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Come Grey, come Vaughan, let us here embrace. [25]
Farewell, until we meet again in Heaven.
Exeunt.
Scene IV IT
Enter Buckingham, Stanley Earl of Derby, Hastings, the Bishop of Ely,
Norfolk, Ratcliffe, Lovell, with Others, at a table.
HAST INGS
Now, noble peers, the cause why we are met
Is to determine of the coronation.
In God’s name speak: when is the royal day?
BUCKINGHAM
Is all things ready for the royal time?
ST ANLEY
It is, and wants but nomination. [5]
ELY
Tomorrow, then, I judge a happy day.
BUCKINGHAM
Who knows the Lord Protector’s mind herein?
Who is most inward with the noble Duke?
ELY
Your Grace, we think, should soonest know his mind.
BUCKINGHAM
We know each other’s faces; for our hearts [10]
He knows no more of mine than I of yours,
Or I of his, my lord, than you of mine.
Lord Hastings, you and he are near in love.
HAST INGS
I thank his Grace, I know he loves me well;
But for his purpose in the coronation [15]
