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| Enter BUCKINGHAM, STANLEY, HASTINGS, the bishop of ELY, RATCLIFFE, LOVELL, with others, at a table |
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BUCKINGHAM, STANLEY, HASTINGS, the bishop of ELY, RATCLIFFE, and LOVELL, enter with others and take their seats at a table. |
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| | HASTINGS |
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Now, noble peers. the cause why we are met |
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Is to determine of the coronation. |
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In God's name, speak. When is the royal day? |
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| HASTINGS |
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Now, noble lords, the reason we're meeting is to determine the day the prince will be crowned. In God's name, speak. When should the royal day be? |
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| | BUCKINGHAM |
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Is all things ready for the royal time? |
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| BUCKINGHAM |
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Is everything ready for that event? |
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| | STANLEY |
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It is, and wants but nomination. |
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| STANLEY |
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It is. All we have to do is name the day. |
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| | ELY |
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Tomorrow, then, I judge a happy day. |
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| ELY |
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Tomorrow's a good day. |
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| | BUCKINGHAM |
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Who knows the Lord Protector's mind herein? |
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Who is most inward with the noble duke? |
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| BUCKINGHAM |
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Who knows what the Lord Protector thinks? Who's closest to him? |
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| | ELY |
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Your Grace, we think, should soonest know his mind. |
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| ELY |
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You, I think, would best know what he's thinking. |
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| | BUCKINGHAM |
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We know each other's faces; for our hearts, |
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He knows no more of mine than I of yours, |
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Or I of his, my lord, than you of mine.— |
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Lord Hastings, you and he are near in love. |
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| BUCKINGHAM |
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We know each other's faces, but as for our thoughts, he doesn't know any more about my thinking than I do about yours or his—or you do about mine. Lord Hastings, you and he are close. |
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| | HASTINGS |
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I thank his Grace. I know he loves me well. |
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But for his purpose in the coronation, |
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I have not sounded him, nor he delivered |
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His gracious pleasure any way therein. |
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But you, my honorable lords, may name the time, |
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And in the duke's behalf I'll give my voice, |
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Which I presume he'll take in gentle part. |
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Thank you. I know he holds me dear, but I haven't asked him about the coronation, and he hasn't told me. But you, my noble lords, may name a time, and I'll second it on the duke's behalf, which I don't think he'll mind. |
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