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I thats a great virtue, indeed I think Thomas Be nobody in comparison to him. I agreed, go in Hodge. I this 'tis for him to make him a gentleman, Shall we leave work for your musing, thats well I faith, But here comes my old master now. By my faith I have reason upon a bound, Three thousand pound is too much to forfeit, Yet I doubt not Master Banister. Mass and well remembered: Whats the reason the Lord Cromwell's men, We are such long skirts upon their coats, They reach almost down to their very ham. 'Tis always seen, and mark it for a rule, That one great man will envy still another: But 'tis a thing that nothing concerns me: What shall we now to Master Banisters? For Cromwell never loved none of our sort. It is too true sir, would it were otherwise, Condition I spent half the wealth I had, I was at Lambeth, saw him there arrested, And afterwards committed to the Tower. Kind noble Gentleman, I may rue the time, All that I have, I did enjoy by him, And if he die, then all my state is gone. Oh sir, you are deceived in thinking so, The grace and favour he had with the king, Hath caused him have so many enemies: He that in court secure will keep himself, Must not be great, for then he is envied at. The Shrub is safe, when as the Cedar shakes, For where the King does love above compare, Of others they as much more envied are. 'Tis true, and yet you see in each estate, Theres none so good, but some one does him hate. And they before would smile him in the face, Will be the foremost to do him disgrace: What will you go along unto the Court? Some will speak hardly, some will speak in pity, Go you to the Court, I'll unto the City, There I am sure to here more news then you.
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…