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France. Before Angiers.
[Enter AUSTRIA and forces, drums, etc. on one side: on the other KING PHILIP
and his power; LEWIS, ARTHUR, CONSTANCE and attendants]
LEWIS
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Before | Angiers | well* met | brave^Aus|tria,
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Arthur | that great | forerun/ner of | thy blood,
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Richard | that robbed | the li|on of | his heart,
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And fought | the hol|y wars | in Pal|estine,
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By this brave duke | came^ear|ly to | his grave:
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And for | amends | to his | poster|ity,
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At our | import|ance hith|er is | he come,
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To spread | his col|ors boy,| in thy | behalf,
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And to | rebuke | the us|urpa|tion
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Of thy | unna|tural unc|le, Eng|lish John,
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Embrace | him, love | him, give | him wel|come
hith||er.
ARTHUR
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God | shall forgive | you Coeur-|de-li|on's death
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The rath|er, that | you give | his off|spring^life,
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Shadowing | their right | under | your wings | of
war:
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I give | you wel|come with | a power|less hand,
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But with | a heart | full of | unstained love:
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Welcome | before | the gates | of An/giers duke.
LEWIS
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A nob|le boy,| who would | not^do | thee right?
AUSTRIA
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Upon | thy cheek | lay^I | this zeal|ous kiss,
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As seal | to this | inden|ture of | my love:
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That to | my home | I will | no more | return
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Till An|giers, and | the right | thou hast | in
France,
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Togeth|er with that | pale, that | white-faced
shore,
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Whose foot | spurns back the o|cean's roar|ing
tides,
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And coops | from oth|er lands | her is|landers,
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Eene^till | that Eng|land hedged | in with | the
main,
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That wat|er-walled | bulwark, still | secure
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And con|fident | from for|eign pur|poses,
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Eene^till | that ut|most^corn|er of | the west
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Salute | thee for her | king, till | then fair
boy
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Will I | not think | of home,| but fol|low arms.
CONSTANCE
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O take | his moth|er's thanks,| a wid|ow's
thanks,
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Till your / strong hand | shall help | to give |
him strength,
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To make | a more | requit|al to | your love.
AUSTRIA
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The peace | of heaven | is theirs | that lift |
their swords
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In such | a just | and char|ita|ble war.
KING PHILIP
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Well, then | to work | our can|non shall | be
bent
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Against | the brows | of this | resist|ing town,
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Call for | our chief|est men | of dis|cipline,
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To cull | the plots | of best | advant|ages:
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We'll lay | before | this town | our roy|al
bones,
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Wade to | the mark|et-place | in French|men's
blood,
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But we | will make | it sub|ject^to | this boy.
CONSTANCE
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Stay for | an ans|wer to | your em|bassy,
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Lest^un|advised | you stain | your swords | with
blood,
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My Lord | Chatil|lon may | from Eng|land bring
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That right | in peace | which here | we urge | in
war,
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And then | we shall | repent | each drop | of
blood,
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That hot | rash^haste | so in|direct|ly shed.
[Enter CHATILLON]
KING PHILIP
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A wond|er la|dy: lo | upon | thy wish
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Our mes|senger | Chatil|lon is | arrived,
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What Eng|land says,| say brief|ly gent|le lord,
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We cold|ly pause | for thee,| Chatil|lon speak.
CHATILLON
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Then turn | your for|ces from | this palt|ry
siege,
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And stir | them up | against | a might|ier task:
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England | impa|tient of | your just | demands,
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Hath put | himself | in arms,| the ad|verse^winds
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Whose^leis|ure I | have stayed,| have given | him
time
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To land | his leg|ions all | as soon | as I.
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His march|es are | exped|ient to | this town,
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His for|ces strong,| his sol|diers con|fident:
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With him | along | is come | the moth|er-queen,
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An Ace | stirring | him to | blood and | strife,
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With her | her niece,| the La|dy Blanch | of
Spain,
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With them | a bast|ard of | the king's |
deceased,
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And all | the unset|tled hum|ors of | the land,
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Rash, in|consid|erate, fie|ry vo|luntaries,
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With lad|ies' fac|es, and / fierce drag|ons'
spleens,
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Have sold | their for/tunes at | their nat|ive
homes,
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Bearing | their birth|rights proud/ly on | their
backs,
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To make | a haz|ard of / new for|tunes here:
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In brief,| a brav|er choice | of daunt|less
spirits
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Than now | the Eng|lish bot|toms have / waft ore,
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Did nev|er float | upon | the swel|ling tide,
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To do | offense | and scath | in Christ|endom:
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The int|errup|tion of | their churl|ish drums
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Cuts^off | more* cir|cumstance,| they are | at
hand,
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To par|ley or | to fight,| therefore | prepare.
[Drum beats]
KING PHILIP
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How much | unlooked | for, is this | expe|dition.
AUSTRIA
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By how | much^un|expect|ed, by | so much
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We must | awake | endeav|or for | defense,
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For cour|age mount|eth with | occa|sion:
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Let them | be wel|come then,| we are | prepared.
[Enter KING JOHN, QUEEN ELINOR, BLANCH, the BASTARD, Lords, and forces]
KING JOHN
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Peace be | to France:| if France | in peace |
permit
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Our just | and lin|eal ent|rance to | our own,
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If not,| bleed France, and peace | ascend | to
heaven,
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Whiles^we | God's^wrath|ful ag|ent do | correct
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Their proud | contempt | that beats | his peace |
to heaven.
KING PHILIP
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Peace be | to Eng|land, if | that war | return
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From France | to Eng|land, there | to live | in
peace:
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England | we love,| and for | that Eng|land's
sake,
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With burd|en of | our arm|or here | we sweat:
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This toil | of ours | should be | a work | of
thine;
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But thou | from lov|ing Eng|land art | so far,
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That thou | hast und|er-wrought | his law|ful
king,
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Cut^off | the se|quence of | poster|ity,
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Out-faced in|fant state,| and done | a rape
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Upon | the maid|en vir|tue of | the crown:
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Look^here | upon | thy broth|er Geof|frey's face,
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These^eyes,| these^brows,| were mold|ed out | of
his;
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This lit|tle ab|stract doth^|contain | that
large,
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Which died | in Geof|frey: and | the hand | of
time,
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Shall draw | this brief | into as | huge a |
volume:
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That Geof|frey was | thy eld|er broth|er born,
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And this | his son,| England | was Geof|frey's
right,
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And this | is Geof|frey's in | the name | of God:
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How comes | it then | that thou | art called | a
king,
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When liv|ing blood | doth^in | these temp|les
beat
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Which^owe | the crown,| that thou |
oremast|erest?
KING JOHN
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From whom | hast thou | this great | commis|sion
France,
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To draw | my ans|wer from | thy art|icles?
KING PHILIP
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From that sup|ernal | judge that | stirs good
thoughts
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In an|y breast | of strong | author|ity,
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To look | into | the blots | and stains | of
right,
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That judge | hath made | me guar|dian to | this
boy,
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Under | whose war|rant I | impeach | thy wrong,
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And by | whose^help | I mean | to chas|tise it.
KING JOHN
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Alack | thou dost | usurp | author|ity.
KING PHILIP
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Excuse | it is | to beat | usurp|ing down.
QUEEN ELINOR
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Who is | it thou | dost call | usurp|er France?
CONSTANCE
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Let^me | make^ans|wer: thy | usurp|ing son.
QUEEN ELINOR
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Out ins/olent,| thy bast|ard shall | be king,
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That thou | mayst* be | a queen,| and check | the
world.
CONSTANCE
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My bed | was ev|er to | thy son | as true
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As thine | was to | thy hus|band, and | this boy
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Liker in | feature | to his | father | Geoffrey
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Than thou | and John,| in man|ners being | as like,
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As rain | to wat|er, or / devil to | his dam;
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My boy | a bast|ard? By | my soul | I think
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His fath|er nev|er was | so true | begot,
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It can|not be,| and if thou | wert his | mother.
QUEEN ELINOR
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There's a good*| mother | boy, that | blots thy |
father.
CONSTANCE
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There's a good | grandam boy,
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That would / blot
thee.
AUSTRIA
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Peace.
BASTARD
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Hear the cri|er.
AUSTRIA
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What | the devil | art thou?
BASTARD
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One that | will play | the dev|il sir | with you,
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And he | may catch | your hide | and you | alone:
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You are | the hare | of whom | the prov|erb goes
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Whose^val|or plucks | dead li/ons by | the beard;
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I'll smoke | your skin-|coat and | I catch | you
right,
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Sirrah | look* to it,| in faith | I will,| in
faith.
BLANCH
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O well | did he | become | that li|on's robe,
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That did | disrobe | the li|on of | that robe.
BASTARD
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It lies | as sight|ly on | the back | of him
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As great | Alcid|es' shows | upon | an ass:
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But ass,| I'll take | that burd|en from | your
back,
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Or lay | on that | shall make | your should|ers
crack.
AUSTRIA
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What crack|er is | this same | that deafs | our
ears
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With this | abun|dance of | super|fluous breath?
KING PHILIP
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King^Lewis,| deter|mine what | we shall | do
straight.
LEWIS
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Women | and fools,| break^off | your conf|erence.
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King^John,| this is | the ve|ry sum | of all:
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England | and Ire|land, An/giers, Tour|aine,
Maine,
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In right | of Arth|ur do | I claim | of thee:
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Wilt thou | resign | them, and / lay down | thy
arms?
KING JOHN
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My life | as soon:| I do | defy | thee France,
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Arthur | of Brit|ain, yield | thee to | my hand,
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And out | of my / dear love | I'll give | thee
more,
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Than ere | the cow|ard hand | of France | can
win,
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Submit | thee boy.
QUEEN ELINOR
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Come to thy | grandam child.
CONSTANCE
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Do child, go | to thy / grandam | child,
T T T
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Give grandam | kingdom,| and it gran|dam will
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Give ye | a plum,| a cher|ry, and | a fig,
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T T
There's a good*| grandam.
ARTHUR
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Good | my moth|er peace,
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I would | that I | were low | laid in | my grave,
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I am | not worth | this coil | that's made | for
me.
QUEEN ELINOR
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His moth|er shames | him so,| poor* boy | he
weeps.
CONSTANCE
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Now shame | upon | you wheth|er she does | or no,
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His gran|dam's wrongs,/ and not | his moth|er's
shames
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Draws those heaven-|moving | pearls from his | poor^eyes,
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Which heaven | shall take | in na|ture of | a
fee:
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Aye, with | these cryst|al beads | heaven shall |
be bribed
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To do | him just|ice, and | revenge | on you.
QUEEN ELINOR
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Thou monst|rous sland|erer | of heaven | and
earth.
CONSTANCE
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Thou monst|rous inj|urer | of heaven | and earth,
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Call^not | me sland|erer, thou | and thine |
usurp
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The dom|ina|tions, roy|alties,| and rights
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Of this op/pressed boy;| this is thy | eldest
son's son, ??
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Infor|tunate | in noth|ing but | in thee:
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Thy sins | are vis|ited | in this / poor child,
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The can|on of | the law | is laid | on him,
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Being | but the | second | gene|ration
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Remov|ed from | thy sin-|conceiv|ing womb.
KING JOHN
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Bedlam | have done.
CONSTANCE
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I have | but this | to say,
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That he | is not | only | plagued for | her sin,
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But God | hath made | her sin | and her,| the
plague
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On this | remov|ed is|sue, plagued | for her,
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And with | her plague | her sin:| his in|jury
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Her in|jury | the bea|dle to | her sin,
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All* pun|ished in | the pers|on of / this child,
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And all | for her,| a plague | upon | her.
QUEEN ELINOR
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Thou un|advis|ed scold,| I can | produce
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A will,| that bars | the tit|le of | thy son.
CONSTANCE
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Aye who*| doubts that,| a will:| a wick|ed will,
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A wom|an's will,| a cank|ered grand|am's* will.
KING PHILIP
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Peace | lady,| pause, or | be more | temperate,
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It ill | beseems | this pres|ence to / cry aim
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To these | ill-tuned rep|eti|tions:
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Some trump|et sum|mon hith|er to | the walls
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These men | of An/giers, let | us hear | them
speak,
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Whose^tit|le they | admit,| Arthur's | or John's.
[Trumpet sounds. Enter certain Citizens upon the walls]
FIRST CITIZEN
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Who is | it that | hath warned | us to | the
walls?
KING PHILIP
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'Tis France,| for Eng|land.
KING JOHN
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Eng|land for | itself:
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You men | of Angiers,| and my | loving |
subjects*.
KING PHILIP
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You lov|ing men | of Angiers,| Arthur's |
subjects*,
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Our trump|et called | you to | this gent|le
parle.
KING JOHN
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For our | advant|age, there|fore hear | us first:
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These* flags | of France | that are | advan|ced
here
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Before | the eye | and pros|pect^of | your town,
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Have hith|er marched | to your | endam|agement.
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The can|nons have | their bow|els full | of
wrath,
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And rea|dy mount|ed are | they to / spit forth
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Their ir|on in|digna|tion against | your walls:
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All prep|ara|tion for | a bloo|dy siege
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And mer|ciless | proceed|ing, by | these French.
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Comfort | your ci|ty's eyes,| your wink|ing
gates:
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And but | for our | approach,| those^sleep|ing
stones,
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That as | a waist | doth gird|le you | about
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By the | compul|sion of | their ord|inance,
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By this | time from | their fix|ed beds | of lime
,
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Had been | dishab|ited, and / wide hav|oc made
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For bloo|dy power | to rush | upon | your peace.
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But on | the sight | of us | your law|ful king,
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Who pain|fully | with much | exped|ient march
,
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Have brought | a count|ercheck | before | your
gates,
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To save | unscratched | your ci|ty's threat|ened
cheeks:
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Behold | the French | amazed | vouchsafe | a
parle,
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And now | instead | of bul|lets wrapped | in fire
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To make | a shak|ing fev|er in | your walls,
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T T T
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They shoot | but calm words, fold|ed up | in
smoke,
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To make | a faith|less er|ror in | your ears,
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Which^trust | accord|ingly | kind cit/izens,
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And let | us in.| Your* king,| whose lab|ored
spirits
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Forwear|ied in | this ac|tion of / swift speed,
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Crave har/borage | within | your ci|ty walls.
KING PHILIP
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When I | have said,| make^ans|wer to | us both.
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Lo in | this right hand,| whose pro|tection
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Is most | divine|ly vowed | upon | the right
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Of him | it holds,| stands^young | Plantag|enet,
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Son to | the eld|er broth|er of / this man,
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And king | ore him,| and all | that he | enjoys:
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For this / down-trod|den e|quity,| we tread
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In warlike march,| these^greens | before | your
town,
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Being | no furth|er en|emy | to you
,
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Than the | constraint | of hos|pitab|le zeal,
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In the | relief | of this | oppres|sed child,
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Relig|iously | provokes.| Be pleas|ed then
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To pay | that du|ty which | you tru|ly owe,
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To that | owes it,| namely,| this young prince,
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And then | our arms,| like to | a muz|zled bear,
T . T T ,
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Save in aspect,| hath all | offense | sealed^up:
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Our can|nons' mal|ice vain|ly shall | be spent
,
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Against | the invul|nera|ble clouds | of heaven,
,
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And with | a bles|sed and / unvexed | retire,
. T T T
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With^unhacked swords,| and hel|mets all |
unbruised,
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We will / bear home | that lus|ty blood | again,
,
, ,
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Which here | we came | to spout | against | your
town,
,
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And leave | your child|ren, wives,| and you | in
peace.
, 2
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But if you | fondly | pass our | proffered |
offer,
,
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T T
'Tis not | the roun|dure of your | old-faced
walls,
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Can hide | you from | our mes|sengers | of war,
,
, , ,
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Though all | these^Eng|lish, and | their
dis|cipline
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Were har|bored in | their rude | circum|ference:
, ,
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,
Then tell | us, shall | your ci|ty call | us
lord,
,
, ,
, ,
In that | behalf | which we | have chal|lenged
it?
, ,
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Or shall | we give | the sig|nal to | our rage,
, ,
, , ,
And stalk | in blood | to our | posses|sion?
FIRST CITIZEN
,
, 2 , ,
,
In brief,| we are the | king of | England's |
subjects*
, ,
, ,
,
For him,| and in | his right,| we hold | this
town.
KING JOHN
, , ,
, ,
Acknow|ledge then | the king,| and let | me in.
FIRST CITIZEN
,
, ,
, ,
That can | we not:| but he | that proves | the
king,
,
, , ,
,
To him | will we / prove loy|al, till | that time
, ,
, ,
,
Have we / rammed up | our gates | against | the
world.
KING JOHN
, ,
, , ,
Doth not | the crown | of Eng|land, prove | the
king?
,
, , ,
,
And if | not that,| I bring | you wit|nesses
T T T
, ,
, ___ ->
Twice fifteen | thousand | hearts of | England's
|| breed.
BASTARD
, ,
Bastards | and else. \\
KING JOHN
, , , , ,
To ver|ify | our tit|le with | their lives.
KING PHILIP
, , 2 T
T T
,
As ma/ny and as | well-born bloods | as those.
BASTARD
, ,
Some^bast|ards too. \\
KING PHILIP
,
, ,
, ,
Stand in | his face | to cont|radict | his claim.
FIRST CITIZEN
, ,
, ,
,
Till you | compound | whose^right | is
worth|iest,
, 2
, , ,
,
We for the | worthi|est hold | the right | from
both.
KING JOHN
, ,
, , ,
Then God | forgive | the sin | of all |
those^souls,
, ,
, , ,
That to | their ev|erlast|ing res|idence,
,
, ,
, ,
Before | the dew | of eve|ning fall,| shall fleet
,
, ,
, ,
In dread|ful tri|al of | our king|dom's king.
KING PHILIP
, ,
, ,
,
Amen,| amen,| mount^chev|aliers | to arms.
BASTARD
,
, x
Saint* George | that swinged | the dragon,
<- , ,
, , , ,
__
And ere | since^sits || on his | horseback / at my | hostess'| door
??
,
, , , ,
Teach us | some* fence.| Sirrah,| were I | at
home
, ,
, , ,
At your / den sir|rah, with | your li|oness,
, T .
T T 2 ,
,
I would | set an^ox-head | to your li|on's hide:
, ,
,
And make | a monst|er of | you.
AUSTRIA
, ,
Peace,| no more.
BASTARD
, ,
, ,
,
O trem|ble: for | you hear | the li|on roar.
KING JOHN
, ,
, ,
,
Up high|er to | the plain,| where we'll |
set^forth
,
, ,
, ,
In best | appoint|ment all | our reg|iments.
BASTARD
T T
. T ,
, ,
Speed then to take | advant|age of | the
field.
KING PHILIP
, ,
, , ,
It shall | be so,| and at | the oth|er hill
, ,
, ,
,
Command | the rest | to stand.| God and | our
right.
[Exeunt. Here after excursions, enter the Herald of France, with trumpets,
to the gates]
FRENCH HERALD
, , ,
, ,
You men | of An/giers op|en wide | your gates,
,
, ,
, ,
And let | young^Arth|ur Duke | of Brit|ain in,
,
, , ,
,
Who* by | the hand | of France,| this day | hath
made
, ,
, 2 ,
, 2->
Much^work | for tears | in ma|ny an Eng|lish
moth||er, ??
, ,
,
, ,
Whose^sons | lie scat/tered on | the bleed|ing
ground;
,
, , , 2 ,
Many | a wid|ow's hus|band grov|elling lies,
,
, , ,
,
Coldly | embra|cing the / discol|ored earth,
, ,
, , ,
And vict|ory | with lit|tle loss | doth play
,
, ,
, ,
Upon | the dan|cing ban|ners of | the French,
,
, , ,
,
Who are | at hand | triumph|antly | displayed
, ,
, , ,
To ent|er con|querors,| and to | proclaim
,
, , ,
,
Arthur | of Brit|ain, Eng|land's king,| and
yours.
[Enter English Herald, with trumpet]
ENGLISH HERALD
, ,
, , ,
Rejoice | you men | of An/giers, ring | your
bells,
T T T 2 ,
, ,
King John, your | king^and Eng|land's, doth |
approach,
,
, , ,
,
Command|er of | this hot | mali|cious day,
,
, , , ,
Their^arm|ors that / marched hence | so silv|er
bright,
, 2
T T T ,
,
Hither re|turn all gilt | with French|men's
blood:
, , , ,
,
There* stuck | no* plume | in an|y Eng|lish crest,
, ,
, , ,
That is | remov|ed by | a staff | of France.
, ,
, ,
,
Our col|ors do | return | in those^/same hands
,
, , 2 T
T T
That did | display | them when we | first marched
forth:
, ,
, , ,
And like | a jol|ly troop | of hunts|men come
, ,
, ,
,
Our lus|ty Eng|lish, all | with purp|led hands,
,
, ,
, ,
Dyed in | the dy|ing slaught|er of | their foes,
, ,
, ,
,
Open | your gates,| and give | the vic|tors way.
FIRST CITIZEN
,
, x ,
,
Heralds,| from off | our towers | we might |
behold
, ,
, , ,
From first | to last,| the on|set and | retire;
, ,
, , ,
Of both | your arm|ies, whose | equal|ity
, T T
T , ,
By our | best eyes can|not be / censured:
,
T T . T
, ,
Blood hath | bought blood, and blows | have
ans|wered blows:
T
T . T
x ,
x
Strength matched^with strength,| and power |
confront|ed power. ??
,
, , ,
,
Both are | alike,| and both | alike | we like:
,
, , ,
x
One must | prove great/est. While | they weigh |
so even,
, ,
, ,
,
We hold | our town | for neith|er: yet | for
both.
[Enter KING JOHN and KING PHILIP, with their powers, severally]
KING JOHN
,
2 T T T
, ,
France, hast thou | yet more blood | to cast |
away?
,
, ,
, ,
Say, shall | the cur|rent of | our right | run^on,
, ,
, , ,
Whose^pas|sage vexed | with thy | imped|iment,
,
, ,
, ,
Shall leave | his nat|ive chan|nel, and / oreswell
,
, x 2 ,
,
With course | distur|bed even | thy confin|ing
shores,
, ,
, ,
,
Unless | thou let | his silv|er wat|er, keep
,
, , ,
,
A peace|ful pro|gress to | the o|cean.
KING PHILIP
, 2 , T T T
,
England | thou hast not | saved one drop | of
blood,
, T
Tx T ,
,
In this | hot trial more | than we | of France,
,
T T T 2
, ,
Rather | lost more. And | by this hand | I swear
, ,
, , ,
That sways | the earth | this clim|ate
ov|erlooks,
, 2
, , T T
T
Before | we will lay | down our | just-borne
arms,
, ,
2 , ,
,
We'll put | thee* down,| against^whom | these^arms
| we bear, ??
, ,
, ,
,
Or add | a roy|al num|ber to | the dead:
,
, ,
, ,
Gracing | the scroll | that tells | of this /
war's loss,
, , ,
, ,
With slaught|er coup|led to | the name | of
kings.
BASTARD
, ,
, ,
x
Ha maj|esty:| how high | thy glo|ry towers,
, ,
, ,
,
When the / rich blood | of kings | is set | on
fire:
, ,
T . T T
,
Oh now | doth^Death | line his dead chaps | with
steel,
,
, ,
, ,
The swords | of sol|diers are | his teeth,| his
fangs,
, , ,
, ,
And now | he feasts,| mousing | the flesh | of
men
, ,
, ,
,
In un|deter|mined dif|ferences | of kings.
,
, ,
, ,
Why stand | these roy|al fronts | amaz|ed thus:
, ,
, ,
,
Cry hav|oc kings,| back to | the stain|ed field
, ,
, ,
x
You e|qual pot|ents, fie|ry kind|led spirits,
, ,
, , ,
Then let | confu|sion of / one part | confirm
, ,
, T T .
T
The oth|er's peace:| till then,| blows, blood,
and^death.
KING JOHN
, ,
, ,
,
Whose part|y do | the towns|men* yet | admit?
KING PHILIP
, ,
, ,
,
Speak cit/izens | for Eng|land, who's | your
king.
FIRST CITIZEN
,
, ,
, ,
The king | of Eng|land, when | we know | the
king.
KING PHILIP
,
, , ,
,
Know him | in us,| that here | hold^up | his
right.
KING JOHN
, ,
, , ,
In us,| that are | our^own | great dep/uty,
,
, ,
, ,
And bear | posses|sion of | our pers|on here,
,
, , ,
,
Lord of | our pres|ence An/giers, and | of you.
FIRST CITIZEN
, x
, . T T T
A great|er power | then we | denies all this,
, , ,
, ,
And till | it be / undoubt|ed, we | do lock
,
, ,
, ,
Our form|er scrup|le in our // strong-barred
gates:
,
, , ,
,
Kings of | our* fear,| until | our fears |
resolved
,
, ,
, ,
Be by | some cert|ain king,| purged and |
deposed.
BASTARD
x ,
, , ,
By heaven,| these scroyles | of An/giers flout |
you kings,
, ,
, , ,
And stand | secure|ly on | their bat|tlements,
, , 2 ,
, ,
As in | a the|ater, whence | they gape | and
point
,
, 2 , ,
,
At your | indust|rious scenes | and acts | of
death.
, ,
, ,
,
Your roy|al pres|ences | be ruled | by me,
,
, , 2 ,
,
Do like | the mut|inies | of Jerus|alem,
,
, ,
, ,
Be friends | awhile,| and both | conjoint|ly bend
,
, ,
, ,
Your sharp|est deeds | of mal|ice on | this town.
, , ,
, ,
By east | and west | let France | and Eng|land
mount
, 2
, ,
, ,
Their bat|tering can|non charg|ed to | the
mouths,
, ,
, ,
,
Till their / soul-fear|ing clam|ors have /
brawled down
, ,
, 2 , 2 ,
The flin|ty ribs | of this con|temptuous | city,
,
, , ,
,
I'd play | inces|santly | upon | these^jades,
x ,
, , ,
Even till^|unfenc|ed des|ola|tion
, ,
, ,
,
Leave them | as nak|ed as | the vulg|ar air:
, ,
, ,
,
That done,| dissev|er your | unit|ed strengths,
, ,
, ,
,
And part | your ming|led col|ors once | again,
,
, , ,
,
Turn face | to face,| and bloo|dy point | to
point:
,
, ,
, ,
Then^in | a mo|ment For|tune shall / cull forth
T . T T ,
, ,
Out of one side | her hap|py min|ion,
,
, , ,
,
To whom | in fav|or she | shall give | the
day,
, ,
, 2 , ,
And kiss | him with | a glor|ious vict|ory:
,
, , ,
,
How like | you this / wild couns|el migh|ty
states,
,
, ,
, ,
Smacks it | not some/thing of | the pol|icy.
KING JOHN
,
, ,
, ,
Now by | the sky | that hangs | above | our
heads,
,
, ,
, x
I like | it well.| France, shall | we knit | our
powers,
, ,
, ,
,
And lay | this An/giers ev|en to | the ground,
,
, ,
, ,
Then aft|er fight | who shall | be king | of it?
BASTARD
, ,
, , ,
And if | thou hast | the met|tle of | a king,
x
,
,
, ,
Being wronged / as we | are by | this peev|ish
town:
,
, ,
, ,
Turn thou | the mouth | of thy | artil|lery,
, ,
, , ,
As we | will ours,| against | these sau|cy walls,
, , ,
, ,
And when | that we | have dashed | them to | the
ground,
, ,
,
, ,
Why then | defy | each oth|er, and / pell-mell,
,
, ,
x ,
Make^work | upon | ourselves,| for heaven | or
hell.
KING PHILIP
, ,
, ,
,
Let it | be so:| Say, where / will you | assault?
KING JOHN
,
, ,
, ,
We from | the west | will send | destruc|tion
,
, x
Into | this cit|y's bosom. \\
AUSTRIA
,
,
I from | the north.
KING PHILIP
, ,
,
Our thund/er from | the south,
, ,
, ,
,
Shall rain | their drift | of bul|lets on | this
town.
BASTARD
,
, , ,
,
O prud|ent dis|cipline!| From north | to south:
, 2
, ,
, ,
Austria | and France | shoot in | each^oth|er's
mouth.
, ,
, , ,
I'll stir | them to | it: Come,| away,| away.
FIRST CITIZEN
T . T
T , ,
,
Hear us great kings,| vouchsafe | awhile | to
stay
, , ,
. T T T
And I | shall show | you peace,| and fair-faced
league:
,
, , ,
,
Win you | this ci|ty with/out stroke,| or wound,
,
, , ,
,
Rescue | those breath|ing lives | to die | in
beds,
, ,
, ,
,
That here | come sac|rifi|ces for | the field.
,
, , ,
,
Persev|er not,| but hear | me migh|ty kings.
KING JOHN
,
, ,
, ,
Speak^on | with fav|or, we | are bent | to hear.
FIRST CITIZEN
, , , ,
,
That daught|er there | of Spain,| the La|dy
Blanch
, ,
, ,
,
Is niece | to Eng|land, look | upon | the years
x
, , ,
,
Of Lewis | the Dauph|in, and | that love|ly maid.
, ,
, ,
, ->
If lus|ty love | should go | in quest | of
beau||ty,
, 2
, ,
, ,
Where | should he find | it fair|er, than | in
Blanch:
, ,
, ,
, ->
If zeal|ous love | should go | in search | of
vir||tue,
, 2
, ,
, ,
Where | should he find | it pur|er than | in
Blanch?
,
, , ,
,
If love | ambi|tious, sought | a match | of
birth,
, T
Tx T ,
,
Whose veins | bound richer blood | than La|dy
Blanch?
,
, , ,
,
Such^as | she is,| in beaut|y, vir|tue, birth,
, ,
, ,
,
Is the / young Dauph|in eve|ry way | complete,
, ,
, , ,
If not | complete | of, say | he is | not she,
, .
T T T
, ,
And she | again wants noth|ing, to / name want,
, , ,
, ,
If want | it be | not that | she is | not he:
, ,
, ,
,
He is | the half | part of | a bles|sed man,
,
, ,
, ,
Left to | be fin|ished | by such | as she,
, ,
, , ,
And she | a fair | divid|ed ex|cellence,
,
, ,
, ,
Whose full|ness of | perfec|tion lies | in him.
,
, , ,
,
O two | such^silv|er cur|rents when | they join
, ,
, , ,
Do glo|rify | the banks | that bound | them in:
, , .
T T T
,
And two | such^shores,| to two such streams |
made^one,
,
, , ,
,
Two* such | control|ling bounds | shall you | be,
kings,
, ,
, ,
,
To these | two prin/ces, if | you mar|ry them:
, ,
, , 2 ,
This un|ion shall | do more | than bat|tery can
, ,
, ,
,
To our / fast-clos|ed gates:| for at | this
match,
,
, , ,
,
With swift|er spleen | than pow|der can | enforce
, ,
, ,
,
The mouth | of pas|sage shall | we fling |
wide^ope,
,
, , ,
,
And give | you en|trance: but | without | this
match,
, ,
, ,
,
The sea | enrag|ed is | not half | so deaf,
, ,
, ,
,
Lions | more con|fident,| mountains | and rocks
, ,
, ,
,
More free | from mo|tion, no | not^Death |
himself
,
, , 2 ,
,
In mort|al fu|ry half | so peremp|tory,
,
, ,
As we | to keep | this ci|ty.
BASTARD
, ,
Here's | a stay,
, ,
, ,
,
That shakes | the rot|ten car|cass of / old Death
,
, T . T
T ,
Out of | his rags.| Here's a large mouth |
indeed,
, T T
. T ,
,
That spits | forth death, and mount|ains,
rocks,| and seas,
,
, ,
, x
Talks as | famil|iarly | of roar|ing lions,
, , ,
, ,
As maids | of thir|teen do | of pup|py-dogs.
, ,
, , ,
What can|noneer | begot | this lus|ty blood,
, T
Tx T , ,
He speaks | plain cannon fire,| and smoke,| and
bounce,
, ,
, , ,
He gives | the bast|ina|do with | his tongue:
,
, , ,
,
Our ears | are cud|geled, not | a word | of his
,
, ,
, ,
But buf|fets bet|ter than | a fist | of France:
,
, ,
, ,
Zounds, I | was nev|er so | bethumped | with
words,
,
, , , ,
Since^I | first^called | my broth|er's fath|er
dad.
QUEEN ELINOR
, ,
, ,
,
Son, list / to this | conjunc|tion, make | this
match
,
, ,
, ,
Give with | our niece | a dow|ry large | enough,
, , ,
, ,
For by | this knot,| thou shalt | so sure|ly tie
,
, ,
, ,
Thy now | unsured | assur|ance to | the crown,
, ,
, ,
,
That yon | green boy / shall have | no sun | to
ripe
, ,
, ,
,
The bloom | that prom|iseth | a migh|ty fruit.
,
, ,
, ,
I see | a yield|ing in | the looks | of France:
,
, ,
, ,
Mark how | they whisp|er, urge | them while |
their souls
, ,
, , ,
Are cap|able | of this | ambi|tion,
,
, , , ,
Lest^zeal | now* melt|ed by | the wind|y
breath
, ,
, , ,
Of soft | peti|tions, pi|ty and | remorse,
,
, ,
, ,
Cool and | congeal | again | to what | it was.
FIRST CITIZEN
, ,
, , ,
Why ans|wer not | the doub|le ma|jesties,
,
, , ,
,
This friend|ly trea|ty of | our threat|ened town.
KING PHILIP
,
, , ,
,
Speak^Eng|land first,| that hath | been for|ward
first
,
, , ,
,
To speak | unto | this ci|ty: what | say^you?
KING JOHN
,
, ,
, ,
If that | the Dauph|in there | thy prince|ly son,
,
, ,
, ,
Can^in | this book | of beaut|y read,| I love:
, ,
, ,
,
Her dow|ry shall / weigh e|qual with | a queen:
2 ,
, ,
T T T
For Angiers,| and fair | Touraine,| Maine,
Poictiers, ??
, , ,
, ,
And all | that we | upon | this side | the sea,
, ,
, ,
,
(Except | this ci|ty now | by us | besieged)
, , 2
, , ,
Find li|able | to our crown | and dig|nity,
, , , ,
,
Shall gild | her brid|al bed | and make | her
rich
,
, , ,
,
In tit|les, hon|ors, and | promo|tions,
,
,
, , ,
As she | in beaut|y, ed|uca|tion, blood,
,
, , ,
,
Holds^hand | with an|y prin|cess^of | the world.
KING PHILIP
, ,
, ,
,
What sayst | thou boy?| Look in | the la|dy's
face.
LEWIS
,
, ,
, ,
I do | my lord,| and in | her eye | I find
,
, ,
, ,
A wond|er, or | a wond|rous mir|acle,
,
, ,
, ,
The shad|ow of | myself | formed in | her eye,
, ,
, ,
,
Which^be|ing but | the shad|ow of | your son,
,
, . T
T T x
Becomes | a sun | and makes your son | a
shadow: ??
, ,
, ,
,
I do | protest | I nev|er loved | myself
, , ,
, ,
Till now | infix|ed I | beheld | myself,
, 2
, , ,
,
Drawn in the | flatte|ring tab|le of | her^eye.
BASTARD
, 2
, ,
, ,
Drawn in the | flatte|ring tab|le of / her eye,
,
, ,
, ,
Hanged in | the frown|ing wrink|le of / her brow,
, ,
, , ,
And quart|ered in | her heart,| he doth | espy
,
, ,
, ,
Himself | love's trait/or, this | is pi|ty now;
,
, , ,
,
That hanged,| and drawn,| and quart|ered there |
should be
,
, ,
, ,
In such | a love,| so vile | a lout | as he.
BLANCH
, ,
, ,
,
My unc|le's will | in this | respect | is mine,
, ,
, , ,
If he | see aught | in you | that makes | him
like,
, ,
, ,
, ->
That an|ything | he sees | which moves | his
lik||ing,
, ,
, ,
2 ,
I | can with | ease tran|slate it | to my will:
,
, ,
, ,
Or if | you will,| to speak | more prop|erly,
, ,
, , 2 ,
I will | enforce | it eas|ily | to my love.
,
, , ,
,
Further | I will / not flat|ter you,| my lord,
,
, ,
, ,
That all | I see | in you | is worth|y love,
, ,
, ,
,
Than this,| that noth|ing do | I see | in you,
, ,
, , ,
Though churl|ish thoughts | themselves | should
be | your judge,
, ,
, , ,
That I | can find,| should mer|it an|y hate.
KING JOHN
, ,
T T T
2 ,
What say | these young | ones? What say | you my
niece? ??
BLANCH
, ,
, ,
,
That she | is bound | in hon|or still | to do
,
, ,
, ,
What you | in wis|dom still | vouchsafe | to say.
KING JOHN
T T
T ,
2 , ,
->
Speak then prince | Dauphin,| can you love | this
la||dy?
LEWIS
, ,
, 2 , ,
Nay | ask me | if I | can refrain | from love,
,
, , ,
,
For I | do love | her most | unfeign|edly.
KING JOHN
, ,
, , ,
Then do | I give | Volques|sen, Tour|aine, Maine,
, ,
, , ,
Poictiers | and An|jou*, these / five prov|inces
??
, ,
, ,
,
With her | to thee,| and this | addi|tion more,
,
, ,
, ,
Full* thir|ty thous|and marks | of Eng|lish coin:
,
, , ,
,
Philip | of France,| if thou | be pleased |
withal,
,
, ,
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Command | thy son | and daught|er to / join
hands.
KING PHILIP
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It likes | us well young prin|ces: close | your
hands
AUSTRIA
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And your / lips too,| for I | am well | assured,
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That I | did so | when I | was first | assured.
KING PHILIP
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Now* cit|izens | of An/giers ope | your gates,
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Let^in | that am|ity | which you | have made,
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For at | Saint Ma|ry's chap|el pres|ently,
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The rites | of mar|riage shall | be sol|emnized.
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Is not | the La|dy Const|ance in | this troop?
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I know | she is not | for this | match made up,
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Her pres|ence would | have int|errupt|ed much.
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Where is | she and | her son,| tell me,| who
knows?
LEWIS
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She is sad | and pas|sionate | at your high|ness'
tent.
KING PHILIP
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And by | my faith,| this league | that we | have
made
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Will give | her sad|ness ve|ry lit|tle cure:
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Brother | of Eng|land, how | may we | content
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This wid|ow la|dy? In | her right | we came,
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Which^we | God^knows,| have turned | anoth|er
way,
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To our / own vant|age.
KING JOHN
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We | will heal | up^all,
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For we'll | create | young^Arth|ur Duke | of
Brit||ain
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And Earl | of Rich|mond, and / this rich | fair*
town
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We make | him lord | of. Call | the La|dy
Const||ance,
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Some | speedy | messenger*| bid her | repair
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To our | solem|nity:| I trust | we shall,
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(If not | fill up | the meas|ure of | her will)
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Yet^in | some^meas|ure sat|isfy | her so,
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That we | shall stop | her ex|clama|tion.
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Go we | as well | as haste | will suf|fer us,
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To this | unlooked | for^un|prepar|ed pomp.
[Exeunt all but the BASTARD]
BASTARD
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Mad world, mad | kings, mad com|posi||tion:
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John | to stop | Arthur's | title | in the whole,
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Hath wil|lingly | depart|ed with | a part,
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And France,| whose arm|or con|science buck|led
on,
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Whom zeal | and char|ity | brought to | the field,
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As God's own sol|dier, round|ed in | the ear,
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With that / same pur|pose-chang|er, that / sly
devil,
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That brok|er, that / still breaks | the pate | of
faith,
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That dai|ly break-|vow, he | that wins | of all,
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Of kings,| of beg|gars, old | men*, young | men*,
maids,
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Who hav|ing no | extern|al thing | to lose,
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But the / word maid,| cheats the | poor* maid |
of that.
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That smooth-faced gent|leman, tick|ling
Commod|ity,
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Commod|ity,| the bi|as of | the world,
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The world,| who of | itself | is peis|ed well,
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Made to | run ev/en, u|pon even ground,
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Till this | advant|age, this / vile-draw|ing
bias,
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This sway | of mo|tion, this | commod|ity,
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Makes it take head | from all | indif|ferency,
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From all | direc|tion, pur|pose, course,| intent.
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And this / same bi|as, this | commod|ity,
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This bawd,| this brok|er, this / all-chang|ing
word,
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Clapped on | the out|ward eye | of fick|le
France,
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Hath drawn | him from | his own | deter|mined
aid,
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From a | resolved | and hon|ora|ble war,
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To a / most base | and vile-|conclud|ed peace.
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And why | rail^I | on this | commod|ity?
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But for | because | he hath not | wooed me yet:
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Not that | I have | the power | to clutch | my
hand,
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When his / fair ang|els would | salute | my palm,
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But for | my hand,| as un|attempt|ed yet,
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Like a poor beg|gar, rail|eth on | the rich.
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Well, whiles^|I am | a beg|gar, I | will rail,
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And say | there is / no sin | but^to | be rich:
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And be|ing rich,| my vir|tue then | shall be,
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To say | there is | no vice,| but beg|gary:
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Since^kings | break faith upon | commod|ity,
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Gain be | my lord,| for I | will worsh|ip thee.
[Exit]