Page 1693 - Shakespeare - Vol. 4

With my well saying.

KING
’Tis well said again,
And ’tis a kind of good deed to say well;
And yet words are no deeds. My father loved you;
He said he did, and with his deed did crown [155]

His word upon you. Since I had my office,
I have kept you next my heart, have not alone
Employed you where high profits might come home,

But pared my present havings to bestow
My bounties upon you.

WOLSEY
[aside]
What should this mean? [160]

SURREY
[aside]
The Lord increase this business!

KING
Have I not made you
The prime man of the state? I pray you tell me
If what I now pronounce you have found true;
And, if you may confess it, say withal

If you are bound to us or no. What say you? [165]

WOLSEY
My sovereign, I confess your royal graces,
Showered on me daily, have been more than could
My studied purposes requite, which went
Beyond all man’s endeavours. My endeavours

Have ever come too short of my desires, [170]
Yet filed with my abilities. Mine own ends
Have been mine so that evermore they pointed

To th’good of your most sacred person and