O husband,hear me!ay,alack,how new Is husband in my mouth!even for that name,Which till this time my tongue did ne'er pronounce,Upon my knee I beg,go not to arms Against mine uncle.CONSTANCE O,upon my knee,Made hard with kneeling,I do pray to thee,Thou virtuous Dauphin,alter not the doom Forethought by heaven!BLANCH Now shall I see thy love:what motive may Be stronger with thee than the name of wife?CONSTANCE That which upholdeth him that thee upholds,His honour:O,thine honour,Lewis,thine honour!LEWIS I muse your majesty doth seem so cold,When such profound respects do pull you on.CARDINAL PANDULPH I will denounce a curse upon his head.KING PHILIP Thou shalt not need.England,I will fall from thee.CONSTANCE O fair return of banish'd majesty!QUEEN ELINOR O foul revolt of French inconstancy!KING JOHN France,thou shalt rue this hour within this hour.BASTARD Old Time the clock-setter,that bald sexton Time,Is it as he will?well then,France shall rue.BLANCH The sun's o'ercast with blood:fair day,adieu!
Which is the side that I must go withal?
I am with both:each army hath a hand;
And in their rage,I having hold of both,They swirl asunder and dismember me.
Husband,I cannot pray that thou mayst win;
Uncle,I needs must pray that thou mayst lose;Father,I may not wish the fortune thine;
Grandam,I will not wish thy fortunes thrive:
Whoever wins,on that side shall I lose Assured loss before the match be play'd.LEWIS Lady,with me,with me thy fortune lies.BLANCH There where my fortune lives,there my life dies.KING JOHN Cousin,go draw our puissance together.
Exit BASTARD
France,I am burn'd up with inflaming wrath;
A rage whose heat hath this condition,That nothing can allay,nothing but blood,The blood,and dearest-valued blood,of France.KING PHILIP Thy rage sham burn thee up,and thou shalt turn To ashes,ere our blood shall quench that fire:
Look to thyself,thou art in jeopardy.KING JOHN No more than he that threats.To arms let's hie!