STAFFORD. Worth seeing, Bagenhall! These black dog-Dons
Garb themselves bravely. Who's the long-face there,
Looks very Spain of very Spain?
BAGENHALL. The Duke
Of Alva, an iron soldier.
STAFFORD. And the Dutchman,
Now laughing at some jest?
BAGENHALL. William of Orange,
William the Silent.
STAFFORD. Why do they call him so?
BAGENHALL. He keeps, they say, some secret that may cost
Philip his life.
STAFFORD. But then he looks so merry.
BAGENHALL. I cannot tell you why they call him so.
[_The_ KING _and_ QUEEN _pass, attended by Peers of
the Realm, Officers of State, etc. Cannon shot off_.
CROWD. Philip and Mary, Philip and Mary!
Long live the King and Queen, Philip and Mary!
STAFFORD. They smile as if content with one another.
BAGENHALL. A smile abroad is oft a scowl at home.
[KING _and_ QUEEN _pass on. Procession_.
FIRST CITIZEN. I thought this Philip had been one of those black
devils of Spain, but he hath a yellow beard.
SECOND CITIZEN. Not red like Iscariot's.
FIRST CITIZEN. Like a carrot's, as thou say'st, and English carrot's
better than Spanish licorice; but I thought he was a beast.
THIRD CITIZEN. Certain I had heard that every Spaniard carries a tail
like a devil under his trunk-hose.
Pages:
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72