The Troublesome Reign of King John ((Quarto, 1581))

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 of King Iohn.
 
 636John I was no lesse perswaded: then in Gods name open
 637your gates, and let me enter.
 638Citizen And it please your Highnes we comptroll not your
 639title, neither will we rashly admit your entrance: if you bee
 640lawfull King, with all obedience we keepe it to your vse, if not
 641King, our rashnes to be impeached for yeelding, without more
 642considerate triall: we answere not as men lawles, but to the
 643behoofe of him that prooues lawfull.
 644Iohn I shall not come in then?
 645Citizen No my Lord, till we know more.
 646K. Philip Then heare me speake in the behalfe of Arthur
 647Sonne of Geffrey elder Brother to Iohn, his title manifest
 648without contradiction to the Crowne and Kingdome of Engl-,
 649Land, with Angiers and diuers Townes on this side the sea:
 650will you acknowledge him your liege Lord, who speaketh in
 651my word to intertaine you with all fauours as beseemeth a
 652King to his subiects, or a friend to his wel-willers: or stand
 653to the perill of your contempt, when his title is prooued by
 654the sword.
 655Citizen We answere as before till you haue prooued one
 656right, we acknowledge none right, he that tries himselfe our
 657Soueraigne, to him will we remaine firme subiects, and for
 658him, and in his right we hold our Towne as desirous to know
 659the truth as loath to subscribe before we knowe? More than
 660this we cannot say, and more than this we dare not doo.
 661K. Philip Then Iohn I defie thee in the name and behalfe
 662of Arthur Plantaginet thy King and cousin, whose right and
 663patrimonie thou detainest, as I doubt not ere the day ende in
 664a set battell make thee confesse; whereunto with a zeale to
 665right I challenge thee.
 666K.Iohn I accept the challenge, and turne the defiance to
 667thy throate.
 
 668Excursions. The Bastard chaseth Lymoges the Austrich
 669Duke, and maketh him leaue the Lyons skinne.
 
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