Why only, Suffolk, mourn I not for thee,

And with the southern clouds contend in tears,

385 Theirs for the earth’s increase, mine for my sorrows?

Now get thee hence: the king, thou know’st, is coming;

If thou be found by me, thou art but dead.

Suf. If I depart from thee, I cannot live;

And in thy sight to die, what were it else

390 But like a pleasant slumber in thy lap?

Here could I breathe my soul into the air,

As mild and gentle as the cradle-babe