King John by William Shakespeare
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page 18 of 137 (13%)
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Till Angiers, and the right thou hast in France,
Together with that pale, that white-fac'd shore, Whose foot spurns back the ocean's roaring tides, And coops from other lands her islanders,-- Even till that England, hedg'd in with the main, That water-walled bulwark, still secure And confident from foreign purposes,-- Even till that utmost corner of the west Salute thee for her king: till then, fair boy, Will I not think of home, but follow arms. CONSTANCE. O, take his mother's thanks, a widow's thanks, Till your strong hand shall help to give him strength To make a more requital to your love! AUSTRIA. The peace of heaven is theirs that lift their swords In such a just and charitable war. KING PHILIP. Well then, to work: our cannon shall be bent Against the brows of this resisting town.-- Call for our chiefest men of discipline, To cull the plots of best advantages: We'll lay before this town our royal bones, Wade to the market-place in Frenchmen's blood, But we will make it subject to this boy. CONSTANCE. |
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