The Reign of King Edward the Third · chunk 28 of 39
Anonymous / Shakespeare, William · published 1596 · first performed or written 1590 [c.1590-1595] (Annals) history · Derby's (Strange's) Men (?) unassigned nearest T18 Rebels, barons and the king's wars at ho · 492 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T18: king, lord, wallace, earl, edward, england, scotland, rebels, bruce, english.
The Queen my Lord herself by this at Sea, And purposeth as soon as wind will serve, To land at Callis, and to visit you, She shall be welcome, and to wait her coming, I'll pitch my tent near to the sandy shore. The Burgesses of Callis mighty king, Have by a counsel willingly decreed, To yield the town and Castle to your hands, Upon condition it will please your grace, To grant them benefit of life and goods. They will so: Then belike they may command, Dispose, elect, and govern as they list, No sirrah, tell them since they did refuse, Our princely clemency at first proclaimed, They shall not have it now although they would, Will accept of nought but fire and sword, Except within these two days six of them That are the wealthiest merchants in the town, Come naked all but for their linen shirts, With each a halter hanged about his neck, And prostrate yield themselves upon their knees, To be afflicted, hanged, or what I please, And so you may inform their masterships. Why this it is to trust a broken staff. Had we not been persuaded Iohn our King, Would with his army have relieved the town, We had not stood upon defiance so: But now 't's past that no man can recall, And better some do go to wrack then all. I wonder Villiers, thou shouldest importune me For one that is our deadly enemy. Not for his sake my gracious Lord so much, Am I become an earnest advocate, As that thereby my ransom will be quit, Thy ransom man: why needest thou talk of that? Art thou not free? and are not all occasions, That happen for advantage of our foes, To be accepted of, and stood upon? No good my Lord except the same be just, For profit must with honour be commixed, Or else our actions are but scandalous: But letting pass these intricate objections, willit please your highness to subscribe or no? Villiers I will not, nor I cannot do it, Salisbury shall not have his will so much, To claim a passport how it pleaseth himself, Why then I know the extremity my Lord, I must return to prison whence I came, Ch Return, I hope thou wilt not, What bird that hath escaped the fowler's gin, Will not beware how she's ensnared again: Or what is he so senseless and secure, That having hardly past a dangerous gulf, Will put himself in peril there again. Ah but it is mine oath my gracious Lord, Which I in conscience may not violate, Or else a kingdom should not draw me hence. Thine oath, why that doth bind thee to abide: Hast thou not sworn obedience to thy Prince? In all things that uprightly he commands: But either to persuade or threaten me, Not to perform the covenant of my word, Is lawless, and I need not to obey.
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The Queene my Lord her ſelfe by this at Sea, And purpoſeth as ſoone as winde will ſerue, To land at Callis, and to viſit you, She ſhall be welcome, and to wait her comming, Ile pitch my tent neere to the ſandy ſhore. The Burgeſſes of Callis mighty king, Haue by a counſell willingly decreed, To yeeld the towne and Caſtle to your hands, Vpon condition it will pleaſe your grace, To graunt them benefite of life and goods. They wil ſo: Then belike they may command, Diſpoſe, elect, and gouerne as they liſt, No ſirra, tell them ſince they did refuſe, Our princely clemencie at firſt proclaymed, They ſhall not haue it now although they would, Will accept of nought but fire and ſword, Except within theſe two daies ſixe of them That are the welthieſt marchaunts in the towne, Come naked all but for their linnen ſhirts, With each a halter hangd about his necke, And proſtrate yeeld themſelues vpon their knees, To be afflicted, hanged, or what I pleaſe, And ſo you may informe their maſterſhips. Why this it is to truſt a broken ſtaffe. Had we not been perſwaded Iohn our King, Would with his armie haue releeud the towne, We had not ſtood vpon defiance ſo: But nowt's paſt that no man can recall, And better ſome do go to wrack then all. I wounder Villiers, thou ſhouldeſt importune me For one that is our deadly ennemie. Not for his ſake my gratious Lord ſo much, Am I become an earneſt aduocate, As that thereby my ranſome will be quit, Thy ranſome man: why needeſt thou talke of that? Art thou not free? and are not all occaſions, That happen for aduantage of our foes, To be accepted of, and ſtood vpon? No good my Lord except the ſame be iuſt, For profit muſt with honor be comixt, Or elſe our actions are but ſcandalous: But letting paſſe theſe intricate obiections, Wilt pleaſe your highnes to ſubſcribe or no? Villiers I will not, nor I cannot do it, Salisbury ſhall not haue his will ſo much, To clayme a paſport how it pleaſeth himſelfe, Why then I know the extremitie my Loid, I muſt returne to priſon whence I came, Ch Returne, I hope thou wilt not, What bird that hath eſcapt the fowlers gin, Will not beware how ſhees inſnard againe: Or what is he ſo ſenceles and ſecure, That hauing hardely paſt a dangerous gulfe, Will put him ſelfe in perill there againe. Ah but it is mine othe my gratious Lord, Which I in conſcience may not violate, Or elſe a kingdome ſhould not draw me hence. Thine othe, why that doth bind thee to abide: Haſt thou not ſworne obedience to thy Prince? In all things that vprightly he commands: But either to perſwade or threaten me, Not to performe the couenant of my word, Is lawleſſe, and I need not to obey.