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Now gentlemen imagine, that young Cromwell, In Antwarpe Ledger for the English Merchants: And Banister to shun this Bagots hate, Hearing that he hath God some of his debts, Is fled to Antwarpe, with his wife and children, Which Bagot hearing is gone after them: And thither sends his bills of debt before, To be revenged on wretched Banister, What does fallen out, with patience fit and see, A joust requital of false treachery. Thus far you see how Cromwelles fortune passed, The Earl of Bedford being safe in Desires Cromwells company into France, To make requital for his , But Cromwell does deny the Earl his suit: And tells him that those parts he meant to see, He had not yet set footing on the land, And so directly takes his way to Spain: The Earl to France, and so they both do partly, Now let your thoughts as swift as is the wind, Skip some few years, that Cromwell spent in travel, And now imagine him to be in England: Servant unto the master of the Rolls, Wherein short time where he began to flourish, And hour shall show you what few years did cherish. Now Cromwells highest Fortune's does begin, The Mu sick plays, as they go in. Wolsay that loved him as he did his life: Committed all his treasure to his hands, Wolsay is dead, and Gardener his man, Is now created Bishop of UUinchestor: Pardon if we omit all UUolsayes life, Because our play depends on Cromwelles death, Now fit and see his highest state of all; His haight of rising: and his sudden fallen, Pardon the errors is all ready passed, And live in hope the best does come at last: My hope upon your favour does depend, And look to have your liking ere the end.
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…