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Come sirs, be careful of your masters credit, And as our bounty now exceeds the figure Of common entertainment: so do you With looks as free, as is your masters soul, Give former welcome to the thronged tables, That shall receive the Cardinals followers. And the attendants of the Lord Chancellor. But all my care Cromwell depends on thee, Thou art a man, differing from vulgar form, And by how much thy spirit is ranked above these, In rules of Art, by so much it shines brighter by travel, Whose observance pleads his merit, In a most learned, yet unaffecting spirit, Good Cromwell cast and eye of fair regard, Bout all my house, and what this ruder flesh, Through ignorance, or wine, do miscreate, Salve thou with courtesy: if welcome want, Full bowls, and ample banquets will seem scant. About it then, the Lords will striaght be here, Cromwell, thou hast those parts would rather suit, The service of the state, then of my house, I look upon thee with a loving eye, That one day will prefer thy destiny. They are welcome, bid Cromwell straight attend us, And look you all things be in perfect readiness. Oh how uncertain is the wheel of state, Who lately greater then the Cardinal, For fear, and love: and now who lower lies? Gay honours are but Fortune's flatteries, And whom this day, pride and promotion swells, To morrow, envy and ambition quels. Who soars too near the sun with golden wings, Mealtes them, to ruin his own fortune brings. My Lords if words could show, the ample welcome, That my free heart affords you, I could then become a prater: But I now must deal Like a feast Politician, With your Lordships, defer your welcome till the banquet end, That it may then salve our defect of fair: Yet Welcome now and all that tend on you. Fill me some Wine: I'll answer Cardinal Wolsay: My Lord we Spaniards are of more freer souls, Then hungerstarued, and ill complexioned spaniards, They that are rich in Spain, spare belly food; To deck their backs with and Italian hood, And Silks of Civil: And the poorest Snake, That feeds on Lemons, Pilchers, and near heated His pallet with sweet flesh, will bear a case, More fat and gallant, then his starved face, Pride, the Inquisition, and this belly evil, Are in my judgement, Spain's three headed devil. My Lords with welcome, I present your Lordship's A solemn health. And Like your grace he is a Scholar and a Lingest, One that hath traveled many parts of Christendom my Lord. I have sought to proffer him to your Lordship, And now I see he hath preferred himself. Cromwell farewell. This is to give notice to all the kings subjects The late Lord Cromwell Lord Chancellor of England, Vicor general over the realm, Him to hold and esteem as a traitor, Against the Crown and dignity of England, So God save the king.
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…