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It would infect his speech − that if the King
Should without issue die, he’ll carry it so
To make the sceptre his. These very words [135]
I’ve heard him utter to his son-in-law,

Lord Aberga’nny, to whom by oath he menaced
Revenge upon the Cardinal.

WOLSEY
Please your highness, note
This dangerous conception in this point:

Not friended by his wish to your high person, [140]
His will is most malignant, and it stretches
Beyond you to your friends.

KATHERINE
My learned lord Cardinal,
Deliver all with charity.

KING
Speak on.

How grounded he his title to the crown
Upon our fail? To this point hast thou heard him [145]
At any time speak aught?

SURVEYOR
He was brought to this

By a vain prophecy of Nicholas Henton.

KING
What was that Henton?

SURVEYOR
Sir, a Chartreux friar,
His confessor, who fed him every minute
With words of sovereignty.

KING