{"product_id":"2940013005938","title":"KING JOHN","description":"PERSONS REPRESENTED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKING JOHN.\u003cbr\u003ePRINCE HENRY, his son; afterwards KING HENRY III.\u003cbr\u003eARTHUR, Duke of Bretagne, son to GEFFREY, late Duke of Bretagne,\u003cbr\u003ethe elder brother to King John.\u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM MARSHALL, Earl of Pembroke.\u003cbr\u003eGEOFFREY FITZ-PETER, Earl of Essex, Chief Justiciary of England.\u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM LONGSWORD, Earl of Salisbury.\u003cbr\u003eROBERT BIGOT, Earl of Norfolk.\u003cbr\u003eHUBERT DE BURGH, Chamberlain to the King.\u003cbr\u003eROBERT FALCONBRIDGE, son to Sir Robert Falconbridge.\u003cbr\u003ePHILIP FALCONBRIDGE, his half-brother, bastard son to King\u003cbr\u003eRichard I.\u003cbr\u003eJAMES GURNEY, servant to Lady Falconbridge.\u003cbr\u003ePETER OF POMFRET, a prophet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePHILIP, King of France.\u003cbr\u003eLOUIS, the Dauphin.\u003cbr\u003eARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA.\u003cbr\u003eCARDINAL PANDULPH, the Pope's legate.\u003cbr\u003eMELUN, a French lord.\u003cbr\u003eCHATILLON, Ambassador from France to King John.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eELINOR, Widow of King Henry II and Mother to King John.\u003cbr\u003eCONSTANCE, Mother to Arthur.\u003cbr\u003eBLANCH OF SPAIN, Daughter to Alphonso, King of Castile, and Niece\u003cbr\u003eto King John.\u003cbr\u003eLADY FALCONBRIDGE, Mother to the Bastard and Robert Falconbridge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLords, Citizens of Angiers, Sheriff, Heralds, Officers, Soldiers,\u003cbr\u003eMessengers, Attendants\u003cbr\u003eand other Attendants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCENE: Sometimes in England, and sometimes in France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACT I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCENE 1.  Northampton. A Room of State in the Palace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Enter KING JOHN, QUEEN ELINOR, PEMBROKE, ESSEX, SALISBURY, and\u003cbr\u003eothers, with CHATILLON.]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKING JOHN.\u003cbr\u003eNow, say, Chatillon, what would France with us?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHATILLON.\u003cbr\u003eThus, after greeting, speaks the King of France,\u003cbr\u003eIn my behaviour, to the majesty,\u003cbr\u003eThe borrow'd majesty of England here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eELINOR.\u003cbr\u003eA strange beginning:--borrow'd majesty!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKING JOHN.\u003cbr\u003eSilence, good mother; hear the embassy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHATILLON.\u003cbr\u003ePhilip of France, in right and true behalf\u003cbr\u003eOf thy deceased brother Geffrey's son,\u003cbr\u003eArthur Plantagenet, lays most lawful claim\u003cbr\u003eTo this fair island and the territories,--\u003cbr\u003eTo Ireland, Poictiers, Anjou, Touraine, Maine;\u003cbr\u003eDesiring thee to lay aside the sword\u003cbr\u003eWhich sways usurpingly these several titles,\u003cbr\u003eAnd put the same into young Arthur's hand,\u003cbr\u003eThy nephew and right royal sovereign.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKING JOHN.\u003cbr\u003eWhat follows if we disallow of this?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHATILLON.\u003cbr\u003eThe proud control of fierce and bloody war,\u003cbr\u003eTo enforce these rights so forcibly withheld.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKING JOHN.\u003cbr\u003eHere have we war for war, and blood for blood,\u003cbr\u003eControlment for controlment;--so answer France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHATILLON.\u003cbr\u003eThen take my king's defiance from my mouth,\u003cbr\u003eThe farthest limit of my embassy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKING JOHN.\u003cbr\u003eBear mine to him, and so depart in peace:\u003cbr\u003eBe thou as lightning in the eyes of France;\u003cbr\u003eFor ere thou canst report I will be there,\u003cbr\u003eThe thunder of my cannon shall be heard:\u003cbr\u003eSo, hence! Be thou the trumpet of our wrath,\u003cbr\u003eAnd sullen presage of your own decay.--\u003cbr\u003eAn honourable conduct let him have:--\u003cbr\u003ePembroke, look to 't. Farewell, Chatillon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Exeunt CHATILLON and PEMBROKE.]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eELINOR.\u003cbr\u003eWhat now, my son! Have I not ever said\u003cbr\u003eHow that ambitious Constance would not cease\u003cbr\u003eTill she had kindled France and all the world\u003cbr\u003eUpon the right and party of her son?\u003cbr\u003eThis might have been prevented and made whole\u003cbr\u003eWith very easy arguments of love;\u003cbr\u003eWhich now the manage of two kingdoms must\u003cbr\u003eWith fearful bloody issue arbitrate.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082098950384,"sku":"2940013005938","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013005938_p0.jpg?v=1763575670","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013005938","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}