Bead. I will, my lord. Come on, sirrah; off
with your doublet quickly.
Simp. Alas! master, what shall I do? I am
not able to stand. 152
King. O God! seest thou this, and bear'st so long?
Queen. It made me laugh to see the villain run.
Glo. Follow the knave; and take this drab away.
Wife. Alas! sir, we did it for pure need. 156
Glo. Let them be whipp'd through every market town
Till they come to Berwick, from whence they came.
Car. Duke Humphrey has done a miracle to-day.
Suf. True; made the lame to leap and fly away. 160
Glo. But you have done more miracles than I;
You made in a day, my lord, whole towns to fly.
Enter Buckingham.
King. What tidings with our cousin Buckingham?
Buck. Such as my heart doth tremble to unfold. 164
A sort of naughty persons, lewdly bent,
Under the countenance and confederacy
Of Lady Eleanor, the protector's wife,
The ringleader and head of all this rout, 168
Have practis'd dangerously against your state,
Dealing with witches and with conjurers:
Whom we have apprehended in the fact,
Raising up wicked spirits from under ground, 172
Demanding of King Henry's life and death,
165 sort: set
naughty: good-for-naught
lewdly bent: with evil intent
168 rout: company
169 practis'd: plotted
171 in the fact: red-handed
173 Demanding of: inquiring about
