Kynge Johan : a play in two parts / edited by J. Payne Collier from the MS. of the author in the library of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire.

  • John Bale
Date:
1838
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Kynge Johan : a play in two parts / edited by J. Payne Collier from the MS. of the author in the library of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    115/136 (page 95)
    And now he doth prate he hath played the knave^ That the worlde is not yet as some men woulde it have. It woulde be knowne^ sir^ what he hath done of late. I. M. What is thy name, frynde, to us here intymate ? S, A sayntwary! a sayntwary ! for Gods dere passion, a sayntwarye ! Is there none wyll holde me, and I have made so manye ? I. M, Tell me what thy name is ? Thu playest the knave I trowe. S, I am wyndelesse, good man, I have muche peyne to hlowe. 7. M. I saye tell thy name, or the racke shall the con- strayne. S. Holy Perfectyon my godmother called me playne. jV. It is Sedicyon, God gyve hym a very myschiefe. C. O, Under heaven is not a more detestable thiefe. S. By the messe ye lye: I see wele ye do not knowe me. /. M. Ah, brother, art thu come ? I am ryght glad we have the. S. By bodye, blonde, bones, and sowle, I am not he. C. If swearynge myghte helpe he woulde do we[le] ynough. I. M, He scape not our handes so lyghtly I warande yow. C. Thys is that thiefe. Sir, that all Christendome hath troubled. And the pope of Rome agaynst all kynges maynteyned. JV. Now that ye have hym, no more, but hange hym uppe. (7. O. If ye so be content, it shall be done ere I suppe. I. M, Loo, the Clergye accuseth the, Nobylyte condemp- neth the. And the lawe wyll hange the. What sayst now to me ?