Wolsey. Woolsey God forgive me.May God always bless His Majesty. Good lord King Henry, you've got a stomach full of heaven's stuff, and a mind with an inventory of your best virtues, which you've just been counting.Your mental activities are too busy to find a moment to examine your earthly accounts, and I do not think you are very good at money in this respect, so I am glad to have you as a vassal. Your Majesty Wolsey, I have a fixed time for the execution of the holy office, and a fixed time for thinking about the affairs of state I am responsible for. Besides, in my flesh and blood, I also need a time for rest and maintenance. I and my kind Like ordinary people, they are not strong and strong, and they need to take care of rest. King Henry You speak well. Wool Xi wishes His Majesty will often compare what I say with what I do, and I will give His Majesty a chance. King Henry’s words were very good, and he did good deeds in a certain sense, but words were not deeds after all.My father loves you very much, he said he loves you, and he fulfilled his words in you with his actions.Since I took the throne, I have always introduced you as a confidant, not only sending you to do the most beneficial things, but also peeling off a layer of my existing property and rewarding you as a token of my grace. WOLSEY (aside) What does that mean? Sally (narrator) May God add fuel to the fire. KING HENRY Hath not I raised you above one man and above ten thousand?I ask you to tell me whether what I am saying is true or not; and if you will tell the truth, tell me whether you have benefited from me.What do you have to say? Lord Woolsey, I admit that you are daily bestowing upon me an honor beyond the power of man to repay.I have more than enough heart but not enough strength, but I always try to do my best, and I will do everything that is beneficial to the Holy Spirit and the country as my own.Your majesty is rich, and I deserve it. I can only thank you loyally, and pray to heaven for your majesty. My loyalty to you has not only increased in the past, but before the winter of death does not kill it, It will also increase day by day. King Henry answered well, and these words show the loyalty of a subject; the honor of a loyal subject is his reward, and if there is a stain, he must be punished.I think that since the rewards you have received from me are not small, and my heart has shown more love to you than others, and the glory I bestow on you as a king is as much as rain and dew, then you Whatever your hand, your heart, your mind, your powers can do, although you have an obligation to the Pope, you should be more friendly to me than others, to reflect the intimacy between us . Your Majesty Wolsey, I have labored more for your Majesty's benefit than for myself, I am, I was, and I shall be . Although there are more crises than people can imagine, and if they occur, they will be more terrible than imagined, but my loyalty to you will be like a mainstay, and I will always turn the tide, and I will always be unswerving. King Henry speaks solemnly, My lords, take note, His heart is true, And you have seen it open. (Hands him some papers.) Read this first, then this, and then, if you still have an appetite, please go to breakfast. (King Henry looks at Woolsey and exits; the nobles surround the King, smiling and whispering to each other.) Wolsey What does that mean?Why the sudden outrage?What cause did I plant to get such a fruit?He glared at me as he departed, with a destructive blaze in his eyes, much like a raging lion looking at the daring hunter who stabbed it, and then slaying him.I've got to look at this document, I'm afraid that's where his anger comes from.Sure enough; this document ruined me, This is the inventory of all the great fortunes I collected for my own purposes, With which I intended to acquire the Pope, and pay my friends in Rome.Alas, neglect!Foolish and deserved to fail, what dastardly devil made me put this important secret document in the letter bag I sent to the king?Is there any way to save it?Was there some new stratagem to get this out of his mind?I know this has irritated him very much, but I have another way, which, if it succeeds, will allow me to exonerate despite the odds of fortune.what is this? "To the Pope"?Indeed, this is my letter to the Pope, and everything is written in it.It's over this time.I have reached the zenith of my glory, my glory is like the sun past noon, and now it will soon go down.I'm going to fall like an evening shooting star, and people will never see me again. Re-enter the Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk, the Earl of Surrey, and the Chamberlain. Cardinal of Norfolk, hear the king's oracle.The king orders you to hand over the Great Seal at once, and put it in our hands, and live at Asher House, the official residence of the Bishop of Winchester. Wolsey, wait a minute, my lords, do you have any proof in writing?The matter is important, and empty words are not enough. Who in Suffolk dares to defy the man who bears the clear face and will of the king? If Wolsey is only an empty will, my lords who are nosy, I tell you, I dare to defy it, and I will not admit it.I think this is your malicious slander.O envious ones, this time I realize what coarse stuff you are made of, and how eagerly you watch my humiliations, as if they could nourish you!Everything that can destroy me will make you feel ecstatic, forgetting about justice and humanity.Go along your envious paths, men of malice, Christianity guarantees you this, and you can be sure that you will be properly rewarded in due time.The national seal that you want to take away in such a threatening manner was handed over to me by my lord, and also your lord, His Majesty the King. Affirm his grace.Now, who's going to take it away? Sully is the king who gave it to you. Wolsey would have to come and get it himself. Sally, you monk, you are an arrogant rebel. Wolsey arrogant aristocrat, you nonsense.In forty hours you, Lord Surrey, will be sorry for having spoken so badly, and you will be tempted to burn your own tongue. Surrey, you sinner in blood and red, your ambition has taken the life of my father-in-law, the noble Buckingham, and the whole country mourns for it.All the heads of your fellow cardinals, and you, and all your best virtues, would not weigh as much as a hair of the Duke of Buckingham.It's all your damned tricks, you sent me to be governor of Ireland, sent me far away from saving him, away from the king, away from everything that could mercifully forgive what you've done He who has been accused of crime, that you, great good man, with your holy compassion, can absolve him of his guilt with an axe. What Wolsey, a pompous nobleman, has said, and everything else he can put on my account, is, I reply, nonsense.According to the law, the Duke of Buckingham deserved what he deserved.I had nothing to do with it, nor did I have any malicious intentions to put him to death, as the noble jury and the duke's own crimes testify to this.My lord, if I be a talkative man, I can tell you that you are neither honest nor honorable; and I dare compare you to my most honorable lord the king in loyalty to your majesty the king. Your lordship is worthy of comparison with more perfect beings, and all those who value your follies. Sally, well, you monk, not because of your robes, I will let your life-blooded body taste the taste of my sword.My lords, you hear how arrogant he is, can you bear it?And it came out of such a guy's mouth!If we live tamely like this, let a red robe fool us, then the nobleman is finished, let the bishop come out, and use his mirk to dazzle our eyes like larks. Everything good in Woolsey is poison to your appetite. Surrey Yes, there is a class of good things that don't suit me, such as, Cardinal, collecting the wealth of the whole country into your own hands by extortion; Your letter to the pope against the king.Now that you have reminded me, I might as well say that your good deeds will be remembered forever.Lord Norfolk, you are a man of true dignity, you have the best interests of all before you, the reason why he has committed so many crimes, and why so many crimes can be collected from his life, is that we Nobles and our descendants are not valued anymore. If this person is allowed to live, our descendants may not even be a gentleman.My lord cardinal, you will be surprised to hear the church bells ringing in the morning while you are sleeping with your ugly, dark mistress, but I will surprise you even more. Wolsey I could have shown this man with the utmost contempt, but I cannot do so as a duty of kindness. Lord Norfolk, all the crimes are in the hands of the Emperor, but one thing is certain, they are very ugly. Wolsey and the king will know my sincerity to him, and my innocence will look better and more spotless. Surrey It can't save you, I thank myself for not being so forgetful, I remember certain crimes, these things can't be covered.Cardinal, if you feel ashamed and confess your guilt, you show that you have a modicum of honesty. Go on, Mr. Wolsey, and I am not afraid to tell of the worst crime you can think of.If I'm ashamed, it's only because I see nobles being so rude. Sally I would rather lose my manners than lose my head.Listen: first, you have managed without the King's consent to obtain the position of Pope's Vicar, and by this power you have violated the authority of the bishops of the whole country. Norfolk Next, in all your letters to Rome and other foreign sovereigns, always write "I and my king," so that the king becomes your servant instead. Suffolk Again, without notice to the King or to the Privy Council, you took the Great Seal to Flanders when you were commissioned as ambassador to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor. Sully has one more thing, you sent a large number of missions to see Gregory de Casado without the king's will and the government's approval to conclude an alliance between our emperor and the Duke of Ferrara. Suffolk Out of sheer ambition, you have your bishop's diadem cast on the king's coin. Surrey And, you send untold riches to Rome to support the papacy--how did you get them, I ask your own conscience to answer--to pave the way for your promotion, so that the whole kingdom is completely taken by you destroy.You have many more crimes, all of which are committed by you, so the smell is so bad, I don't want to stain my mouth. Lord Chamberlain, it is immoral not to push too hard a man who is about to fail.His faults cannot escape the law, let the law punish him, you don't have to ask.Such a big man suddenly became so small, and I cried when I saw it. Sally I forgive him. My lord Cardinal of Suffolk, the king's oracle also says that what you have done lately in this country in the position of the pope's representative is enough to constitute the crime of exercising the papacy, so the king has issued an order to sell your property, estates, Lands, chattels, etc. were all confiscated, and were no longer under the protection of the king.This is the order I received. Well, Norfolk, here we go, so that you may reflect for a while, and think of how to reform yourself.As for your refusal to return the imperial seal to us, and your stubborn reply, we must report to the emperor, and the emperor will definitely express his gratitude to you.Well, my good little cardinal, good-bye. (Everyone exits, Wolsey remains on stage.) Good-bye, Wolsey, for your little kindness to me.goodbye?All my grand careers are gone.That's how things are in the world.A man sprouts young leaves of hope one day, blooms the next day, and is covered with bright red flowers of honor, and on the third day the deadly frost comes, and the good man in the dark is sure enough, Thought his great career was ripening, but the frost was eating at his roots, and then he fell, like me.I am like a naughty child who swims with a pig's piss foam. I ended up with a tired and aging body, at the mercy of the raging waves, and buried me forever.Fame and vanity in the world, I hate thee; I feel as though my heart had recently been cut to pieces.How pitiful are those who live by the colors of kings!Between the smiling faces of kings we hope to see, and the ruin they may wreak upon us, how much pain and fear, far more than war and women can cause, lies.Once he fails, like Satan, he is lost forever. Enter Cromwell, and stand, amazed. How about Woolsey?What is it, Cromwell? Mr. Cromwell, I am at a loss for words. Why, Wolsey, petrified by my misfortune?With your intellect, is it surprising to see the decay of great men?Okay, okay, if you cry, then I really failed. How does Lord Cromwell feel? Well Wolsey, my good Cromwell, was never truly happy.I know myself now, and I feel a peace within me, far beyond all the honors of the world, a sense of serenity and serenity.The king healed me, and I thanked him with all my heart; and from these two shoulders, from these fallen pillars, he lifted a burden too heavy for my honour, out of pity, Enough to sink a fleet.唉，克伦威尔，那真是负担哪，真是负担哪，对于一个向往天堂的人来说，是太沉重了。 克伦威尔我很高兴大人对待这种负担处理得如此正确。 伍尔习我希望我作到了这一点；我觉得，由于灵魂坚强了，我现在似乎也能够忍受比我那些怯懦的敌人所敢于加在我身上的苦难更多更大的苦难。外边有什么新闻么？ 克伦威尔最痛心的、最坏的新闻就是您失去国王恩宠的事。 伍尔习愿上帝降福给他。 克伦威尔其次，托马斯?摩尔爵士已被遴选为首相，代替您的地位。 伍尔习这倒有些出乎意外，但是他是个博学之士，我愿他长久受到皇上的恩宠，按照真理和他的良心办正义的事；我愿他在完成了他的途程、在祝福声中长眠之后，他的尸骨能够埋到坟墓里，有孤儿的泪洒在他的墓上。What else? 克伦威尔克兰默回国了，受到了欢迎，并晋封为坎特伯雷大主教。 伍尔习这倒真是新闻。 克伦威尔最后，贵人安?波琳早已和国王秘密结了婚，今天在上教堂作礼拜去的时候，作为王后公开出面了，现在大家都在谈论的只是她的加冕问题了。 伍尔习那就是把我拖下水底的秤砣。克伦威尔啊，国王跑在我的前边了。就因为这一个女人，我把我所有的光荣都输了出去，再也赢不回来了。太阳升起，但它永远也迎接不到我的荣誉了，它再也不会给那一大批等候我向他们微笑的贵族们镀上一层金了。克伦威尔，你离开我吧，我已经是个可怜的、失败的人，不配再作你的主人和东家。你去找国王吧，他是太阳，我祝这颗太阳永远不落；我已经告诉过他，你是什么人，你如何忠实，他会提拔你的。我知他天性高贵，只要他能够想起我一点影子来，他会有所感触，不会让你的希望和劳力也落空的。好克伦威尔，不可忽略他；要利用现在的时机，为你自己未来的安全作好准备。 克伦威尔唉，大人，难道我非离开您不可了么？非得放弃这么一位尊贵、真实的好主人了么？一切不是铁石心肠的人，请你们作证，我克伦威尔离开我的主人，心里有多难过。我一定去为国王效劳；但是我永远永远要为您祝祷。 伍尔习克伦威尔，我的苦难虽然很大，但我本没打算流一滴眼泪，但是你这番恳切而真诚的心意却迫使我扮演起女人的角色了。让我们擦干了眼泪，克伦威尔，听我再说几句。等我终有一天被人遗忘了的时候，等我安睡在没有感觉的、冷冰冰的石头棺材里，再也听不见人们提到我的时候，你可以对人说我曾教导过你，说伍尔习曾一度踏遍了光荣的道路，勘探过荣誉的全部深渊和浅滩，从他的遇难的残骸里为你找到了一条上进之路，是一条稳妥安全的路，虽然你主人自己没有能走上。你只消注意我是怎样失败的，是什么使我毁灭的。克伦威尔，你一定要听我的嘱咐，把野心抛掉，天使们就是因为犯了野心的罪而堕落的，而人不过是他的创造主的影像，岂能希望通过野心而得到胜利？爱你自己要爱在最后，珍爱那些恨你的人，诚实比起腐败会给你赢得更多的好处。在你的右手里永远举着温顺的和平枝，免得嫉妒之徒说闲话。作人要公正，不要怕；你所要达到的一切目的应该是你的国家、上帝和真理所要达到的目的，这以后，你如果还是失败了，那么，克伦威尔，你的失败也不愧是一个殉教者的失败，会受到祝福的。为国王效劳吧。请你领我进去，把我所有的一切直到最后一个便士开出一份清册来，这些都是国王的。我敢于认为是我自己的财产的东西只有这件袍子和我对上帝的一片诚心了。唉，克伦威尔，克伦威尔，如果我把为国王效劳的热诚，用一半来侍奉我的上帝，他也不会在我垂老之年把我赤条条地丢给我的敌人了。 克伦威尔好大人，忍耐些。 伍尔习我是在忍耐。别了，宫廷中升迁的希望，我的希望在天堂上了。 (same below.)