Dutch. Who hath committed them?

Mef. The mighty dukes, Glofter, and Buckingham.

4

Queen. For what offence?

Mef. The fum of all I can, I have disclos'd;
Why, or for what, the nobles were committed,
Is all unknown to me, my gracious lady.

Queen. Ah me, I fee the ruin of my house!
The tyger now hath feiz'd the gentle hind;
Infulting tyranny begins to jut

Upon the innocent and awless throne :-
Welcome destruction, blood, and maffacre!
I fee, as in a map, the end of all.

Dutch. Accurfed and unquiet wrangling days!
How many of you have mine eyes beheld?
My husband loft his life to get the crown;
And often up and down my fons were toft,
For me to joy, and weep, their gain, and lofs:
And being feated, and domeftick broils
Clean over-blown, themselves, the conquerors,
Make war upon themselves; brother to brother,
Blood to blood, felf against felf :-O, prepofterous
And frantick outrage, end thy damned fpleen;
? Or let me die, to look on death no more!

4 For what offence?] This question is given to the archbishop in former copies, but the meffenger plainly fpeaks to the queen or dutchefs. JOHNSON.

6 awless] Not producing awe, not reverenced. To jut upon is to encroach. JOHNSON.

Or let me die, to look on earth no more.] This is the reading of all the copies, from the first edition put out by the players, downwards. But I have restored the reading of the old quarto in 1597, which is copied by all the other authentic quartos, by which the thought is finely and properly improved.

Or let me die, to look on death no more.

THEOBALD.

This quarto printed in 1597 I have never feen, neither was it in Theobald's collection of the old copies, which the late Mr. Tonfon poffeffed entire. STEEVENS.

Queen. Come, come, my boy, we will to fanc tuary.Madam, farewel.

Dutch. Stay, I will go with you.
Queen. You have no cause.

Arch. My gracious lady, go,

And thither bear your treafure and your goods.
For my part, I'll refign unto your grace

The feal I keep; And fo betide to me,

As well I tender you, and all of

yours

Come, I'll conduct you to the fanctuary. [Exeunt.

ACT III. SCENE I.

In London.

The trumpets found. Enter the Prince of Wales, the Dukes of Glofter and Buckingham, Cardinal Bourchier, and others.

Buck. Welcome, fweet prince, to London, to your chamber.

Glo. Welcome, dear coufin, my thoughts' fovereign:

The weary way hath made you melancholy.

Prince. No, uncle; but our croffes on the way
Have made it tedious, wearifome, and heavy :
I want more uncles here to welcome me.

Glo. Sweet prince, the untainted virtue of your years

to your chamber.] London was anciently called Camer regia. POPE.

So, in Heywood's If you know not me you know Nobody, 1633: zd Part:

"This city, our great chamber." STEEVENS.

Hath

Hath not yet div'd into the world's deceit :
No more can you diftinguish of a man,

Than of his outward fhew; which, God he knows,
Seldom, or never, jumpeth with the heart 9.
Those uncles, which you want, were dangerous;
Your grace attended to their fugar'd words,
But look'd not on the poison of their hearts :
God keep you from them, and from fuch falfe
friends!

Prince. God keep me from falfe friends! but they

were none.

Glo. My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.

Enter the Lord Mayor, and his train.

Mayor. God blefs your grace with health and happy days!

Prince. I thank you, good my lord ;—and thank you all.

I thought, my mother, and my brother York,
Would long ere this have met us on the way :-
Fie, what a flug is Haftings! that he comes not
To tell us, whether they will come, or no.

Enter Haftings.

Buck. And, in good time, here comes the fweating lord.

Prince. Welcome, my lord: What, will our mother come?

Haft. On what occafion, God he knows, not I, The queen your mother, and your brother York, Have taken fanctuary: The tender prince

jumpeth with the heart:] So, in Soliman and Perfeda: "Wert thou my friend, thy mind would jump with mine." STEEVENS.

-in good time,] A la bonne heure, Fr. STEEVENS.

Would fain have come with me to meet your grace, But by his mother was perforce withheld.

Buck. Fie! what an indirect and peevish courfe
Is this of hers ?-Lord cardinal, will your grace
Perfuade the queen to fend the duke of York
Unto his princely brother prefently?

If the deny,-lord Haftings, you go
with him,
And from her jealous arms pluck him perforce.
Card. My lord of Buckingham, if my weak oratory
Can from his mother win the duke of York,
Anon expect him here: But if the be obdurate
To mild entreaties, God in heaven forbid
We should infringe the holy privilege
Of bleffed fanctuary! not for all this land,
Would I be guilty of fo deep a fin.

Buck. You are too fenfelefs-obftinate, my lord, 2 Too ceremonious, and traditional :

3 Weigh it but with the groffness of this age,

2 Too ceremonious, and traditional:] Ceremonious for fuperftitious; traditional for adherent to old cuftoms. WARBURTON.

3 Weigh it but with the groffness of this age,] But the more grafs, that is, the more fuperftitious the age was, the ftronger would be the imputation of violated fanctuary. The queftion, we fee by what follows, is whether fanctuary could be claimed by an infant. The fpeaker refolves it in the negative, because it could be claimed by thofe only whofe actions neceffitated them to fly thither; or by those who had an understanding to demand it; neither of which could be an infant's cafe: It is plain then, the first line, which introduces this reasoning, should be read thus : Weigh it but with the greennefs of his age,

i. e. the young duke of York's, whom his mother had fled with to fanctuary. The corrupted reading of the old quarto is fomething nearer the true :

-the greatness of his age. WARBURton. This emendation is received by Hanmer, and is very plaufible; yet the common reading may stand:

Weigh it but with the groffness of this age,

You break not fanctuary,

That is, compare the act of feizing him with the grofs and licentious practices of these times, it will not be confidered as a violation of fanctuary, for you may give fuch reasons as men are now ufed to admit. JOHNSON.

You

You break not fanctuary in feizing him.
The benefit thereof is always granted

To those whofe dealings have deferv'd the place,
And those who have the wit to claim the place:
This prince hath neither claim'd it, nor deferv'd it ;
Therefore, in mine opinion, cannot have it :
Then, taking him from thence, that is not there,
Your break no privilege nor charter there.
Oft have I heard of fanctuary men 4

But fanctuary children, ne'er 'till now.

Card. My lord, you fhall o'er-rule my mind for

once.

Come on, lord Haftings, will you go with me?
Haft. I go, my lord.

may.

Prince. Good lords, make all the speedy hafte you [Exeunt Cardinal, and Haftings. Say, uncle Glofter, if our brother come, Where fhall we fojourn 'till our coronation ? Glo. Where it seems beft unto your royal felf. If I may counfel you, fome day, or two, Your highness fhall repose you at the Tower: Then where you please, and fhall be thought most fit For your best health and recreation,

Prince. I do not like the Tower, of any place:Did Julius Cæfar build that place, my lord?

Glo. He did, my gracious lord, begin that place; Which, finçe, fucceeding ages have re-edify'd. Prince. Is it upon record? or else reported Succeffively from age to age, he built it? Buck. Upon record, my gracious lord.

Prince. But fay, my lord, it were not register'd; Methinks, the truth fhould live from age to age,

• Oft have I heard of fanctuary men ; &c.] Thefe arguments against the privilege of fanctuary are taken from fir Tho. More's Life of K. Edward the Fifth, published by Stowe: "And verily, I have often heard of fanctuary men, but I never heard earst of fanctuary children, &c," STEEVENS,