That bloody spoil: Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward; Thou little valiant, great in villainy! Thou ever strong upon the stronger side! To teach thee safety! thou art perjur'd too, me! Bast. And hang a calf's-skin on those recreant limbs. Aust. Thou dar'st not say so, villain, for thy life. Bast. And hang a calf's-skin on those recreant limbs. K. John. We like not this; thou dost forget thy› self. Enter PANDUlph. K. Phi. Here comes the holy legate of the pope. Pand. Hail, you anointed deputies of heaven!To thee, King John, my holy errand is. I Pandulph, of fair Milan cardinal, And from pope Innocent the legate here, Why thou against the church, our holy mother, Of Canterbury, from that holy see? K. John. What earthly name to interrogatories, To charge me to an answer, as the pope. Tell him this tale; and from the mouth of England, Add thus much more,-That no Italian priest. But as we under heaven are supreme head, K. Phi. Brother of England, you blaspheme in K. John. Though you, and all the kings of Are led so grossly by this meddling priest, Who, in that sale, sells pardon from himself: Against the pope, and count his friends my foes. 1 What earthly name to interrogatories, Can task the free breath, &c.] i. e. What earthly name, subjoined to interrogatories, can force a king to speak and answer them? And blessed shall he be, that doth revolt Const. O, lawful let it be, That I have room with Rome to curse a while! To my keen curses: for, without my wrong, curse. Const. And for mine too; when law can do no right, Let it be lawful, that law bar no wrong: Law cannot give my child his kingdom here; Eli. Look'st thou pale, France? do not let go thy hand. Const. Look to that, devil! lest that France re pent, And, by disjoining hands, hell lose a soul. Aust. King Philip, listen to the cardinal. Bast. And hang a calf's-skin on his recreant limbs. Aust. Well, ruffian, I must pocket up these Because wrongs, Bast. Your breeches best may carry them. K. John. Philip, what say'st thou to the cardinal? Const. What should he say, but as the cardinal? Or the light loss of England for a friend: Blanch. That's the curse of Rome. Const. O Lewis, stand fast; the devil tempts thee here, In likeness of a new untrimmed bride.2 Blanch. The lady Constance speaks not from her faith, But from her need. Const. O, if thou grant my need, Which only lives but by the death of faith, That need must needs infer this principle,That faith would live again by death of need; O, then, tread down my need, and faith mounts Keep my need up, and faith is trodden down. K. John. The king is mov'd, and answers not to this. up; Const. O, be remov'd from him, and answer well. Aust. Do so, king Philip; hang no more in doubt. Bast. Hang nothing but a calf's-skin, most sweet lout. K. Phi. I am perplex'd, and know not what to say. Pand. What can'st thou say, but will perplex thee more, If thou stand excommunicate, and curs'd? K. Phi. Good reverend father, make my person yours, And tell me, how you would bestow yourself. This royal hand and mine are newly knit; And the conjunction of our inward souls ------- a new untrimmed bride.] i. e. undressed. + Married in league, coupled and link'd together My reverend father, let it not be so: Some gentle order; and then we shall be bless'd Pand. All form is formless, order orderless, France, thou may'st hold a serpent by the tongue, A cased lion by the mortal paw, A fasting tiger safer by the tooth, Than keep in peace that hand which thou dost hold. K. Phi. I may disjoin my hand, but not my faith. 3 this kind regreet?] A regreet is an exchange of salutation. |