1 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, or The Troubles of Queen Elizabeth · chunk 17 of 23
Heywood, Thomas · published 1605 · first performed or written 1604 [1604-1605; revised c.1632] (Annals) history · Queen Anne's Men unassigned nearest T14 Royal love, favour and dynastic relation · 481 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T14: prince, princess, love, king, lord, queen, madam, grace, lady, life.
If you worship does not remember me, I hope your worship's crupper doth: But if you have any thing to say to this honest fellow, Who for his grey head and reverent beard is so like, He may be a kin to you. A kin to me, knave i'll have thee whipped. Then your worship will cry quittance with my Posteriors for misusing of yours. Nay, but dost thou flout me still. I pray your honour to regard my haste, I know your business, and your haste shall stay, As you were speaking my Lord Constable. whenas the King shall come to seal these writes. My Lord you know his highness treasure stays, And cannot be transported this three months, Unless that now your honour seal my warrant. Fellow what then: This warrant that concerns The Princess death, shuffle amongst the rest, he'll near peruse't. How, the Princess death? thanks heaven, By whom I am made a willing instrument her life to save, That may live crowned when thou art in thy grave. Stand ready pursuivant, That when 'tis signed, Thou mayst be gone, and gallop with the wind. Our Chancellor Lords, this is our sealing day, This our states business; is our signet there? Stay your Imperial hand, let not your seal imprint Deaths impress in your sister's heart. Our sister's heart, Lo: Howard what means this? The Chancellor and that injurious Lord, Can well expound the meaning. Oh chance accursed, how came he by this notice? Her life is guarded by the hand of heaven, And we in vain pursue it. Lord Chancellor, your dealing is not fair, See Lords, what writs affords itself To the impress of our scale. See my Lord, a warrant for the Princess death Before she be convicted, what juggling call you this? See, see for God's sake. And a pursuivant ready to post away with it, To see it done with speed, What flinty breast could brook to see her bleed? Lord Chancellor, out of our prerogative We will make bold to enterlyne your warrant. Whose plot was this? The Chancellors and my Lord Constables. How was't revealed? By this gentleman Master Gresham the king's Agent here. He hath showed his love to the King & queen's majesties, His service to his Country, and care of the Princess. My duty to them all. In stead of charging of the Sheriffs with her, We here discharge her keeper Beningfeild: And where we should have brought her to the block, We now will have her brought to Hampton court, There to attend the pleasure of the Queen, The Pursuivant that should have posted down With tidings of her death, Bear her the messsage of her reprieved life, You master Gage assist his speed, a good days work we ha' made, To rescue Innocence so soon betrayed. Whether go you so fast mistress Clarentia. A milking.
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Yf you worship does not remember me, I hope your worships crooper doth: But if you haue any thing to say to this honest fellow, VVho for his gray head and reuerent beard is so like, He may be a kinne to you. A kinne to mee, knaue ile haue thee whipt. Then your worship will cry quittance with my Posteriors for misvsing of yours. Nay, but doest thou flout me still. I pray your honor to regard my hast, I know your busines, and your hast shall stay, As you were speaking my Lord Constable. When as the King shall come to seale these writes. My Lord you know his highnes treasure stayes, And cannot be transported this three months, Vnles that now your honor seale my warrant. Fellow what then: This warrant that concernes The Princesse death, shuffle amongst the rest, Hee'le nere peru'st. How, the Princesse death? thankes heauen, By whome I am made a willing instrument her life to saue, That may liue crown'd when thou art in thy graue. Stand ready purseuant, That when tis sign'd, Thou mayst be gone, and gallope with the winde. Our Chancelor Lords, this is our sealing day, This our states busines; is our signet there? Stay your Imperiall hand, let not your seale imprint Deaths impresse in your sisters hart. Our sisters hart, Lo: Howard what meanes this? The Chancelor and that iniuryous Lord, Can well expound the meaning. Oh chance accurst, how came he by this notice? Her life is garded by the hand of heauen, And we in vaine pursue it. Lord Chancelor, your dealing is not fayre, See Lords, what writs affords it selfe To the impresse of our scale. See my Lord, a warrant for the Princesse death Before she be conuicted, what iugling call you this? See, see for Gods sake. And a pursuiuant ready to post away with it, To see it doone with speede, What flynty brest could brooke to see her bleed? Lord Chancelor, out of our prerogatiue We will make bold to enterlyne your warrant. Whose plot was this? The Chancelors and my Lord Constables. How was't reueald? By this gentleman Master Gresham the Kings Agent here. He hath shewd his loue to the King & Queenes maiestyes, His seruice to his Country, and care of the Princesse. My dutie to them all. In stead of charging of the Sheriffes with her, We here discharge her keeper Beningfeild: And where we should haue brought her to the blocke, We now will haue her brought to Hampton court, There to attend the pleasure of the Queene, The Pursuiuant that should haue posted downe With tydings of her death, Beare her the messuage of her repriued life, You master Gage assist his speed, a good dayes worke we ha made, To rescue Innocence so soone betrayd. Whether goe you so fast mistris Clarentia. A milking.