Lift up thy brow,renowned Salisbury,And with a great heart heave away the storm:
Commend these waters to those baby eyes That never saw the giant world enraged;Nor met with fortune other than at feasts,Full of warm blood,of mirth,of gossiping.
Come,come;for thou shalt thrust thy hand as deep Into the purse of rich prosperity As Lewis himself:so,nobles,shall you all,That knit your sinews to the strength of mine.
And even there,methinks,an angel spake:
Enter CARDINAL PANDULPH
Look,where the holy legate comes apace,To give us warrant from the hand of heaven And on our actions set the name of right With holy breath.CARDINAL PANDULPH Hail,noble prince of France!
The next is this,King John hath reconciled Himself to Rome;his spirit is come in,That so stood out against the holy church,The great metropolis and see of Rome:
Therefore thy threatening colours now wind up;And tame the savage spirit of wild war,That like a lion foster'd up at hand,It may lie gently at the foot of peace,And be no further harmful than in show.LEWIS Your grace shall pardon me,I will not back:
I am too high-born to be propertied,To be a secondary at control,Or useful serving-man and instrument,To any sovereign state throughout the world.
Your breath first kindled the dead coal of wars Between this chastised kingdom and myself,And brought in matter that should feed this fire;And now 'tis far too huge to be blown out With that same weak wind which enkindled it.
You taught me how to know the face of right,Acquainted me with interest to this land,Yea,thrust this enterprise into my heart;And come ye now to tell me John hath made His peace with Rome?What is that peace to me?
I,by the honour of my marriage-bed,After young Arthur,claim this land for mine;And,now it is half-conquer'd,must I back Because that John hath made his peace with Rome?
Am I Rome's slave?What penny hath Rome borne,What men provided,what munition sent,To underprop this action?Is't not IThat undergo this charge?who else but I,And such as to my claim are liable,Sweat in this business and maintain this war?