Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Carry them here and there: Iumping o're Times;
Turning th'accomplishment of many yeeres
Into an Howre-glasse: for the which supplie
Admit me Chorus to this Historie;
Who Prologue-like, your humble patience pray,
Gently to heare, kindly to iudge our Play.
Exit.
Actus Primus. Scœna Prima
[Act 1, Scene 1]
Enter the two Bishops of Canterbury and Ely.
Bish. Cant. Bish. Cant.
Bish. Cant. MY Lord, Ile tell you, that selfe Bill is vrg'd,
Bish. Cant. Which in th'eleuēthth'eleuenth yere of ye last Kings reign
Bish. Cant. Was like, and had indeed against vs past,
Bish. Cant. But that the scambling and vnquiet time
Bish. Cant. Did push it out of farther question.
Bish. Ely. Bish. Ely.
Bish. Ely. But how my Lord shall we resist it now?
Bish. Cant. It must be thought on: if it passe against vs,