The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-26

THIRD CITIZEN.
It's Queen Mary.
The blessed Mary's a-passingl lFdHs on his
kneesl
Let father alone, my masters He's past your
Answer thou for him, then Thou art no such
cockerel thyseh Tor thou was born 4 the tai END
OF old Harry The seventh.
NOKEs
En- that was afore aslard-making began.
was BORN trne man at i've In the forenoon 4 the
tai OF Old harry. and 50 they can't MAKE me Q
bastard
But II Parliament can make the Queen bas-
tard, why, IL follows all the more that they can
ons at elbow and bald Id q Inc back. and 6ursen
at the toes ana down at heels
Twas born OF a true man and rtng'd wife. and
can't argue upon 1t; but and my old woman ud
burn upon II, that would we
What are you cacKllng OF oastardy under the
Queens own noseY IN have you logged ana
burnt too by the Rood VIII
he swears ny the Rood. Wnewi
SECOND CITIZEN.
f!7e Procession passes, MARY ana ELIZA
BETH riding side ov side, and disappears
under the gate
CITIZENS.
Long i've Queen Mary down with all traitorsi
God save Her Grace; and death 10 Northumber-
land tEIettnt
Tue scene closes with a somewhat aimess dia-
logue between the First and Second Gentleman,
and The act shifts TO room in Lambeth palace,
where Archbishop Cranmer was living at the be-
ginning OF Mary's reign.
cRANNER-
The introduction or Cranmer in this part OF the
drama seems to have no dramatic purpose, as IL
certainly is without any dramatic effect. II is a
scene comprising only dialogue between the
Archbishop and Peter Martyr. In which the latter
urges the former TO ny, saying Tor himself
Tn-V have given me sale conduct; Tor all that
care not stay. lear. lear see you,
Dear friend, Tor the last time: farewell and NJ.
Cranmer answers
Fly, and farewell, and let me die the death.
And then the Queens officers are announced to
take the Archbishop 10 the Tower This IS all
there is OF It, CranmeS declaring his Willingness
TO 70 and the scene changing with the lins
thank my God 1t is TOO late TO ny.
Feeble this certainty is and purposeIess as It
seems is the foundation for what Is greatest and
best in the Drama. The Arcn bishop does not again
appear upon the stage until in the fourth acr, and
then only in a scene preparatory TO his execution
II the play had plot ana was governed by
real dramatic motive his temperance would
De Impossible, but then we should lose the gem OF
Iennyson's work. As II is the praise OF the
London Times Is not too great, Tor this fourth
act is reality the best piece OF blank verse 10
tue dramatic form since Shakespeare. Though
deficient IN every acting quality, II Is still In
tensely dramatic, and some OF the speeches are
almost as great. though In a different sense, as
those or Cardinal wolsey in ''Henry vIILn That
our readers may Judge OF 1t without prejudice,
we reprint its most imp essive passages, and we
have no doubt that most OF them VIII indoise
our opinion that in the whole range OF
English dramatic literature since Shake
speare there 10 nothing 10 equal II In
purity or thought and expression and lofty deal
ing with q singular and exceptional episode In
history. Lacking in IRE, II Is not deficient In
viEor and IL CLOVIS with a brilllancy peculiarly its
own Even in his most splendid speeches and
Hottest sonloques Shakespeare Is often oomoastic
and sometimes vulgar. There IL nothing OF tnese
qualities In Tennyson's verse. and the whole act
Is the noblesE embodiment WHICH has Jet been
made OF the highest culture OF the age. In speak.
ing thus we are no: unmindfu o: the faults Of the
work but had the poet written nothing else tnis
act alone would nave made him In the eyes OF pos
terity ike the priest
Ever gentle, and 30 gracious.
WITH al his learning.
The excerpts are ss iollows:-
TIE PETITION ron CRASMxR's Lgx
wnat nave you theres
CARDINAL POLE.
30 please Your Majesty,
A long petition rom the foreign exles
Aaa Nv LORD ORE Paset aad Lora William Howard.
Crave, IN tse same cause. hearing OF your Grace.
Hath he not written nimseI-lniatuated-
MARY.
HIS lifef on, no;
Not sued Tor that-he knows il were in vain.
But 20 muca Of the antI-papal leaven
works aim yet, ne hath prsy'd me not to sulU
Mine own prerogatiye, and degrade the realm
BY seeking justice at a strangers hand
Against my natural subject King ana queen,
10 whom he owes his ioyal.y after Goo,
snall these accuse him 10 a foreign princef
Death would not grieye MIN more: ! cannot %
True TO tRls realm o. England aud tue rope
Jogetner. says the neTetlc.
POLE
And there errs;
As he hath ever err'd thro vanity.
A secular Eingdom Is Dut as he BODY
Lacking soul; and IN Itself peash
Tue holy Father In secular knEaom
Into q BODY generate.
Write TO aim, tsco
POLE.
MARY.
And sharply, Pole.
POLE.
uere comes the Cranmeritesl
Enter THRLBY, LORD PAGET, LORD WILLIAM How
HOWARD.
Health TO your Grace. Good morrow, my LORD
Cardinal.
We make our humble prayer unto Your Grace
mat Ctanmer may Withdraw 70 iorelgn parts
or into private lie within tue realm.
In several bills ana aeelaratlons, Madam,
he Eath recanted All MS neresies.
AZ, az; II Bonner have not forged the bills.
aside.
MARY.
DID not More die. and 7 sher' be must burn.
HOWARD.
lie hath recanted. MaGaln.
May.
me better for him.
Ne burns 10 purEatoTI, no. II nsiL
Az. az, your Grace cut Il was never seen
IAat ang OIe recanting thus AZ lull,
"a Cranmer natn, came % the ire On earth.
MARY.
Il viii De seen now, then.
THIRLBY.
Madam. Madaml
l thus implore you, low upon my knees,
To reach tue maud 81 mercy 70 my lriend.
! nave eTrid with him: WIN him nave recantao.
WHAT human reason Il there why my Trend
should meet with lesser mercy than myseff
MARY.
Ny Lord " ELY, tails. After riot
We uang the Leaders, st their lolIowinEg0.
Cranmer - head ana iatner OF these hereslea,
New learning as tney caii ~; yes MAJ God