between king john and king of france
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King John. Peace be to France, if France in peace permit Our just and lineal entrance to our own; If not, bleed France, and peace ascend to heaven,
Whiles we, God's wrathful agent, do correct Their proud contempt that beats His peace to heaven.
King Phillip. Peace be to England, if that war return
From France to England, there to live in peace.
England we love; and for that England's sake
With burden of our armour here we sweat.
This toil of ours should be a work of thine;
But thou from loving England art so far,
That thou hast under-wrought his lawful king
Cut off the sequence of posterity,
Out-faced infant state and done a rape
Upon the maiden virtue of the crown.
Look here upon thy brother Geffrey's face;
These eyes, these brows, were moulded out of his:
This little abstract doth contain that large 395
Which died in Geoffrey, and the hand of time
Shall draw this brief into as huge a volume.
That Gefofrey was thy elder brother born,
And this his son; England was Geffrey's right
And this is Geoffrey's: in the name of God
How comes it then that thou art call'd a king,
When living blood doth in these temples beat,
Which owe the crown that thou o'ermasterest?
King John. From whom hast thou this great commission,
France, To draw my answer from thy articles?
King Phillip. From that supernal judge, that stirs good thoughts
In any breast of strong authority,
To look into the blots and stains of right:
That judge hath made me guardian to this boy:
Under whose warrant I impeach thy wrong
And by whose help I mean to chastise it.
King John. Alack, thou dost usurp authority.
King Phillip. Excuse;
it is to beat usurping down.
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