King John by William Shakespeare
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Beene sworne my Souldier, bidding me depend
Vpon thy starres, thy fortune, and thy strength, And dost thou now fall ouer to my foes? Thou weare a Lyons hide, doff it for shame, And hang a Calues skin on those recreant limbes Aus. O that a man should speake those words to me Phil. And hang a Calues-skin on those recreant limbs Aus. Thou dar'st not say so villaine for thy life Phil. And hang a Calues-skin on those recreant limbs Iohn. We like not this, thou dost forget thy selfe. Enter Pandulph. Fra. Heere comes the holy Legat of the Pope Pan. Haile you annointed deputies of heauen; To thee King Iohn my holy errand is: I Pandulph, of faire Millane Cardinall, And from Pope Innocent the Legate heere, Doe in his name religiously demand Why thou against the Church, our holy Mother, So wilfully dost spurne; and force perforce Keepe Stephen Langton chosen Archbishop Of Canterbury from that holy Sea: This in our foresaid holy Fathers name Pope Innocent, I doe demand of thee |
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