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I cannot tell whither my old master will be stirring or no: but I am sure I can hardly take my afternoons nap, for my young Master Thomas, He keeps such a quill in his study, With the Sun, and the Moon, and the seven stars, That I do verily think heel read out his wits. Well masters come, shall we to our hammers? Now master Crosby, I see you have a care, To keep your word, in payment of your money. By my faith your sum is more then mine, And yet I am not much behind you too, Considering that to day I paid at court. I will resolve you sir, and thus it is; The Bishop of Winchester, that loves not Cromwell, As great men are envied, aswell as less. A while ago there was a jar between them, And it was brought to my Lord Cromwell's ear, That Bishop Gardener would fit on his skirt, Upon which word, he made his men long Blue coats, And in the Court wore one of them himself: And meeting with the Bishop, quoth he, my Lord Here's skirt enough now for your Grace to fit on, Which vexed the Bishop to the very heart, This is the reason why they wear long coats. I come, weel pay him royally for our dinner. Now sir weel undertake it by our souls. Why? can this news be true is't possible, The great Lord Cromwell arrested upon treason, I hardly will believe it can be so, What wast for treason that he was committed? It may be doubted that he shall not die, Because the King did favour him so much. 'Tis pity that this noble man should fallen, He did so many charitable deeds. I care not if I do, and here the news. How men will judge what shall become of him. Why then soon will we meet again.
Plot summary
Plot — Thomas Lord Cromwell
So devoted is young Thomas Cromwell to his studies thathe tries to stop his father's workmen from making a noise. Old Cromwell is concerned at his ambitious son's lavishness with money: he seems not to understand the economic realities of life. He is making a living by working as a copyist, but accepts a job as a secretary in Antwerp. Banister owes Friskiball £1,ooo. Bagot has him arrested in Friskiball's name, and hardens the creditor's heart by telling him that Banister has enough money to pay his debts, if he were willing to do so. Frisk.iball relents after Mistress Banister pleads for her husband, and defers the debt until the couple have become prosperous; but the vindictive Bagot buys Banister's debts in order to oppress him. Banister flees to Antwerp, but Bagot pursues and arrests him. Cromwell agref!S to help the Banisters, and speaks to Bagot; but fails to move pity in him. Bagot negotiates with the Governor of Antwerp over some jewels, w:hich turn out to be stolen. Bagot is arrested and sent back to England; Banister is released, and awarded his confi.s.cated property. Cromwell goes to Florence with his servant Hodge, but they are robbed of their clothes. Following Italian custom, they set up bills describing their misfortune, and the anglophile Friskiball gives them money. They travel on to Bologna to relieve the Earl of Bedford, who is trapped in a house surrounded by French troops. Cromwell rescues the Earl posing as a Neapolitan hired by the French to abduct him: Hodge and Bedford exchange clothing, and Hodge is arrested in the Earl's place, but released after news arrives that Bedford is safe in Mantua. Declining the invitation to join the Ead's retinue, Cromwell completes his European tour with a trip to Spain, then returns to England, where he enters the household of Sir Thomas Hales. Im.pressed by Cromwell, Cardinal Wolsey appoints him his solicitor. After Wolsey dies, accused of treason, Croli;lwell surrenders his papers for the King's perusal. A grateful Bedford introduces him to the King; he is knighted and showered with public offices, and sets about reforming the church by confiscating ecclesiastical property. Despite his elevation, he acknowledges the lowly people he knew in his youth and pays the debts he accrued then. Meanwhile Friskiball returns to London in poverty: his debtors have defaulted, and Bagot has been hanged; only Banister acknowledges him. He waits on Cromwell, who remembers him from Florence and repays his…