Clo. You are well met, Sir. You denied to fight with me this other day, because I was no gentleman born. See you these clothes? say, you see them not, and think me still no gentleman born: you were best say, these robes are not gentlemen born: give me the lie, do; and try whether I am not now a gentleman born. Aut. I know you are now, Sir, a gentleman born. Clo. Ay, and have been so any time these four hours. Shep. And so have I, boy. Clo. So you have:-but I was a gentleman born before my father; for the king's son took me by the hand, and called me, brother; and then the two kings called my father, brother; and then the prince, my brother, and the princess, my sister, called my father, father; and so we wept,-and there was the first gentleman-like tears that ever we shed. Shep. We may live, son, to shed many more. Clo. Ay; or else 'twere hard luck, being in so preposterous estate as we are. Aut. I humbly beseech you, Sir, to pardon me all the faults I have committed to your worship, and to give me your good report to the prince my master. Shep. Pr'ythee, son, do; for we must be gentle, now we are gentlemen. Clo. Thou wilt amend thy life? Aut. Ay, an it like your good worship. Clo. Give me thy hand: I will swear to the prince, thou art as honest a true fellow as any is in Bohemia. Shep. You may say it, but not swear it. Clo. Not swear it, now I am a gentleman? Let boors and franklins say it, I'll swear it. Shep. How if it be false, son? Clo. If it be ne'er so false, a true gentleman may swear it in the behalf of his friend :-and I'll swear to the prince, thou art a tall fellow of thy hands, and that thou wilt not be drunk; but I know thou art no tall fellow of thy hands, and that thou wilt be drunk: but I'll swear it; and I would thou wouldst be a tall fellow of thy hands. Aut. I will prove so, Sir, to my power. Clo. Ay, by any means prove a tall fellow: if I do not wonder how thou darest venture to be drunk, not being a tail fellow, trust me not.-Hark! the kings and the princes, our kindred, are going to see the queen's picture. Come, follow us: we'll be thy good masters. [Exeunt. To see the statue of our queen: your gallery Paul. 'As she liv'd peerless, So her dead likeness, I do well believe, Leon. Pol. Per. And give me leave; And do not say 'tis superstition, that I kneel, and then implore her blessing.-Lady, Paul. Cam. My lord, your sorrow was too sore laid on, Which sixteen winters cannot blow away, So many summers dry: scarce any joy Did ever so long live; no sorrow, But kill'd itself much sooner. Pol. Dear my brother, Let him that was the cause of this have power To take off so much grief from you, as he Will piece up in himself. Paul. Indeed, my lord, If I had thought the sight of my poor image Paul. Music, awake her; strike!-[Music. 'Tis time; descend; be stone no more; approach; Strike all that look upon with marvel. Come; I'll fill your grave up: stir; nay, come away; Bequeath to death your numbness, for from him Dear life redeems you.-You perceive, she stirs : [HERMIONE descends from the pedestal. Start not; her actions shall be holy, as You hear my spell is lawful: do not shun her, Until you see her die again; for then You kill her double. Nay, present your hand: When she was young, you woo'd her; now, in age, Is she become the suitor. Leon. O peace, Paulina! But how, is to be question'd,-for I saw her, By us, a pair of kings.-Let's from this place.- [Exeunt. KING JOHN, KING JOHN. PRINCE HENRY, his Son. DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. ARTHUR, Duke of Bretagne, Nephew to KING JOHN. GEFFREY FITZ-PETER, Earl of Essex, Chief Justi- WILLIAM LONGSWORD, Earl of Salisbury. HUBERT DE BURGH, Chamberlain to the KING. ROBERT FAULCONBRIDGE. PHILIP FAULCONBRIDGE, his Half-brother. JAMES GURNEY, Servant to LADY FAULCONBRIDGE. PHILIP, King of France. LEWIS, the Dauphin. ARCHDUKE OF Austria. CARDINAL PANDULPH, the Pope's Legate. CHATILLON, Embassador from France. ELINOR, Widow of King Henry II., and Mother to CONSTANCE, Mother to ARthur. BLANCH, Daughter to Alphonso, King of Castile, LADY FAULCONBRIDGE, Mother to ROBERT and Lords, Ladies, Citizens of Angiers, Sheriff, Heralds, SCENE,-Sometimes in ENGLAND, and sometimes in FRANCE. ACT I. SCENE I.-NORTHAMPTON. A Room of State in the Palace. Enter KING JOHN, Queen ELINOR, PEMBROKE, Essex, K. John. Now, say, Chatillon, what would France [France, Chat. Thus, after greeting, speaks the king of Eli. A strange beginning;-borrow'd majesty! K. John. What follows, if we disallow of this? K. John. Here have we war for war, and blood for blood, Controlment for controlment: so answer France. Chat. Then take my king's defiance from my mouth, The farthest limit of my embassy. K. John. Bear mine to him, and so depart in [Exeunt CHATILLON and PEMBROKE, K. John. Our strong possession, and our right for Or else it must go wrong with you, and me: Enter the Sheriff of Northamptonshire, who whispers Essex. [Exit Sheriff. Re-enter Sheriff, with ROBERT FAULCONBRIDGE, and PHILIP, What men are you? Rob. The son and heir to that same Faulconbridge. Bast. Most certain of one mother, mighty king,- |