Aust. And your lips too; for, I am well assur'd, That I did so, when I was first assur❜d.' K. Phi. Now, citizens of Angiers, ope your gates, I know, she is not; for this match, made up, tent. [made K. Phi. And, by my faith, this league, that we have Which we, God knows, have turn'd another way, K. John. [Exeunt all but PHILIP.-The Citizens Phil. Mad world! mad kings! mad composition! John, to stop Arthur's title in the whole, Hath willingly departed3 with a part: And France (whose armour conscience buckled on; Whom zeal and charity brought to the field, 'affianced, contracted. 2 A prey to melancholy sensations. • parted. L As God's own soldier,) rounded' in the ear The world, who of itself is peised3 well, [Exit. ACT III. SCENE I.-The same. The French king's tent. Enter CONSTANCE, ARTHUR, and SALISBURY. Const. Gone to be married! gone to swear a peace! False blood to false blood joined! Gone to be friends! And though thou now confess, thou didst but jest, As doth the fury of two desperate men, I am tremblingly alive to apprehension. Sal. What other harm have I, good lady, done, But spoke the harm that is by others done? Const. Which harm within itself so heinous is, As it makes harmful all that speak of it. Arth. I do beseech you, madam, be content. Const. If thou, that bid'st me be content, wert grim, Ugly, and sland'rous to thy mother's womb, Full of unpleasing blots, and sightless' stains, Lame, foolish, crooked, swart, prodigious,3 Patch'd with foul moles, and eye-offending marks, I would not care, I then would be content; For then I should not love thee; no, nor thou Become thy great birth, nor deserve a crown. But thou art fair; and at thy birth, dear boy! Nature and fortune join'd to make thee great : Of nature's gifts thou may'st with lilies boast, And with the half-blown rose: but fortune, Ó! She is corrupted, chang'd, and won from thee. Tell me, thou fellow, is not France forsworn? Envenom him with words; or get thee gone, And leave those woes alone, which I alone, Am bound to under-bear. Sal. Pardon me, madam, I may not go without you to the kings. I will instruct my sorrows to be proud; [thee: [She throws herself on the ground. 1 unsightly. swarthy. 3 portentous. Enter King JOHN, King PHILIP, LEWIS, BLANCH, ELINOR, PHILIP, AUSTRIA, and Attendants. [day, K. Phi. 'Tis true, fair daughter; and this blessed Ever in France shall be kept festival : To solemnize this day, the glorious sun Stays in his course, and plays the alchemist; Turning, with splendour of his precious eye, The meagre cloddy earth to glittering gold: The yearly course, that brings this day about, Shall never see it but a holyday. Const. A wicked day, and not a holyday! 1 [Rising. What hath this day deserved? what hath it done; That it in golden letters should be set, Among the high tides in the kalendar? Nay, rather, turn this day out of the week; This day of shame, oppression, perjury : Or, if it must stand still, let wives with child Pray, that their burdens may not fall this day, Lest that their hopes prodigiously be cross'd;' But on this day, let seamen fear no wreck ; No bargains break, that are not this day made: This day, all things begun come to ill end; Yea, faith itself to hollow falsehood change! K. Phi. By heaven, lady, you shall have no cause To curse the fair proceedings of this day: Have I not pawn'd to you my majesty? Const. You have beguil'd me with a counterfeit, Resembling majesty; which, being touch'd, and tried, Proves valueless: You are forsworn, forsworn; You came in arms to spill mine enemies' blood, But now in arms you strengthen it with yours: The grappling vigour and rough frown of war, 1 solemn seasons. crossed by the production of a monster. |