{"product_id":"2940012995421","title":"THE LIFE OF HENRY THE EIGHTH","description":"DRAMATIS PERSONAE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKING HENRY THE EIGHTH\u003cbr\u003eCARDINAL WOLSEY\u003cbr\u003eCARDINAL CAMPEIUS\u003cbr\u003eCAPUCIUS, Ambassador from the Emperor Charles V\u003cbr\u003eCRANMER, archbishop of Canterbury\u003cbr\u003eDUKE OF NORFOLK\u003cbr\u003eDUKE OF BUCKINGHAM\u003cbr\u003eDUKE OF SUFFOLK\u003cbr\u003eEARL OF SURREY\u003cbr\u003eLORD CHAMBERLAIN\u003cbr\u003eLORD CHANCELLOR\u003cbr\u003eGARDINER, bishop of Winchester\u003cbr\u003eBISHOP OF LINCOLN\u003cbr\u003eLORD ABERGAVENNY\u003cbr\u003eLORD SANDYS (called also SIR WILLIAM SANDYS)\u003cbr\u003eSIR HENRY GUILDFORD\u003cbr\u003eSIR THOMAS LOVELL\u003cbr\u003eSIR ANTHONY DENNY\u003cbr\u003eSIR NICHOLAS VAUX\u003cbr\u003eSecretaries to Wolsey\u003cbr\u003eCROMWELL, servant to Wolsey\u003cbr\u003eGRIFFITH, gentleman usher to Queen Katherine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree Gentlemen\u003cbr\u003eDOCTOR BUTTS, physician to the King\u003cbr\u003eGarter King-at-Arms\u003cbr\u003eSurveyor to the Duke of Buckingham\u003cbr\u003eBRANDON, and a Sergeant-at-Arms\u003cbr\u003eDoor-keeper of the Council-chamber\u003cbr\u003ePorter, and his Man\u003cbr\u003ePage to Gardiner\u003cbr\u003eA Crier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQUEEN KATHERINE, wife to King Henry, afterwards divorced\u003cbr\u003eANNE BULLEN, her Maid of Honour, afterwards Queen\u003cbr\u003eAn old Lady, friend to Anne Bullen\u003cbr\u003ePATIENCE, woman to Queen Katherine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpirits\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeveral Lords and Ladies in the Dumb Shows; Women attending\u003cbr\u003e upon the Queen; Scribes, Officers, Guards, and other Attendants\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCENE:  London; Westminster; Kimbolton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PROLOGUE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI COME no more to make you laugh: things now\u003cbr\u003eThat bear a weighty and a serious brow,\u003cbr\u003eSad, high, and working, full of state and woe,\u003cbr\u003eSuch noble scenes as draw the eye to flow,\u003cbr\u003eWe now present. Those that can pity, here\u003cbr\u003eMay, if they think it well, let fall a tear;\u003cbr\u003eThe subject will deserve it. Such as give\u003cbr\u003eTheir money out of hope they may believe,\u003cbr\u003eMay here find truth too. Those that come to see\u003cbr\u003eOnly a show or two, and so agree\u003cbr\u003eThe play may pass, if they be still and willing,\u003cbr\u003eI'll undertake may see away their shilling\u003cbr\u003eRichly in two short hours. Only they\u003cbr\u003eThat come to hear a merry bawdy play,\u003cbr\u003eA noise of targets, or to see a fellow\u003cbr\u003eIn a long motley coat guarded with yellow,\u003cbr\u003eWill be deceiv'd; for, gentle hearers, know,\u003cbr\u003eTo rank our chosen truth with such a show\u003cbr\u003eAs fool and fight is, beside forfeiting\u003cbr\u003eOur own brains, and the opinion that we bring\u003cbr\u003eTo make that only true we now intend,\u003cbr\u003eWill leave us never an understanding friend.\u003cbr\u003eTherefore, for goodness' sake, and as you are known\u003cbr\u003eThe first and happiest hearers of the town,\u003cbr\u003eBe sad, as we would make ye; think ye see\u003cbr\u003eThe very persons of our noble story\u003cbr\u003eAs they were living; think you see them great,\u003cbr\u003eAnd follow'd with the general throng and sweat\u003cbr\u003eOf thousand friends; then, in a moment, see\u003cbr\u003eHow soon this mightiness meets misery;\u003cbr\u003eAnd if you can be merry then, I'll say\u003cbr\u003eA man may weep upon his wedding-day.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079226278128,"sku":"2940012995421","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012995421_p0.jpg?v=1763586530","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012995421","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}