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)
La: Mary, | Lady Mary, | Lady Marie. | L. Marie. | L. Mary. | La. Mary. | Lady Mary. | La. Ma
Words
222
Characters
1186
Typicality
0.62 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A11146
BritDrama no.
1441
Cluster
Cluster 10 — Mourners, mothers & doleful voices
Important excerpts
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Full speech
I beseech your grace command the fool forth of the pesence, That yet rests doubtful, Oh my princely Lord. Your poor distressed Queen lies weak and sick, And be it son or daughter, deer she buys it, Even with her dearest life, for one must die: All Women's help is passed. Then good my Liege, Resolve it quickly, if the Queen shall live, The Child must die, or if it life receives, You must your hapeles Queen of life bereave, Remember the Queen my Lord: We did deliver what your highness wild, Which was no sooner by her grace received: But with the sad report, she seemed as dead, Which caused us stay, after reuouerie. She sent us back tintreate your Majesty, As ever you did take delight in her, As you prefer the quiet of her soul, That now is ready to forsake this life, As you desire to have the life of one, She does entreat your grace that she may die, Least both does perish in this agony: For to behold the infant suffer death, Were endless tortures, made to stop her breath, Then to my Lord (quoth she) thus gently say, The child is fair, the mother earth and clay, Nor worth the telling, royal Sovereign. Without offence she is. Right gracious Lord. We will attend ye Madam.
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…