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

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 of King Iohn.
 
 917Thy stay, thy state, thy imminent mishaps
 918Woundeth thy mothers thoughts with feeling care,
 919Why lookst thou pale? the colour flyes thy face,
 920I trouble now the fountaine of thy youth,
 921And make it moodie with my doles discourse,
 922Goe in with me, reply not louely boy,
 923We must obscure this mone with melodie,
 924Least worser wrack ensue our malecontent. Exeunt.
 
 925 Enter the King of England, the King of Fraunce, Arthur,
 926 Bastard, Lewes, Lymoges, Constance, Blanche, Chattilion,
 927 Pembrooke, Salisburie, and Elianor.
 
 928Iohn This is the day, the long desired day,
 929Wherein the Realmes of England and of Fraunce
 930Stand highly blessed in a lasting peace.
 931Thrice happie is the Bridegroome and the Bride,
 932From whose sweete Bridale such a concord springs,
 933To make of mortall foes immortall friends.
 934Constance Ungodly peace made by an others warre.
 935Philip Unhappie peace, that ties thee from reuenge.
 936Rouse thée Plantaginet, liue not to see
 937The butcher of the great Plantiginet.
 938Kings, Princes, and ye Peeres of either Realmes,
 939Pardon my rashnes, and forgiue the zeale
 940That caries me in furie to a deede
 941Of high desert, of honour, and of armes.
 942A boone O Kings, a boone doth Philip beg
 943Prostrate vpon his knee: which knee shall cleaue
 944Unto the superficies of the earth,
 945Till Fraunce and England graunt this glorious boone.
 946Iohn Speake Philip, England graunts thee thy request.
 947Philip And Fraunce confirmes what ere is in his power.
 948Bastard Then Duke sit fast, I leuell at thy head,
 949Too base a ransome for my fathers life.
 950Princes, I craue the Combat with the Duke
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