Read the full text of Henry VIII Act 5 Scene 2 with a side-by-side translation HERE.
- Rushing to the council meeting, Cranmer hopes he's not too late. He's about to go into the Council Chamber when a keeper stops him.
- Dr. Butts, the king's doctor, enters and remarks that there must be malice in the air. Then he leaves.
- Cranmer says to himself that it's strange that he—one of the council member—has to wait outside.
- He hopes Butts will be a pal and be nice to him. Butts and Henry look out of a window above Cranmer.
- Butts points out Cranmer to the king, and says it's strange for the Archbishop of Canterbury to rub elbows with pages and footboys outside.
- You're right, Henry says. That is Cranmer waiting outside. Wait, so that means something is not right. It's a trap!
- Henry decides they will hear about it later, but for now, should keep watching the council meeting from above.