1 The Troublesome Reign of King John · chunk 25 of 27
Anonymous · published 1591 · first performed or written 1591 (Annals) history · Queen Elizabeth's Men unassigned nearest T53 The crown: kingship claimed, resigned an · 509 words
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That now I see is worthy of your names, We craved once more your helps for to invest us Into the right that envy sought to wrack. Once was I not deposed, your former choice; Now twice been crowned and applauded King: Your cheered action to install me so, Infers assured witness of your loves, And binds me over in a Kingly care To render love with love, rewards of worth To balance down requital to the full. But thanks the while, thanks Lordings to you all: Ask me and use me, try me and find me yours. A boon my Lord, at vantage of your words We ask to guerdon all our loyalties. We take the time your Highness bids us ask: Please it you grant, you make your promise good, With lesser loss than one superfluous hair That not remembered falleth from your head. My words past, receive your boon my Lords. What may it be? Ask it, and it is yours. We crave my Lord, to please the Commons with The liberty of Lady Constance Son: Whose durance darkeneth your highness right, As if you kept him prisoner, to the end Yourself were doubtful of the thing you have. Dismiss him thence, your Highness needs not fear, Twice by consent you are proclaimed our King. This if you grant, were all unto your good: For simple people muse you keep him close. Your words have searched the centre of my thoughts, Confirming warrant of your loyalties, Dismiss your counsel, sway my state, Let John do nothing but by your consents. Why how now Philip, what ecstasy is this? Why casts thou up thy eyes to heaven so? See, see my Lord strange apparitions. Glancing mine eye to see the Diadem Placte by the Bishops on your highness head, From forth a gloomy cloud, which curtain like Displayed itself, I suddenly espied Five Moons reflecting, as you see them now: Even in the moment that the Crown was placte 'Gan they appear, holding the course you see. What might portend these apparitions, Unusual signs, forerunners of event, Presages of strange terror to the world: Believe me Lords the object fears me much. Philip thou toldst me of me of Wizzard late, Fetch in the man to descant of this show. The heavens frown upon the sinful earth, When with prodigious unaccustomd signs They spot their superficies with such wonder. Before the ruins of Ierusalem, Such Meteors were the Ensigns of his wrath That hastened to destroy the faultful Town. Is this the man? It is my Lord. Prophet of Pomfret, for so I hear thou art, That calculatst of many things to come: Who by a power replete with heavenly gift Canst blab the counsel of thy Maker's will. If fame be true, or truth be wronged by thee, Decide in ciphering what these five Moons Portend this Clime, if they presage at all. Breath out thy gift, and if I live to see Thy divination take a true effect, I'll honour thee above all earthly men.
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That now I ſee is worthie of your names, We craude once more your helps for to inueſt vs Into the right that enuie ſought to wrack. Once was I not depoſde, your former choyce; Now twice béen crowned and applauded King: Your cheered action to inſtall me ſo, Infers aſſured witnes of your loues, And binds me ouer in a Kingly care To render loue with loue, rewards of worth To ballance downe requitall to the full. But thankes the while, thankes Lordings to you all: Aſke me and vſe me, try me and finde me yours. A boon my Lord, at vauntage of your words We aſke to guerdon all our loyalties. We take the time your Highnes bids vs aſke: Pleaſe it you graunt, you make your promiſe good, With leſſer loſſe than one ſuperfluous haire That not remembred falleth from your head. My wordis paſt, receiue your boone my Lords. What may it be? Aſke it, and it is yours. We craue my Lord, to pleaſe the Commons with The libertie of Ladie Conſtance Sonne: Whoſe durance darkeneth your Highnes right, As if you kept him priſoner, to the end Your ſelfe were doubtfull of the thing you haue. Diſmiſſe him thence, your Highnes néedes not feare, Twice by conſent you are proclaimd our King. This if you graunt, were all vnto your good: For ſimple people muſe you keepe him cloſe. Your words haue ſearcht the center of my thoughts, Confirming warrant of your loyalties, Diſmiſſe your couuſell, ſway my ſtate, Let John doo nothing but by your conſents. Why how now Philip, what extaſie is this? Why caſts thou vp thy eyes to heauen ſo? See, ſee my Lord ſtrange apparitions. Glauncing mine eye to ſee the Diadem Placte by the Biſhops on your Highnes head, From foorth a gloomie cloude, which curtaine like Diſplaide it ſelfe, I ſodainly eſpied Fiue Moones reflecting, as you ſée them now: Euen in the moment that the Crowne was placte Gan they appeare, holding the courſe you ſee. What might portend theſe apparitions, Vnvſuall ſignes, forerunners of euent, Preſagers of ſtrange terror to the world: Beleeue me Lords the obiect feares me much. Philip thou toldſt me of me of Wizzard late, Fetch in the man to deſcant of this ſhow. The heauens frowne vpon the ſinfull earth, When with prodigious vnaccuſtomd ſignes They ſpot their ſuperficies with ſuch wonder. Before the ruines of Ieruſalem, Such Meteors were the Enſignes of his wrath That haſtned to deſtroy the faultfull Towne. Is this the man? It is my Lord. Prophet of Pomfret, for ſo I heare thou art, That calculatſt of many things to come: Who by a power repleate with heauenly gift Canſt blab the counſell of thy Makers will. If fam be true, or truth be wrongd by thee, Decide in cyphering what theſe fiue Moones Portend this Clyme, if they preſage at all. Breath out thy gift, and if I liue to ſee Thy diuination take a true effect, Ile honour thee aboue all earthly men.