The Life And Death Of King John
contributor: Eric Lease Morgan (Infomotions, Inc.)
creator: Shakespeare, William
date: 0000-00-00
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language: en
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source: kingjohn.Z
subject: king
subject: john
subject: bastard
subject: hubert
subject: war
subject: blood
subject: shakespeare
subject: william
subject: life
subject: death
subject: english
subject: literature
type: text
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full text: KING JOHN DRAMATIS PERSONAE KING JOHN: PRINCE HENRY son to the king. ARTHUR Duke of Bretagne, nephew to the king. The Earl of PEMBROKE (PEMBROKE:) The Earl of ESSEX (ESSEX:) The Earl of SALISBURY (SALISBURY:) The Lord BIGOT (BIGOT:) HUBERT DE BURGH (HUBERT:) ROBERT FAULCONBRIDGE Son to Sir Robert Faulconbridge. (ROBERT:) PHILIP the BASTARD his half-brother. (BASTARD:) JAMES GURNEY servant to Lady Faulconbridge. (GURNEY:) PETER Of Pomfret a prophet. (PETER:) PHILIP King of France. (KING PHILIP:) LEWIS the Dauphin. LYMOGES Duke of AUSTRIA. (AUSTRIA:) CARDINAL PANDULPH the Pope's legate. MELUN a French Lord. CHATILLON ambassador from France to King John. QUEEN ELINOR mother to King John. CONSTANCE mother to Arthur. BLANCH of Spain niece to King John. (BLANCH:) LADY FAULCONBRIDGE: Lords, Citizens of Angiers, Sheriff, Heralds, Officers, Soldiers, Messengers, and other Attendants. (First Citizen:) (French Herald:) (English Herald:) (First Executioner:) (Messenger:) SCENE Partly in England, and partly in France. KING JOHN ACT I SCENE I 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 behavior to the majesty, The borrow'd majesty, of England here. QUEEN ELINOR A strange beginning: 'borrow'd 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 these 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…