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  KING JOHN
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  SCENE 3。
  England。 Before the castle
  Enter ARTHUR; on the walls
  ARTHUR。 The wall is high; and yet will I leap down。 Good ground;
  be pitiful and hurt me not! There's few or none do know me; if they did;
  This ship…boy's semblance hath disguis'd me quite。 I am afraid; and yet I'll
  venture it。 If I get down and do not break my limbs; I'll find a thousand
  shifts to get away。 As good to die and go; as die and stay。 'Leaps down' O
  me! my uncle's spirit is in these stones。 Heaven take my soul; and England
  keep my bones! 'Dies'
  Enter PEMBROKE; SALISBURY; and BIGOT
  SALISBURY。 Lords; I will meet him at Saint Edmundsbury; It is our
  safety;   and   we   must   embrace     This   gentle   offer  of  the  perilous   time。
  PEMBROKE。 Who   brought   that letter  from  the  Cardinal?   SALISBURY。
  The Count Melun; a noble lord of France; Whose private with me of the
  Dauphin's love Is much more general than these lines import。 BIGOT。 To…
  morrow   morning   let   us   meet   him  then。   SALISBURY。  Or   rather   then   set
  forward; for 'twill be Two long days' journey; lords; or ere we meet。
  Enter the BASTARD
  BASTARD。 Once more to…day well met; distemper'd lords! The King
  by    me   requests   your   presence    straight。  SALISBURY。        The   King    hath
  dispossess'd himself of us。 We will not line his thin bestained cloak With
  our    pure  honours;    nor  attend   the  foot  That   leaves   the  print  of  blood
  where'er it walks。 Return and tell him so。 We know the worst。 BASTARD。
  Whate'er   you   think;   good   words;   I   think;   were   best。   SALISBURY。   Our
  griefs;   and   not   our   manners;   reason   now。   BASTARD。   But   there   is   little
  reason    in  your   grief;  Therefore    'twere   reason   you   had   manners    now。
  PEMBROKE。 Sir; sir; impatience hath his privilege。 BASTARD。 'Tis true…
  to hurt his master; no man else。 SALISBURY。 This is the prison。 What is
  he lies here? PEMBROKE。 O death; made proud with pure and princely
  beauty! The earth had not a hole to hide this deed。 SALISBURY。 Murder;
  as   hating   what   himself   hath   done;   Doth   lay   it   open   to   urge   on   revenge。
  BIGOT。 Or; when he doom'd this beauty to a grave; Found it too precious…
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  princely for a grave。 SALISBURY。 Sir Richard; what think you? Have you
  beheld; Or have you read or heard; or could you think? Or do you almost
  think;   although   you   see;   That   you   do   see?   Could   thought;   without   this
  object; Form such another? This is the very top; The height; the crest; or
  crest   unto   the   crest;   Of   murder's   arms;   this   is   the   bloodiest   shame;   The
  wildest   savagery;   the   vilest   stroke;   That   ever   wall…ey'd   wrath   or   staring
  rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse。 PEMBROKE。 All murders past
  do stand excus'd in this; And this; so sole and so unmatchable; Shall give a
  holiness; a purity; To the yet unbegotten sin of times; And prove a deadly
  bloodshed but a jest; Exampled by this heinous spectacle。 BASTARD。 It is
  a damned and a bloody work; The graceless action of a heavy hand; If that
  it   be   the   work   of   any  hand。   SALISBURY。   If   that   it   be   the   work   of   any
  hand! We had a kind of light what would ensue。 It is the shameful work of
  Hubert's   hand;   The   practice   and   the   purpose   of   the   King;   From   whose
  obedience  I  forbid   my  soul   Kneeling   before  this   ruin   of sweet   life; And
  breathing to his breathless excellence The incense of a vow; a holy vow;
  Never to taste the pleasures of the world; Never to be infected with delight;
  Nor conversant with ease and idleness; Till I have set a glory to this hand
  By giving it the worship of revenge。 PEMBROKE。 and BIGOT。 Our souls
  religiously confirm thy words。
  Enter HUBERT
  HUBERT。 Lords; I am hot with haste in seeking you。 Arthur doth live;
  the King hath sent for you。 SALISBURY。 O; he is bold; and blushes not at
  death!   Avaunt;   thou   hateful   villain;   get   thee   gone!   HUBERT。   I   am   no
  villain。    SALISBURY。          Must     I  rob   the    law?    'Drawing      his   sword'
  BASTARD。 Your sword is bright; sir; put it up again。 SALISBURY。 Not
  till I sheathe it in a murderer's skin。 HUBERT。 Stand back; Lord Salisbury;
  stand   back;   I   say;   By   heaven;   I   think   my   sword's   as   sharp   as   yours。   I
  would not have you; lord; forget yourself; Nor tempt the danger of my true
  defence;     Lest    I;  by  marking     of   your   rage;   forget   Your    worth;    your
  greatness      and   nobility。   BIGOT。       Out;   dunghill!    Dar'st    thou   brave    a
  nobleman? HUBERT。 Not for my life; but yet I dare defend My innocent
  life against an emperor。 SALISBURY。 Thou art a murderer。 HUBERT。 Do
  not   prove   me   so。 Yet   I   am  none。 Whose   tongue   soe'er speaks   false;   Not
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  truly speaks; who speaks not truly; lies。 PEMBROKE。 Cut him to pieces。
  BASTARD。 Keep the peace; I say。 SALISBURY。 Stand by; or I shall gall
  you; Faulconbridge。 BASTARD。 Thou wert better gall the devil; Salisbury。
  If thou but frown on me; or stir thy foot; Or teach thy hasty spleen to do
  me shame; I'll strike thee dead。 Put up thy sword betime; Or I'll so maul
  you and your toasting…iron That you shall think the devil is come from hell。
  BIGOT。   What   wilt   thou   do;   renowned   Faulconbridge?   Second   a   villain
  and a murderer? HUBERT。 Lord Bigot; I am none。 BIGOT。 Who kill'd this
  prince? HUBERT。 'Tis not an hour since I left him well。 I honour'd him; I
  lov'd   him;   and   will   weep   My   date   of   life   out   for   his   sweet   life's   loss。
  SALISBURY。 Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes; For villainy is
  not   without   such   rheum; And   he;   long   traded   in   it;   makes   it   seem   Like
  rivers of remorse and innocency。 Away with me; all you whose souls abhor
  Th' uncleanly savours of a slaughter…house; For I am stifled with this smell
  of   sin。   BIGOT。 Away   toward   Bury;  to   the  Dauphin   there!   PEMBROKE。
  There   tell   the   King   he   may  inquire   us   out。   Exeunt   LORDS   BASTARD。
  Here's a good world! Knew you of this fair work? Beyond the infinite and
  boundless   reach      Of   mercy;   if   thou   didst   this  deed   of   death;  Art   thou
  damn'd; Hubert。  HUBERT。 Do   but hear  me; sir。  BASTARD。 Ha!  I'll   tell
  thee what: Thou'rt damn'd as black…nay; nothing is so black… Thou art more
  deep damn'd than Prince Lucifer; There is not yet so ugly a fiend of hell
  As   thou   shalt   be;   if   thou   didst   kill   this   child。   HUBERT。   Upon   my   soul…
  BASTARD。 If thou didst but consent To this most cruel act; do but despair;
  And   if   thou   want'st   a   cord;   the   smallest   thread   That   ever   spider   twisted
  from her womb Will serve to strangle thee; a rush will be a beam To hang
  thee on; or wouldst thou drown thyself; Put but a little water in a spoon
  And   it   shall   be   as   all   the   ocean;   Enough   to   stifle   such   a   villain   up   I   do
  suspect   thee   very   grievously。   HUBERT。   If   I   in   act;   consent;   or   sin   of
  thought; Be guilty of the stealing that sweet breath Which was embounded
  in this beauteous clay; Let hell want pains enough to torture me! I left him
  well。 BASTARD。 Go; bear him in thine arms。 I am amaz'd; methinks; and
  lose my way Among the thorns and dangers of this world。 How easy dost
  thou take all England up! From forth this morsel of dead royalty The life;
  the right; and truth of all this realm Is fled to heaven; and England now is
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  left To tug   and scamble; and   to part by  th' teeth The   unowed interest   of
  proud…swelling    state。  Now   for  the  bare…pick'd  bone  of  majesty  Doth
  dogged war bristle his angry crest And snarleth in the gentle eyes of peace;
  Now  powers   from  home   and discontents   at   home   Meet   in one   line;   and
  vast confusion waits; As doth a raven on a sick…fall'n beast; The imminent
  decay of wrested pomp。 Now happy he whose cloak and cincture can Hold
  out this tempest。 Bear away that child; And follow me with speed。 I'll to
  the King; A thousand businesses are brief in hand; And heaven itself doth
  frown upon the land。 Exeunt