King John. A TRAGEDY, BY WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE. ACCURATELY PRINTED FROM THE TEXT OF MR. STEEVENS'S LAST EDITION. King John: Prince Henry, his son; afterwards King Henry III. Geffrey Fitz-Peter, Earl of Essex, Chief Justiciary of England. William Longsword, Earl of Salisbury. Robert Bigot, Earl of Norfolk. Hubert de Burgh, Chamberlain to the King. Robert Faulconbridge, son of Sir Robert Faulconbridge: K. Richard the First. James Gurney, servant to Lady Faulconbridge. Philip, King of France. Lewis, the Dauphin. Arch-duke of Austria. Cardinal Pandulpho, the Pope's Legate. Melun, a French Lord. Chatillon, Ambassador from France to King John. Elinor, the Widow of King Henry II. and mother of Constance, mother to Arthur. Blanch, daughter to Alphonso King of Castile, and niece to King John. Lady Faulconbridge, mother to the bastard, and Robert Lords, Ladies, Citizens of Angiers, Sheriff, Heralds, Officers, SCENE, sometimes in England, and sometimes in France. KING JOHN. ACT I. SCENE I. NORTHAMPTON. A ROOM OF STATE IN THE PALACE. Enter King John, Queen Elinor, Pembroke, Essex, Salisbury, and Others, with Chatillon. K. John. Now, say, Chatillon, what would France with us? Chat. Thus, after greeting, speaks the king of France, In my behaviour, to the majesty, The borrow'd majesty of England here. Elin. A strange beginning;-borrow'd majesty! K.John. Silence, good mother; hear the embassy. Chat. 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, B |