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 these men be duly tried before we set out for Oxford, where we shall open Parliament, and for Windsor, where we shall celebrate our Easter.


 * [To the .

Come hither, you. I rejoice to see you. You are a worthy servitor. You are old, you have already seen three reigns. 'Tis an ancient custom that the sovereigns of this realm shall make you a gift, the most magnificent gift that may be, upon their accession. My father Henry the Eighth gave you the diamond clasp from his cloak. My brother Edward the Sixth gave you a drinking-cup of carved gold. 'Tis my turn now. I have as yet given you nothing. I must needs bestow a gift on you. Come nearer.


 * [Pointing to .

You see that head, that youthful, charming head, that head which only this morning was what I held most beautiful, dearest and most precious in all the world?—Well, that head—you see it, do you not?— I give to you!

THIRD DAY.WHICH OF THE TWO?

FIRST PART.

.—''An ogive arch upheld by large pillars. At the right and left the narrow doors of two dungeons. At the right a small window supposed to look upon the Thames; at the left another small window supposed to look upon the street. On each side a door concealed in the wall. At the back of the stage a gallery, with a sort of balcony enclosed''