Say not “treasonous.”

Norfolk
Say not “treasonous.”
Buckingham
To th’ King I’ll say ’t, and make my vouch as strong
As shore of rock.Hyperbaton & Simile

This holy fox,
Or wolf, or both—for he is equal rav’nous
As he is subtle, and as prone to mischief
As able to perform ’t

Attend. This holy fox,
Or wolf, or both—for he is equal rav’nous
As he is subtle, and as prone to mischief
As able to perform ’t, Metonymyhis mind and place
Infecting one another, yea reciprocally—
HyperbatonOnly to show his pomp as well in France
As here at home, suggests the King Appositionour master
To this last costly treaty, Personificationth’ interview
That swallowed so much treasure and Similelike a glass
Did break i’ th’ rinsing.Oxymoron, Metaphor & Parenthesis
Norfolk
Faith, and so it did.
Buckingham
Pray give me favor, sir. This cunning cardinal
The articles o’ th’ combination drew
As himself pleasedAlliteration & Hyperbaton; and they were ratified
As he cried “Thus let be,” to as much end
As give a crutch to th’ dead.Simile But our Count Cardinal
Has done this, and ’tis well, for worthy Wolsey,
AppositionWho cannot err, he did it.Alliteration Now this follows—
Which, as I take it, is a kind of puppy
To th’ old dam treason:Simile Charles the Emperor,
Under pretense to see the Queen his aunt—
For ’twas indeed his color, but he came
AlliterationTo whisper Wolsey—here makes visitation;Parenthesis
His fears were that the interview betwixt
England and France might through their amity
Breed him some prejudice, for from this league
Peeped harms that menaced him;Personification privily
Deals with our cardinal and, as I trow—
Which I do well, for I am sure the Emperor
Paid ere he promised, whereby his suit was granted
Ere it was asked.Parenthesis But when the way was made
And paved with gold,Metaphor the Emperor thus desired
That he would please to alter the King’s course
And break the foresaid peace. Let the King know—
As soon he shall by me—that thus the Cardinal
Does buy and sell his honor as he pleases
And for his own advantage.Parenthesis
Norfolk
I am sorry
To hear this of him, and could wish he were
Something mistaken in ’t.
Buckingham
No, not a syllable.Anapodoton
I do pronounce him in that very shape
He shall appear in proof.