Edward the third.
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.
Or what is he so senceles and secure,
That hauing hardely past a dangerous gulfe,
Will put him selfe in perill there againe.
Vil: 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.
Which I in conscience may not violate,
Or else a kingdome should not draw me hence.
Ch: Thine othe, why that doth bind thee to abide:
Hast thou not sworne obedience to thy Prince?
Hast thou not sworne obedience to thy Prince?
Vil: 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.
But either to perswade or threaten me,
Not to performe the couenant of my word,
Is lawlesse, and I need not to obey.
Ch: Why is it lawfull for a man to kill,
And not to breake a promise with his foe?
And not to breake a promise with his foe?
Vil: To kill my Lord when warre is once proclaymd,
So that our quarrel be for wrongs receaude,
No doubt is lawfully permitted vs:
But in an othe we must be well aduisd,
How we do sweare, and when we once haue sworne,
Not to infringe it though we die therefore:
Therefore my Lord, as willing I returne,
As if I were to flie to paradise.
So that our quarrel be for wrongs receaude,
No doubt is lawfully permitted vs:
But in an othe we must be well aduisd,
How we do sweare, and when we once haue sworne,
Not to infringe it though we die therefore:
Therefore my Lord, as willing I returne,
As if I were to flie to paradise.
Ch: Stay my Villeirs, thine honorable minde,
Deserues to be eternally admirde,
Thy sute shalbe no longer thus deferd:
Giue me the paper, Ile subscribe to it,
And wheretofore I loued thee as Villeirs,
Heereafter Ile embrace thee as my felfe,
Stay and be still in fauour with thy Lord.
Deserues to be eternally admirde,
Thy sute shalbe no longer thus deferd:
Giue me the paper, Ile subscribe to it,
And wheretofore I loued thee as Villeirs,
Heereafter Ile embrace thee as my felfe,
Stay and be still in fauour with thy Lord.
Vil: I humbly thanke your grace, I must dispatch,
And send this pasport first vnto the Earle,
And then I will attend your highnes pleasure.
And send this pasport first vnto the Earle,
And then I will attend your highnes pleasure.
Ch. Do so Villeirs, and Charles when he hath neede,
Exit Villeirs.Be such his souldiers, howsoeuer he speede.
Exit Villeirs.Be such his souldiers, howsoeuer he speede.
Enter King Iohn.
K. Io: Come Charles and arme thee, Edward is intrapt,
The Prince of Wales is falne into our hands,
The Prince of Wales is falne into our hands,
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