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by me his foe�察 �the Prince of Wales�此 �If thou call forth a hundred men of
name�察�Of Lords�察�Knights�察�Squires�察�and English gentlemen�察�And with thy
self and those kneel at his feet�察�He straight will fold his bloody colours up�察�
And ransom shall redeem lives forfeited�察�If not�察�this day shall drink more
English blood�察 �Than ere was buried in our British earth。 What is the
answer to his proffered mercy�拭�
PRINCE EDWARD。 This heaven�察 �that covers France�察 �contains the
mercy That draws from me submissive orizons�察 �That such base breath
should vanish from my lips�察�To urge the plea of mercy to a man�察�The Lord
forbid��Return�察�and tell the king�察�My tongue is made of steel�察�and it shall
beg My mercy on his coward burgonet�察�Tell him�察�my colours are as red as
his�察�My men as bold�察�our English arms as strong�此�Return him my defiance
in his face。
HERALD。 I go。
��Exit。�А�
��Enter another Herald。�А�
PRINCE EDWARD。 What news with thee�拭�
HERALD。 The Duke of Normandy�察 �my Lord & master�察 �Pitying thy
youth is so ingirt with peril�察�By me hath sent a nimble jointed jennet�察�As
swift as ever yet thou didst bestride�察�And therewithall he counsels thee to
fly�察�Else death himself hath sworn that thou shalt die。
PRINCE EDWARD。 Back with the beast unto the beast that sent him� �
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Tell him I cannot sit a coward's horse�察 �Bid him to day bestride the jade
himself�察�For I will stain my horse quite o'er with blood�察�And double gild
my spurs�察�but I will catch him�察�So tell the carping boy�察�and get thee gone。
��Exit Herald。�А�
��Enter another Herald。�А�
HERALD。 Edward of Wales�察 �Phillip�察 �the second son To the most
mighty christian king of France�察�Seeing thy body's living date expired�察�All
full of charity and christian love�察�Commends this book�察�full fraught with
prayers�察�To thy fair hand and for thy hour of life Intreats thee that thou
meditate therein�察�And arm thy soul for her long journey towards Thus
have I done his bidding�察�and return。
PRINCE EDWARD。 Herald of Phillip�察 �greet thy Lord from me�此�All
good that he can send�察�I can receive�察�But thinkst thou not�察�the unadvised
boy Hath wronged himself in thus far tendering me�拭 �Happily he cannot
pray without the book I think him no divine extemporall�察�Then render
back this common place of prayer�察 �To do himself good in adversity�察�
Beside he knows not my sins' quality�察�And therefore knows no prayers for
my avail�察�Ere night his prayer may be to pray to God�察�To put it in my heart
to hear his prayer。 So tell the courtly wanton�察�and be gone。
HERALD。 I go。
��Exit。�А�
PRINCE EDWARD。 How confident their strength and number makes
them� �Now�察 �Audley�察 �sound those silver wings of thine�察 �And let those
milk white messengers of time Shew thy times learning in this dangerous
time。 Thy self art bruis'd and bit with many broils�察�And stratagems forepast
with iron pens Are texted in thine honorable face�察�Thou art a married man
in this distress�察 �But danger woos me as a blushing maid�此 �Teach me an
answer to this perilous time。
AUDLEY。 To die is all as common as to live�此�The one ince´wise�察�the
other holds in chase�察�For�察�from the instant we begin to live�察�We do pursue
and hunt the time to die�此�First bud we�察�then we blow�察�and after seed�察�Then�察�
presently�察�we fall�察�and�察�as a shade Follows the body�察�so we follow death。 If�察�
then�察�we hunt for death�察�why do we fear it�拭�If we fear it�察�why do we follow
it�拭�If we do fear�察�how can we shun it�拭�If we do fear�察�with fear we do but
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aide The thing we fear to seize on us the sooner�此�If we fear not�察�then no
resolved proffer Can overthrow the limit of our fate�察�For�察�whether ripe or
rotten�察�drop we shall�察�As we do draw the lottery of our doom。
PRINCE EDWARD。 Ah�察�good old man�察�a thousand thousand armors
These words of thine have buckled on my back�此�Ah�察 �what an idiot hast
thou made of life�察 �To seek the thing it fears� �and how disgraced The
imperial victory of murdering death�察 �Since all the lives his conquering
arrows strike Seek him�察�and he not them�察�to shame his glory� �I will not
give a penny for a life�察�Nor half a halfpenny to shun grim death�察�Since for
to live is but to seek to die�察�And dying but beginning of new life。 Let come
the hour when he that rules it will� �To live or die I hold indifferent。
��Exeunt。�А�
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SCENE V。 The same。 The French Camp。
��Enter King John and Charles。�А�
KING JOHN。 A sudden darkness hath defaced the sky�察�The winds are
crept into their caves for fear�察�The leaves move not�察�the world is hushed
and still�察�The birds cease singing�察�and the wandering brooks Murmur no
wonted greeting to their shores�察 �Silence attends some wonder and
expecteth That heaven should pronounce some prophesy�此�Where�察�or from
whom�察�proceeds this silence�察�Charles�拭�
CHARLES。 Our men�察 �with open mouths and staring eyes�察 �Look on
each other�察 �as they did attend Each other's words�察 �and yet no creature
speaks�察�A tongue´tied fear hath made a midnight hour�察�And speeches sleep
through all the waking regions。
KING JOHN。 But now the pompous Sun�察 �in all his pride�察 �Looked
through his golden coach upon the world�察�And�察�on a sudden�察�hath he hid
himself�察�That now the under earth is as a grave�察�Dark�察�deadly�察�silent�察�and
uncomfortable。
��A clamor of ravens。�А�
Hark�察�what a deadly outery do I hear�拭�
CHARLES。 Here comes my brother Phillip。
KING JOHN。 All dismayed�此�
��Enter Phillip。�А�
What fearful words are those thy looks presage�拭�
PHILLIP。 A flight�察�a flight� �
KING JOHN。 Coward�察�what flight�拭�thou liest�察�there needs no flight。
PHILLIP。 A flight。
KING JOHN。 Awake thy craven powers�察�and tell on The substance of
that very fear in deed�察�Which is so ghastly printed in thy face�此�What is the
matter�拭�
PHILLIP。 A flight of ugly ravens Do croak and hover o'er our soldiers'
heads�察�And keep in triangles and cornered squares�察�Right as our forces are
embattled�察 �With their approach there came this sudden fog�察 �Which now
hath hid the airy floor of heaven And made at noon a night unnatural Upon
the quaking and dismayed world�此�In brief�察�our soldiers have let fall their
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arms�察 �And stand like metamorphosed images�察 �Bloodless and pale�察 �one
gazing on another。
KING JOHN。 Aye�察�now I call to mind the prophesy�察�But I must give no
entrance to a fear。 Return�察�and hearten up these yielding souls�此�Tell them�察�
the ravens�察 �seeing them in arms�察 �So many fair against a famished few�察�
Come but to dine upon their handy work And prey upon the carrion that
they kill�此�For when we see a horse laid down to die�察�Although he be not
dead�察 �the ravenous birds Sit watching the departure of his life�察 �Even so
these ravens for the carcasses Of those poor English�察�that are marked to
die�察�Hover about�察�and�察�if they cry to us�察�Tis but for meat that we must kill
for them。 Away�察�and comfort up my soldiers�察�And sound the trumpets�察�and
at once dispatch This little business of a silly fraud。
��Exit Phillip。�А�
��Another noise。Salisbury brought in by a French Captain。�А�
CAPTAIN。 Behold�察�my liege�察�this knight and forty mo'�察�Of whom the
better part are slain and fled�察�With all endeavor sought to break our ranks�察�
And make their way to the encompassed prince�此�Dispose of him as please
your majesty。
KING JOHN。 Go�察�& the next bough�察�soldier�察�that thou seest�察�Disgrace
it with his body presently�察�For I do hold a tree in France too good To be
the gallows of an English thief。
SALISBURY。 My Lord of Normandy�察�I have your pass And warrant
for my safety through this land。
CHARLES。 Villiers procured it for thee�察�did he not�拭�
SALISBURY。 He did。
CHARLES。 And it is current�察�thou shalt freely pass。
KING JOHN。 Aye�察�freely to the gallows to be hanged�察�Without denial
or impediment。 Away with him� �
CHARLES。 I hope your highness will not so disgrace me�察�And dash
the virtue of my seal at arms�此 �He hath my never broken name to shew�察�
Charactered with this princely hand of mine�此�And rather let me leave to be
a prince Than break the stable verdict of a prince�此�I do beseech you�察�let
him pass in quiet。
KING JOHN。 Thou and thy word lie both in my command�察�What canst
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thou promise that I cannot break�拭�Which of these twain is greater infamy�察�
To disobey thy father or thy self�拭�Thy word�察�nor no mans�察�may exceed his
power�察�Nor that same man doth never break his word�察�That keeps it to the
utmost of his power。 The breach of faith dwells in the soul's consent�此�
Which if thy self without consent do break�察�Thou art not charged with the
breach of faith。 Go�察�hang him��for thy license lies in me�察�And
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