King John by William Shakespeare
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In any breast of strong authoritie,
To looke into the blots and staines of right, That Iudge hath made me guardian to this boy, Vnder whose warrant I impeach thy wrong, And by whose helpe I meane to chastise it K.Iohn. Alack thou dost vsurpe authoritie Fran. Excuse it is to beat vsurping downe Queen. Who is it thou dost call vsurper France? Const. Let me make answer: thy vsurping sonne Queen. Out insolent, thy bastard shall be King, That thou maist be a Queen, and checke the world Con. My bed was euer to thy sonne as true As thine was to thy husband, and this boy Liker in feature to his father Geffrey Then thou and Iohn, in manners being as like, As raine to water, or deuill to his damme; My boy a bastard? by my soule I thinke His father neuer was so true begot, It cannot be, and if thou wert his mother Queen. Theres a good mother boy, that blots thy father Const. There's a good grandame boy That would blot thee Aust. Peace |
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