SCENE IV. Changes to a Field of Battle. Alarms, Excurfions: Enter Faulconbridge, with Faulc. OW, by my life, this day grows wond'rous hot; Now, 'Some airy devil hovers in the sky, And pours down mifchief. Auftria's head lie there.— Thus hath King Richard's fon perform'd his vow, And offer'd Auftria's blood for facrifice Unto his father's ever-living foul. Enter King John, Arthur, and Hubert. K. John. There, Hubert, keep this boy. Richard, make up ; My mother is alfailed in our tent, And ta'en, I fear. Faul. My Lord, I rescu'd her : 3 Some airy devil. -] We muft read, Some fiery devil, if we will have the cause equal to the effect. WARBURTON. There is no end of fuch alterations; every page of a vehement and negligent writer will afford opportunities for changes of terms, if mere propriety will [Exeunt. juftify them. Not that of this change the propriety is out of controverfy. Dr. Warburton will have the devil fiery, because he makes the day hot; the author makes him airy, because he hovers in the sky, and the beat and mischief are natural confequences of his malignity. SCENE V. Alarms, Excurfions, Retreat. Re-enter King John, Elinor, Arthur, Faulconbridge, Hubert, and Lords. K. John. So fhall it be-your Grace shall stay behind [To Elinor. So ftrongly guarded-Coufin, look not fad, [To Arthur. Thy grandam loves thee, and thy uncle will Ufe our commiffion in its utmost force. Faulc. Bell, book, and candle fhall not drive me back, When gold and filver beck me to come on. For your fair fafety; fo I kiss your hand. Eli. Farewel, my gentle coufin. K. John. Coz, farewel. [Exit Faulc, Eli. Come, hither, little kinfman ;-hark, a word. [Taking him to one fide of the stage. K. John. [To Hubert on the other fide. Come hither, Hubert. O my gentle Hubert, K. John. Good friend, thou haft no caufe to fay fo yet, But thou shalt have-and creep time ne'er so slow, 4 Had bak'd thy blood and made it heavy thick, + Sound ON unto the drowfie race of night;] We fhould read, Sound ONE Gg 4 WARBURTON. (A paffion (A paffion hateful to my purposes) Or if thou could'ft fee me without eyes, K. John. Do not I know, thou would'st? And, wherefoe'er this foot of mine doth tread, Hub. And I'll keep him so, That he fhall not offend your Majefty. K. John. Death. Hub. My Lord? K. John. A grave. Hub. He fhall not live. K. John. Enough. I could be merry now. Hubert, I love thee; Well, I'll not fay what I intend for thee: Remember: -Madam, fare you well. [Returning to the Queen. I'll fend those pow'rs o'er to your Majesty, Eli. My bleffing go with thee! K. John. For England, coufin, go. [Exeunt. SCENE Changes to the French Court. Enter King Philip, Lewis, Pandulpho, and Attendance, K. Philip. O, by a roaring tempeft on the flood, S% Is fcatter'd and disjoin'd from fellowship. Pand. Courage and comfort, all shall yet go well, K. Philip. What can go well, when we have run fo ill? Are we not beaten? Is not Angiers loft? Arthur ta'en Pris'ner? divers dear friends flain? Lewis. What he hath won, that hath he fortify'd: Of any K. Philip. Well could I bear that England had this praise, So we could find fome pattern of our shame. |