1 Gentleman.
Whither away so fast?

2 Gen.
O Sir, God save ye:
Ev'n to the hall, to hear what shall become
Of the great Duke of Buckingham.

1 Gen.
I'll save you
That labour, Sir. All's now done, but the Ceremony
Of bringing back the pris'ner.

2 Gen.
Were you there?

1 Gen.
Yes, indeed, was I.

2 Gen.
Pray, speak, what has happen'd?

1 Gen.
You may guess quickly, what.

2 Gen.
Is he found guilty?

1 Gen.
Yes, truly is he, and condemn'd upon't.

2 Gen.
I'm sorry for't.

1 Gen.
So are a number more.

2 Gen.
But, pray, how pass'd it?

1 Gen.
I'll tell you in a little. The great Duke
Came to the Bar; where, to his Accusations,
He pleaded still not guilty; and alleg'd
Many sharp reasons to defeat the law.
The King's Attorney, on the contrary,
Urg'd on examinations, proofs, confessions
Of divers witnesses, which the Duke desir'd
To have brought vivâ voce to his Face;
At which appear'd against him, his Surveyor,
Sir Gilbert Peck his chancellor, and John Court
Confessor to him, with that devil-Monk
Hopkins, that made this mischief.

2 Gen.
That was he,
That fed him with his prophecies.

1 Gen.
The same.
All these accus'd him strongly, which he fain
Would have flung from him, but, indeed, he could not:
And so his Peers upon this evidence
Have found him guilty of high treason. Much
He spoke, and learnedly for life; but all
Was either pitied in him, or forgotten.

2 Gen.
After all this, how did he bear himself?

1 Gen.
When he was brought again to th' bar, to hear
His knell rung out, his Judgment, he was stirr'd
With such an agony, he sweat extremely;
And something spoke in choler, ill and hasty;
But he fell to himself again, and sweetly
In all the rest shew'd a most noble patience,

2 Gen.
I do not think, he fears death.

1 Gen.
Sure, he does not,
He never was so womanish; the cause
He may a little grieve at.

2 Gen.
Certainly,
The Cardinal is the end of this.

1 Gen.
'Tis likely,
By all conjectures. First, Kildare's attainder,

Then Deputy of Ireland; who remov'd,
Earl Surrey was sent thither, and in haste too,
Lest he should help his father.

2 Gen.
That trick of state
Was a deep, envious one.

1 Gen.
At his return,
No doubt, he will requite it; this is noted,
And, gen'rally, who-ever the King favours,
The Cardinal instantly will find employment for,
And far enough from court too.

2 Gen.
All the commons
Hate him perniciously, and, o'my conscience,
Wish him ten fathom deep; this Duke as much
They love and doat on, call him bounteous Buckingham,
The Mirror of all courtesy.

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