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Thus (after greeting) speaks the King of France, In my behaviour to the Majesty The borrowed Majesty of England here. Philip of France, in right and true behalf Of thy deceased brother, Geoffrey's son, Arthur Plantagines, lays most lawful claim To this fair Island, and the Territories: To Ireland, Poyctiers, Aniowe, Torayne, Main, Desiring thee to lay aside the sword Which sways usurpingly these several titles, And put the same into young Arthurs hand, Thy Nephew, and right royal Sovereign The proud control of fierce and bloody war, To enforce these rights, so forcibly withheld, Then take my Kings defiance from my mouth, The farthest limit of my Embassy. Then turn your forces from this paltry siege, And stir them up against a mightier task: England impatient of your joust demands, Hath put himself in Arms, the adverse winds Whose leisure I have stayed, have given him time To land his Legions all as soon as I: His marches are expedient to this town, His forces strong, his Soldiers confident: With him along is come the Mother Queen, And Ace stirring him to blood and strife, With her her Niece, the Lady Blanch of Spain, With them a Bastard of the Kings deceased, And all the unsettled humours of the Land, Rash, inconsiderate, fiery voluntaries, With Ladies faces, and fierce Dragons spleens, Have sold their Fortune's at their native homes, Bearing their birthrights proudly on their backs, To make a hazard of new Fortune's here: In brief, a braver choice of dauntless spirits Then now the English bottoms have waft over, Did never float upon the swelling tide, To do offence and scathe in Christendom: The interruption of their churlish drums Cuts off more circumstance, they are at hand, To parley or to fight, therefore prepare.
Plot summary
Plot — King John
The Plantagenets have a dynastic dispute: J@lih is de facto King of England, but Alptiillir, the young son of his dead elder brother, has a better claim in primogeniture; France takes Arthur’s side. John is asked to adjudicate in another case of . disputed inheritance: Robert Falé@nbridge claims that his elder brother BHiliip is a bastard, begotten in his father’s absence by the dead King Richard. John rules for Philip’s legitimacy irrespective of parentage, since he was conceived in wedlock; but Philip decides to be a king’s son rather than a knight’s heir, cedes his brother the family lands, and joins John’s court. John meets the Kinglofibrance outside the town of Angers, which claims loyalty to the English crown but is holding out against both claimants until the issue is decided. England and France decide to defer their differences until they have subjugated Angers, but the citizens save themselves by suggesting an Anglo- French marriage between DOUISNEHEMDapHin and John’s niece BI@HEHE; France expediently transfers its support from Arthur to John. After the wedding, the papal legate Pandulph excommunicates John for his interference in ecclesiastical affairs, and declares his assassination legitimate. The French revert to support for Arthur, leaving Blanche with a conflict of interests. Arthur is captured in battle and taken back to England ===== PAGE 337 ===== 1596 in MWbert’s custody; John instructs Hubert to arrange the boy’s death. Anticipating this outcome, Pandulph .encourages Louis to prepare a claim to the English throne through his new wife’s right of succession. Hubert makes arrangements to blind Arthur, but cannot bring himself to go through with it. John’s lords demand Arthur’s release, but Hubert untruthfully reports that he is dead as ordered. The lords infer John’s responsibility and plan rebellion. Setbacks build up: John’s mother, left behind to govern his French possessions, dies, and the Dauphin lands his invasion force in England. Faced with internal rebellion and an external threat, John tries to disclaim responsibility for Arthur’s murder, only to be.told by Hubert that the boy is alive after all. But not for long: Arthur falls to his death while trying to escape from prison, and the rebel lords find the body and accept the Dauphin’s overtures. John submits to papal authority, fulfilling a prophecy that he would lose his crown. Pandulph tries to intervene with the Dauphin, only to find that he has started something he cannot…