1125And by di
sioyning hands hell lo
se a
soule.
1126Aust. King
Philip, li
sten to the Cardinall.
1127Bast. And hang a Calues-skin on his recreant limbs.
1128Aust. Well ru
ffian, I mu
st pocket vp the
se wrongs,
1130Bast. Your breeches be
st may carry them.
1131Iohn. Philip, what
sai
st thou to the Cardinall?
1132Con. What
should he
say, but as the Cardinall?
1133Dolph. Bethinke you father, for the di
fference
1134Is purcha
se of a heauy cur
se from
Rome,
1135Or the light lo
sse of
England,
for a friend:
1137Bla. Thats the cur
se of
Rome.
1138Con. O
Lewis,
stand fa
st, the deuill tempts thee heere
1139In likene
sse of a new vntrimmed Bride.
1140Bla. The Lady
Constance speakes not from her faith,
1142Con. Oh, if thou grant my need,
1143Which onely liues but by the death of faith,
1144That need, mu
st needs inferre this principle,
1145That faith would liue againe by death of need:
1146O then tread downe my need,
and faith mounts vp,
1147Keepe my need vp,
and faith is trodden downe.
1148Iohn. The king is moud, and an
swers not to this.
1149Con. O be remou'd from him, and an
swere well.
1150Aust. Doe
so king
Philip, hang no more in doubt.
1151Bast. Hang nothing but a Calues skin mo
st sweet lout.
1152Fra. I am perplext,
and know not what to
say.
1153Pan. What can
st thou
say,
but wil perplex thee more?
1154If thou
stand excommunicate, and cur
st?
1155Fra. Good reuerend father, make my per
son yours,
1156And tell me how you would be
stow your
selfe
? 1157This royall hand and mine are newly knit,
1158And the coniun
ction of our inward
soules
1159Married in league, coupled,
and link'd together
1160With all religous
strength of
sacred vowes,
1161The late
st breath that gaue the
sound of words
1162Was deepe-
sworne faith, peace, amity, true loue
1163Betweene our kingdomes and our royall
selues,
1164And euen before this truce, but new before,
1165No longer then we well could wa
sh our hands,
1166To clap this royall bargaine vp of peace,
1167Heauen knowes they were be
smear'd and ouer-
staind
1168With
slaughters pencill; where reuenge did paint
1169The fearefull di
fference of incen
sed kings:
1170And
shall the
se hands
so lately purg'd of
bloud?
1171So newly ioyn'd in loue?
so
strong in both,
1172Vnyoke this
sey
sure, and this kinde regreete?
1173Play fa
st and loo
se with faith?
so ie
st with heauen,
1174Make
such vncon
stant children of onr
selues
1175As now againe to
snatch our palme from palme:
1176Vn-
sweare faith
sworne, and on the marriage bed
1177Of
smiling peace to march a bloody hoa
st,
1178And make a ryot on the gentle brow
1179Of true
sincerity? O holy Sir
1180My reuerend father, let it not be
so;
1181Out of your grace, deui
se, ordaine, impo
se
1182Some gentle order, and then we
shall be ble
st 1183To doe your plea
sure, and continue friends.
1184Pand. All forme is formele
sse,
Order orderle
sse,
1185Saue what is oppo
site to
Englands loue.
1186Therefore to Armes, be Champion of our Church,
1187Or let the Church our mother breathe her cur
se,
1188A mothers cur
se, on her reuolting
sonne:
1189France, thou mai
st hold a
serpent by the tongue,
1190A ca
sed Lion by the mortall paw,
1191A fa
sting Tyger
safer by the tooth,
1192Then keepe in peace that hand which thou do
st hold.
1193Fra. I may di
s-ioyne my hand, but not my faith.
1194Pand. So mak'
st thou faith an enemy to faith,
1195And like a ciuill warre
set
st oath to oath,
1196Thy tongue again
st thy tongue. O let thy vow
1197Fir
st made to heauen,
fir
st be to heauen perform'd,
1198That is, to be the Champion of our Church,
1199What
since thou
swor
st, is
sworne again
st thy
selfe,
1200And may not be performed by thy
selfe,
1201For that which thou ha
st sworne to doe ami
sse,
1202Is not ami
sse when it is truely done:
1203And being not done,
where doing tends to ill,
1204The truth is then mo
st done not doing it:
1205The better A
ct of purpo
ses mi
stooke,
1206Is to mi
stake again, though indire
ct,
1207Yet indire
ction thereby growes dire
ct,
1208And fal
shood, fal
shood cures, as
fire cooles
fire
1209Within the
scorched veines of one new burn'd:
1210It is religion that doth make vowes kept,
1211But thou ha
st sworne again
st religion:
1212By what thou
swear'
st again
st the thing thou
swear'
st,
1213And mak'
st an oath the
suretie for thy truth,
1214Again
st an oath the truth, thou art vn
sure
1215To
sweare,
sweares onely not to be for
sworne,
1216El
se what a mockerie
should it be to
sweare?
1217But thou do
st sweare, onely to be for
sworne,
1218And mo
st for
sworne, to keepe what thou do
st sweare,
1219Therefore thy later vowes,
again
st thy
fir
st,
1220Is in thy
selfe rebellion to thy
selfe:
1221And better conque
st neuer can
st thou make,
1222Then arme thy con
stant and thy nobler parts
1223Again
st the
se giddy loo
se
sugge
stions:
1224Vpon which better part, our prayrs come in,
1225If thou vouch
safe them. But if not,
then know
1226The perill of our cur
ses light on thee
1227So heauy, as thou
shalt not
shake them o
ff 1228But in de
spaire, dye vnder their blacke weight.
1229Aust. Rebellion,
flat rebellion.
1231Will not a Calues-skin
stop that mouth of thine?
1232Daul. Father,
to Armes.
1233Blanch. Vpon thy wedding day
? 1234Again
st the blood that thou ha
st married?
1235What,
shall our fea
st be kept with
slaughtered men?
1236Shall braying trumpets, and loud churli
sh drums
1237Clamors of hell, be mea
sures to our pomp?
1238O husband heare me: aye, alacke, how new
1239Is husband in my mouth? euen for that name
1240Which till this time my tongue did nere pronounce;
1241Vpon my knee I beg, goe not to Armes
1243Const. O, vpon my knee made hard with kneeling,
1244I doe pray to thee, thou vertuous
Daulphin,
1245Alter not the doome fore-thought by heauen.
1246Blan. Now
shall I
see thy loue, what motiue may
1247Be
stronger with thee, then the name of wife
? 1248Con. That which vpholdeth him,
that thee vpholds,
1249His Honor, Oh thine Honor,
Lewis thine Honor.
1250Dolph. I mu
se your Maie
sty doth
seeme
so cold,
1251When
such profound re
spe
cts doe pull you on
? 1252Pand. I will denounce a cur
se vpon his head.
1253Fra. Thou
shalt not need.
England,
I will fall
frō thee.
1254Const. O faire returne of bani
sh'd Maie
stie.
1255Elea. O foule reuolt of French incon
stancy.
1256Eng. France,
yu shalt rue this houre within this houre.
Bast.