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Edward III (Quarto 1, 1596)
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2082Enter king Iohn and Charles.
2084The windes are crept into their caues for feare,
2087Murmure no wonted greeting to their shores,
2090Where or from whome proceeds this silence Charles?
2092Looke on each other, as they did attend
2093Each others wordes, and yet no creature speakes,
2094A tongue-tied feare hath made a midnight houre,
2096Ioh: But now the pompeous Sunne in all his pride,
2097Lookt through his golden coach vpon the worlde,
2099that now the vnder earth is as a graue,
2101Harke, what a deadly outcrie do I heare?
2102Ch. Here comes my brother Phillip.
2107Kin: Awake thy crauen powers, and tell on
2110What is the matter?
Pri:
The Raigne of King
2112Do croke and houer ore our souldiers heads
2113And keepe in triangles and cornerd squares,
2114Right as our forces are imbatteled,
2115With their approach there came this sodain fog,
2116Which now hath hid the airie flower of heauen,
2117And made at noone a night vnnaturall,
2118Vpon the quaking and dismaied world,
2119In briefe, our souldiers haue let fall their armes,
2121Bloudlesse and pale, one gazing on another.
2123But I must giue no enterance to a feare,
2125Tell them the rauens seeing them in armes,
2127Come but to dine vpon their handie worke,
2128and praie vpon the carrion that they kill,
2130although not dead, the rauenous birds
2131Sit watching the departure of his life,
2134Houer about, and if they crie to vs,
2135Tis but for meate that we must kill for them,
2136Awaie and comfort vp my souldiers,
2140French Captaine.
2141Cap: Behold my liege, this knight and fortie mo,
2144And make their waie to the incompast prince,
2148Eor I doo hold a tree in France too good,
To
Edward the third.
2149To be the gallowes of an English theefe.
2151And warrant for my safetie through this land.
2152Ch. Villiers procurd it for thee, did he not?
2153Sal: He did.
2155En: Io: I freely to the gallows to be hangd,
2156Without deniall or impediment.
2157Awaie with him.
2160He hath my neuer broken name to shew,
2161Carectred with this princely hande of mine,
2162and rather let me leaue to be a prince,
2165Ki: Thou and thy word lie both in my command,
2167Which of these twaine is greater infamie,
2169Thy word nor no mans may exceed his power,
2170Nor that same man doth neuer breake his worde,
2171That keepes it to the vtmost of his power.
2174Thou art not charged with the breach of faith,
2175Go hang him, for thy lisence lies in mee,
2179Shall I not giue my girdle from my wast,
2180But with a gardion I shall be controld,
2181To saie I may not giue my things awaie,
2183Ingagde his word, writ downe his noble hand,
2184For all your knights to passe his fathers land,
2185The roiall king to grace his warlike sonne,
I But
The Raigne of king
2187But with all bountie feasted them and theirs.
2189Say Englishman of what degree thou art.
2191And those that knowe me call me Salisburie.
2193Sa. To Callice where my liege king Edward is.
2194Kin: To Callice Salisburie, then to Callice packe,
2195and bid the king prepare a noble graue,
2196To put his princely sonne blacke Edward in,
2198Some two leagues hence there is a loftie hill,
2200Doth hide his high head in her azure bosome,
2201Vpon whose tall top when thy foot attaines,
2202Looke backe vpon the humble vale beneath,
2203Humble of late, but now made proud with armes,
2204and thence behold the wretched prince of Wales,
2205Hoopt with a bond of yron round about,
2208and tell the king this is not all his ill,
2209For I will greet him ere he thinkes I will,
2211Will choake our foes, though bullets hit them not. Exit.