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  KING JOHN
  KING JOHN
  William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare
  William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare
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  KING JOHN
  ACT I。
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  SCENE 1
  KING JOHN's palace
  Enter     KING      JOHN;     QUEEN       ELINOR;       PEMBROKE;          ESSEX;
  SALISBURY; and others; with CHATILLON
  KING     JOHN。    Now;    say;  Chatillon;   what    would   France    with   us?
  CHATILLON。   Thus;   after   greeting;   speaks        the   King   of   France   In  my
  behaviour      to  the  majesty;    The   borrowed     majesty;    of  England     here。
  ELINOR。 A strange beginning… 'borrowed majesty'! KING JOHN。 Silence;
  good mother; hear the embassy。 CHATILLON。 Philip of France; in right
  and true behalf Of thy deceased brother Geffrey's son; Arthur Plantagenet;
  lays   most   lawful claim To this   fair   island and the territories; To   Ireland;
  Poictiers; Anjou;   Touraine;   Maine;   Desiring   thee   to   lay   aside   the   sword
  Which sways usurpingly these several titles; And put the same into young
  Arthur's hand; Thy nephew and right royal sovereign。 KING JOHN。 What
  follows if we disallow of this? CHATILLON。 The proud control of fierce
  and bloody war; To enforce these rights so forcibly withheld。 KING JOHN。
  Here     have   we   war   for   war;  and    blood   for  blood;    Controlment     for
  controlment…      so  answer    France。    CHATILLON。         Then    take  my    king's
  defiance from my mouth… The farthest limit of my embassy。 KING JOHN。
  Bear mine to him; and so depart in peace; Be thou as lightning in the eyes
  of   France;   For   ere   thou   canst   report   I   will   be   there;  The   thunder   of   my
  cannon shall be heard。 So hence! Be thou the trumpet of our wrath And
  sullen presage of your own decay。 An honourable conduct let him have…
  Pembroke;      look   to  't。  Farewell;   Chatillon。   Exeunt    CHATILLON         and
  PEMBROKE ELINOR。 What now; my son! Have I not ever said How that
  ambitious Constance would not cease Till she had kindled France and all
  the   world   Upon   the   right   and   party   of   her   son?   This   might   have   been
  prevented and made whole With very easy arguments of love; Which now
  the   manage   of   two   kingdoms   must   With   fearful   bloody   issue   arbitrate。
  KING JOHN。 Our strong possession and our right for us! ELINOR。 Your
  strong possession   much   more   than   your   right;  Or   else   it   must   go   wrong
  with   you   and   me;   So   much   my  conscience   whispers   in   your   ear; Which
  none but heaven and you and I shall hear。
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  Enter a SHERIFF
  ESSEX。 My liege; here is the strangest controversy Come from the
  country to   be judg'd by  you That e'er  I heard。  Shall I produce the  men?
  KING   JOHN。   Let   them   approach。   Exit   SHERIFF   Our   abbeys   and   our
  priories shall pay This expedition's charge。
  Enter ROBERT FAULCONBRIDGE and PHILIP; his bastard brother
  What men are you? BASTARD。 Your faithful subject I; a gentleman
  Born     in  Northamptonshire;        and   eldest   son;   As   I  suppose;    to   Robert
  Faulconbridge…   A   soldier   by   the   honour…giving   hand         Of   Coeur…de…lion
  knighted in the field。 KING JOHN。 What art thou? ROBERT。 The son and
  heir  to   that   same   Faulconbridge。  KING   JOHN。   Is   that the   elder;   and   art
  thou   the   heir? You   came   not   of   one   mother   then;   it   seems。   BASTARD。
  Most certain of one mother;  mighty king… That is well known… and; as   I
  think; one father; But for the certain knowledge of that truth I put you o'er
  to heaven and to my mother。 Of that I doubt; as all men's children may。
  ELINOR。   Out   on        thee;   rude   man!   Thou   dost   shame     thy   mother;   And
  wound her honour with this diffidence。 BASTARD。 I; madam? No; I have
  no reason for it… That is my brother's plea; and none of mine; The which if
  he can prove; 'a pops me out At least from fair five hundred pound a year。
  Heaven   guard   my   mother's   honour   and   my   land!   KING   JOHN。 A  good
  blunt    fellow。   Why;     being   younger     born;   Doth    he   lay  claim    to  thine
  inheritance? BASTARD。 I know not why; except to get the land。 But once
  he slander'd me with bastardy; But whe'er I be as true begot or no; That
  still I lay upon my mother's head; But that I am as well begot; my liege…
  Fair fall the bones that took the pains for me!… Compare our faces and be
  judge yourself。 If old Sir Robert did beget us both And were our   father;
  and this son like him… O old Sir Robert; father; on my knee I give heaven
  thanks   I   was   not   like   to   thee!   KING   JOHN。   Why;   what   a   madcap   hath
  heaven lent us here! ELINOR。 He hath a trick of Coeur…de…lion's face; The
  accent of   his tongue affecteth him。  Do   you   not   read some   tokens   of   my
  son   In   the   large   composition   of   this   man?   KING   JOHN。   Mine   eye   hath
  well   examined   his   parts And   finds   them   perfect   Richard。   Sirrah;   speak;
  What doth move you to claim your brother's land? BASTARD。 Because he
  hath a half…face; like my father。 With half that face would he have all my
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  land: A half…fac'd groat five hundred pound a year! ROBERT。 My gracious
  liege; when that my father liv'd; Your brother did employ my father much…
  BASTARD。 Well; sir; by this you cannot get my land: Your tale must be
  how   he   employ'd   my   mother。   ROBERT。 And   once   dispatch'd   him   in   an
  embassy   To   Germany;   there   with   the   Emperor   To   treat   of   high   affairs
  touching that time。 Th' advantage of his absence took the King; And in the
  meantime sojourn'd at my father's; Where how he did prevail I shame to
  speak…   But   truth   is   truth:   large   lengths   of   seas   and   shores   Between   my
  father and my mother lay; As I have heard my father speak himself; When
  this   same    lusty   gentleman      was   got。   Upon    his   death…bed     he  by   will
  bequeath'd His lands to me; and took it on his death That this my mother's
  son was none of his; And if he were; he came into the world Full fourteen
  weeks before the course of time。 Then; good my liege; let me have what is
  mine; My father's land; as was my father's will。 KING JOHN。 Sirrah; your
  brother is legitimate: Your father's wife did after wedlock bear him; And if
  she did play false; the fault was hers; Which fault lies on the hazards of all
  husbands That marry wives。 Tell me; how if my brother; Who; as you say;
  took pains to get this son; Had of your father claim'd this son for his? In
  sooth; good friend; your father might have kept This calf; bred from his
  cow; from all the world; In sooth; he might; then; if he were my brother's;
  My brother might not claim him; nor your father; Being none of his; refuse
  him。   This   concludes:   My   mother's   son   did   get   your   father's   heir;   Your
  father's heir must have your father's land。 ROBERT。 Shall then my father's
  will be of no force To dispossess that child which is not his? BASTARD。
  Of no more force to dispossess me; sir; Than was his will to get me; as I
  think。 ELINOR。 Whether hadst thou rather be a Faulconbridge; And like
  thy brother; to enjoy thy land; Or the reputed son of Coeur…de…lion; Lord of
  thy  presence   and   no land beside?   BASTARD。  Madam;   an   if   my   brother
  had   my   shape And   I   had his;   Sir   Robert's   his;   like him; And   if   my  legs
  were two such riding…rods; My arms such eel…skins stuff'd; my face so thin
  That in mine ear I durst not stick a rose Lest men should say 'Look where
  three…farthings goes!' And; to his shape; were heir to all this land… Would I
  might never stir from off this place; I would give it every foot to have this
  face! I would not be Sir Nob in any case。 ELINOR。 I like thee well。 Wilt
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  thou forsake thy fortune; Bequeath thy land to him and follow me? I am a
  soldier and now bound to France。 BASTARD。 Brother; take you my land;
  I'll take my chance。 Your face hath got five hundred pound a year; Yet sell
  your face for fivepence and 'tis