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King John

Act III, Scene 3

The same.
 
[Alarums, excursions, retreat. Enter KING JOHN, QUEEN ELINOR, ARTHUR, the BASTARD, HUBERT, and Lords]
 
KING JOHN
           ,         ,          ,             ,        ,
      So shall | it be:| your grace | shall stay | behind
            ,        ,        ,         ,          ,
      So strong|ly guard|ed: cous|in, look | not* sad,
            ,         ,            ,         ,       ,
      Thy gran|dam* loves | thee, and | thy unc|le will
           ,        ,     ,             ,       ,
      As dear | be to | thee, as | thy fath|er was.
 
ARTHUR
          ,           ,        ,       ,           ,
      O this | will make | my moth|er die | with grief.
 
KING JOHN
       ,         ,         ,          ,         ,
      Cousin | away | for Eng|land, haste | before,
           ,         ,       ,           ,           ,
      And ere | our com|ing see | thou shake | the bags
           ,        ,        ,  ,          ,
      Of hoard|ing ab|bots, im|prisoned | angels
       ,        ,     ,         T    T   .   T
      Set at | liber|ty: the | fat ribs of peace
        ,            ,       ,        ,      ,
      Must by | the hun|gry now | be fed | upon:
       ,     2     ,         ,        T  T    T
      Use our com|mission | in his | utmost force.
 
BASTARD
        T     T    .   T         ,           ,          ,
      Bell, book, and cand|le, shall | not drive | me back,
             ,         ,        ,               ,   ,
      When gold | and silv|er becks | me to / come on.
          ,            ,          ,        ,          ,
      I leave | your high|ness: Grand|am*, I | will pray
            x    ,     ,           ,    ,
      (If ever | I re|member | to be | holy)
                   ,    ,       ,       ,           ,
      For your / fair safe|ty: so | I kiss | your hand.
 
ELINOR
            ,     ,        ,
      Farewell | gentle | cousin.
 
KING JOHN
                                   ,         __
                                  Coz, fare|well.
QUEEN ELINOR
            ,       ,        ,         ,        ,
      Come^hith|er lit|tle kins|man, hark,| a word.
 
KING JOHN
            ,       ,       ,         x      ,
      Come^hith|er Hub|ert. O | my gentle | Hubert,
          ,           ,        ,           ,         ,
      We owe | thee much:| within | this wall | of flesh
        ,     2      T     T     T         ,     ,
      There is a | soul counts thee | her cred|itor,
            ,       ,         ,         ,          ,
      And with | advant|age means | to pay | thy love:
                 ,     ,          ,     ,      ,
      And my / good friend,| thy vol|unta|ry oath
        ,              ,        ,      ,      ,
      Lives in | this bos|om, dear|ly cher|ished.
        ,             ,       ,        ,         ,
      Give me | thy hand,| I had | a thing | to say,
          ,         ,         ,          ,        ,
      But I | will fit | it with | some^bet|ter tune.
            x      ,       ,       T  T  .   T
      By heaven | Hubert,| I am | almost ashamed
          ,           ,        ,         ,         ,
      To say | what good | respect | I have | of thee.
 
HUBERT
               ,    ,       ,         ,     ,
      I am / much bound|en to | your maj|esty.
 
KING JOHN
               ,            ,         ,         ,        ,
      Good* friend,| thou hast | no cause | to say | so yet,
         2       ,       ,           T     T    T         ,
      But thou shalt | have: and | creep time nere | so slow,
                 ,     ,          ,       ,          ,
      Yet it / shall come,| from me | to do | thee good.
         ,        ,         ,         ,        ,
      I had | a thing | to say,| but let | it go:
           ,        ,          x                 ,    ,
      The sun | is in | the heaven,| and the / proud day,
         ,        ,          ,         ,         ,
      Attend|ed with | the pleas|ures of | the world,
          ,          ,             ,    ,         ,
      Is all | too want|on, and / too full | of gawds
           ,        ,     ,      2     ,          ,
      To give | me aud|ience:| if the mid|night bell
       ,              ,       ,          ,        ,
      Did with | his ir|on tongue,| and braz|en mouth
        T    T  T   2      ,       ,         ,
      Sound on in|to the drow|sy race | of night:
           ,      ,              ,           ,          ,
      If this | same were | a church|yard* where | we stand,
            ,        ,        ,        ,          ,
      And thou | posses|sed with | a thous|and wrongs,
          ,         ,        x      ,     ,
      Or if | that sur|ly spirit | melan|choly
            ,           ,           ,        ,        ,
      Had baked | thy blood,| and made | it hea|vy, thick,
              ,           ,        ,         ,          ,
      Which else | runs^tick|ling up | and down | the veins,
       ,             ,  2    ,         ,            ,
      Making | that id|iot laugh|ter keep | men's^eyes,
             ,              ,        ,      ,      ,
      And strain | their cheeks | to id|le mer|riment,
         ,         ,       ,       ,     ,
      A pas|sion hate|ful to | my pur|poses:
          ,          ,             ,             ,    ,
      Or if | that thou | couldst see | me with/out eyes,
        ,            ,            ,          ,       ,
      Hear me | without | thine^ears,| and make | reply
           ,         ,     ,            ,       ,
      Without | a tongue,| using | conceit | alone,
           ,      T     T    .    T        ,          ,
      Without | eyes, ears, and harm|ful sound | of words:
        ,            ,          ,        ,        ,
      Then, in | despite | of brood|ed watch|ful day,
          ,      ,          ,       ,           ,
      I would | into | thy bos|om pour | my thoughts:
            ,             ,    ,        ,           ,
      But (ah)| I will / not, yet | I love | thee well.
           ,        ,         ,            ,          ,
      And by | my troth | I think | thou lovst | me well.
 
HUBERT
           ,           ,         ,        ,      ,
      So well,| that what | you bid | me und|ertake,
         ,               ,           ,        ,       ,
      Though that | my death | were ad|junct^to | my act,
            x      2        x
      By heaven | I would do it.
 
KING JOHN
                                    ,        ,            ,
                                Do not | I know | thou wouldst?
             ,        ,        ,        ,            ,
      Good* Hub|ert, Hub|ert, Hub|ert throw | thine^eye
       .  T    T    T           ,           ,          ,
      On yon young boy:| I'll tell | thee what | my friend,
          ,      ,      ,       ,       ,
      He is | a ve|ry serp|ent in | my way,
            ,      ,           ,         ,           ,
      And where|soere | this foot | of mine | doth tread,
           ,        ,          ,      ,    2     ,
      He lies | before | me: dost | thou under|stand me?
            ,         ,
      Thou art | his keep|er.
 
HUBERT
                              ,           ,         ,
                             And | I'll keep | him so,
            ,          ,        ,          ,    ,
      That he | shall not | offend | your maj|esty.
 
KING JOHN
       ___
      Death.
 
HUBERT
                 ,
            My lord?
 
KING JOHN
                         ,
                     A grave.
 
HUBERT
                                   ,           ,
                              He shall | not live.
 
KING JOHN
         ,
      Enough. \\
      ,      2      ,       ,    ,             ,
      I could be | merry | now, Hub/ert, I | love thee.
        ,           T   T    T     2    ,          ,
      Well, I'll | not say what | I intend | for thee:
         ,        ,        ,          ,    oo
      Remem|ber: mad|am, fare | you well.|
             ,             x      ,             ,     ,
      I'll send | those powers | ore to | your maj|esty.
 
ELINOR
           ,      2     ,        2
      My bles|sing go with | thee.
 
KING JOHN
                                       ,        ,        ,
                                  For Eng|land cous|in, go.
       ,              ,         ,        ,        ,
      Hubert | shall be | your man,| attend | on you
            ,      T    T    T           ,        ,
      With all | true duty: On | toward Cal|ais, ho.
 
[Exeunt]

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