And,pretty child,sleep doubtless and secure,That Hubert,for the wealth of all the world,Will not offend thee.ARTHUR O heaven!I thank you,Hubert.HUBERT Silence;no more:go closely in with me:
Much danger do I undergo for thee.Exeunt
SCENE II.England.KING JOHN'S palace
Enter KING JOHN,PEMBROKE,SALISBURY,and other Lords KING JOHN Here once again we sit,once again crown'd,And looked upon,I hope,with cheerful eyes.PEMBROKE This 'once again,'but that your highness pleased,Was once superfluous:you were crown'd before,And that high royalty was ne'er pluck'd off,The faiths of men ne'er stained with revolt;Fresh expectation troubled not the land With any long'd-for change or better state.SALISBURY Therefore,to be possess'd with double pomp,To guard a title that was rich before,To gild refined gold,to paint the lily,To throw a perfume on the violet,To smooth the ice,or add another hue Unto the rainbow,or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.PEMBROKE But that your royal pleasure must be done,This act is as an ancient tale new told,And in the last repeating troublesome,Being urged at a time unseasonable.SALISBURY In this the antique and well noted face Of plain old form is much disfigured;And,like a shifted wind unto a sail,It makes the course of thoughts to fetch about,Startles and frights consideration,Makes sound opinion sick and truth suspected,For putting on so new a fashion'd robe.PEMBROKE When workmen strive to do better than well,They do confound their skill in covetousness;And oftentimes excusing of a fault Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse,As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the fault Than did the fault before it was so patch'd.SALISBURY To this effect,before you were new crown'd,We breathed our counsel:but it pleased your highness To overbear it,and we are all well pleased,Since all and every part of what we would Doth make a stand at what your highness will.KING JOHN Some reasons of this double coronation I have possess'd you with and think them strong;And more,more strong,then lesser is my fear,I shall indue you with:meantime but ask What you would have reform'd that is not well,And well shall you perceive how willingly I will both hear and grant you your requests.PEMBROKE Then I,as one that am the tongue of these,To sound the purpose of all their hearts,Both for myself and them,but,chief of all,Your safety,for the which myself and them Bend their best studies,heartily request The enfranchisement of Arthur;whose restraint Doth move the murmuring lips of discontent To break into this dangerous argument,--If what in rest you have in right you hold,Why then your fears,which,as they say,attend The steps of wrong,should move you to mew up Your tender kinsman and to choke his days With barbarous ignorance and deny his youth The rich advantage of good exercise?