in When You See Me You Know Me (Henry the Eighth) — Rowley, Samuel
Metadata
Play
When You See Me You Know Me (Henry the Eighth)
Author
Rowley, Samuel
Year (catalogued)
1605
First performance
1604
Decade
1600s
Genre
History
Play type
Adult Professional
Company
Prince Henry's Men
Speech prefix(es)
Campe. | Campeu: | Campeus, | Campe, | Campe:
Words
210
Characters
1154
Typicality
0.42 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A11146
BritDrama no.
1441
Cluster
Cluster 2 — Allegory, Nature & pageant voices
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Legate to his holiness, Attends with letters from the Court of Room. to our presence here: In health great King and from his sacred lips: I bring a blessing Appostolicall. To English Henry and his subjects all: And more to mani cst his love to thee, The prop and pillar of the Churches peace: And gratify thy love made plain to him, In learned books gainst Luther's heresy, He sends me thus to gr et thy Majesty: With style and titles of high dignitle, Gommand the Heralds and the Trumpets forth: Receive this Bull sent from his holiness. For confirmation of his dignity To thee, and to thy fair posterity. Trumpets prepare while we allowed prouounce This sacred message from his Holiness, And in his reverent name I hear proclaim Henric the Eight by the grace of God, King of England, France and I eland And to this title, from the Pope we give: Defender of the faith, in peace to live: That Henry Joining with the Christian Kings Of France and Spain, Denmark and Portugal would send and Armic to assail the Turk, That now invades with War the I'll of Rhodes, Or send twelve thousand pound to be disposed, As his holiness thinks best for their rel eife.
Plot summary
Plot — When You See Me You Know Me (Henry the Eighth)
Cardinalgwoisey uses his power over English foreign policy to buy international support for his candidacy for the papacy. To win over the King of France, he abets the ambassadors sent to negotiate a marriage with King Henry’s sister, BAGyaMary. QHEEHIANE dies giving birth to Prince Edward; Wolsey hopes that the King will not now marry a Protestant. Harried by Irish rebellion and international Protestant opposition to his activities, the King has a four-day bout of bad temper until Wall§SOmers jests him back to good humour. He then learns that the Pope has awarded him the title Defender of the Faith; in return, Henry agrees to contribute military assistance to repulse the Turkish invasion of Rhodes. Having heard of lax policing in London, King Henry decides to see for himself, and pays the city a nocturnal visit in disguise. He catches the watch asleep on duty, and witnesses their failure to arrest a night-walking criminal, BI@ERIWG. He and Black Will fight, and are arrested; Henry sends word to the Duke of Suffolk that he is in prison. He is there, observing abuses and amusing himself with his fellow-prisoners, when Suffolk arrives to release him. Black Will is given money to keep him in jail until the King needs him for a soldier. Later the King investigates the abuses and dismisses a servant, RGOKSBY. Protestantism grows in popularity in England, a process furthered by the King’s marriage to Kathenine Parr she has anti-Catholic views on such issues as ===== PAGE 146 ===== loyalty to the crown, the Latin Bible, and indulgences. When the King of France dies, the alliance with England is dissolved, and Suffolk, sent to bring Lady Mary home, marries her. Protestants and Catholics clash over the education of the royal children: Wolsey’s agents BOnmer and Gafdifier have the tutelage of PrincessiMary, but Bishop @ranmier is responsible for PrinceEdward! Under his regime, in which Ned Browne is beaten for the Prince’s negligence, Edward makes good progress in logic, theology, and music. While Wolsey is out of the country pursuing his papal ambitions, Bonner and Gardiner plot to discredit the Queen and banish Cranmer. Prince Edward makes the peace between his father and stepmother; Bonner and Gardiner lose their influence after they use the King’s warrant to attempt the Queen’s arrest in the presence chamber. Wolsey is suspected of corruption after his fool and Will Somers discover gold hoarded in his wine cellars, and the arrival of the Emperor in England…