This royal hand and mine are newly knit; And shall these hands, so lately purg'd of blood, Of true sincerity? O holy sir, My reverend father, let it not be so : Out of your grace, devise, ordain, impose Some gentle order; and then we shall be bless'd Pand. All form is formless, order orderless, Save what is opposite to England's love. Therefore, to arms! be champion of our church! Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse, A mother's curse, on her revolting son. France, thou may'st hold a serpent by the tongue, A fasting tiger safer by the tooth, Than keep in peace that hand, which thou dost hold. And, like a civil war, set'st oath to oath, Is not amiss, when it is truly done; And being not done, where doing tends to ill, And falsehood falsehood cures; as fire cools fire, It is religion that doth make vows kept; But thou hast sworn against religion; By what thou swear'st, against the thing thou swear'st; And better conquest never canst thou make, So heavy, as thou shalt not shake them off, Bast. Will't not be? Will not a calf's-skin stop that mouth of thine ? Blanch. Upon thy wedding-day? Against the blood, that thou hast married? What, shall our feast be kept with slaughter'd men? O husband, hear me ! ah, alack, how new Against mine uncle. Const. O, upon my knee, Made hard with kneeling, I do pray to thee, Blanch. Now shall I see thy love; What motive may Be stronger with thee than the name of wife? Const. That, which upholdeth him, that thee upholds, His honour: O, thine honour, Lewis, thine honour! Lew. I muse, your majesty doth seem so cold, When such profound respects do pull you on. 1 Pand. I will denounce a curse upon his head. K. Phi. Thou shalt not need :-England, I'll fall from thee. Const. O fair return of banish'd majesty! Eli. O foul revolt of French inconstancy! K. John. France, thou shalt rue this hour within this hour. Bast. Old time the clock-setter, that bald sexton time, Is it as he will? well then, France shall rue. Blanch. The sun's o'ercast with blood: Fair day, Which is the side, that I must go withal? Assured loss, before the match be play'd. Lew. Lady, with me; with me thy fortune lies. dies. K. John. Cousin, go draw our puissance together.[Exit Bastard. France, I am burn'd up with inflaming wrath; A rage, whose heat hath this condition, Than nothing can allay, nothing but blood, K. Phi. Thy rage shall burn thee up, and thou shalt turn To ashes, ere our blood shall quench that fire: Look to thyself, thou art in jeopardy. K. John. No more than he that threats.-To arms let's hie! [Exeunt. SCENE II.-The same. Plains near Angiers. Alarums, Excursions. Enter the Bastard, with AUSTRIA'S Head. Bast. Now, by my life, this day grows wondrous hot; Some airy devil hovers in the sky, And pours down mischief. While Philip breathes. Austria's head lie there: Enter King JOHN, ARTHUR, and HUBERT. K. John. Hubert, keep this boy :-Philip, make up: My mother is assailed in our tent, And ta'en, I fear. Bast. My lord, I rescu'd her; Her highness is in safety, fear you not: [Exeunt. SCENE III.-The same. Alarums; Excursions; Retreat. Enter King JoHN, ELINOR, ARTHUR, the Bastard, HUBERT, and Lords. K. John. So shall it be; your grace shall stay behind, [To ELINOR. |