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| Enter Salisbury, Pembroke, and Bigot. | Enter Salisbury, Pembroke, and Bigot | | KJ V.iv.1.1 | |
| Sal. | SALISBURY | | | |
| I did not thinke the King so stor'd with friends. | I did not think the King so stored with friends. | stored (adj.) well supplied, rich, plentifully provided | KJ V.iv.1 | |
| Pem. | PEMBROKE | | | |
| Vp once againe: put spirit in the French, | Up once again! Put spirit in the French; | | KJ V.iv.2 | |
| If they miscarry: we miscarry too. | If they miscarry, we miscarry too. | miscarry (v.)go wrong, fail, be unsuccessful | KJ V.iv.3 | |
| Sal. | SALISBURY | | | |
| That misbegotten diuell Falconbridge, | That misbegotten devil, Faulconbridge, | | KJ V.iv.4 | |
| In spight of spight, alone vpholds the day. | In spite of spite, alone upholds the day. | spite of spite, indespite everything, against all odds | KJ V.iv.5 | |
| | uphold (v.)maintain, sustain, keep intact | | |
| | day (n.)day of battle, contest | | |
| Pem. | PEMBROKE | | | |
| They say King Iohn sore sick, hath left the field. | They say King John, sore sick, hath left the field. | | KJ V.iv.6 | |
| Enter Meloon wounded. | Enter Melun, wounded | | KJ V.iv.7.1 | |
| Mel. | MELUN | | | |
| Lead me to the Reuolts of England heere. | Lead me to the revolts of England here. | revolt (n.)rebel, revolutionary, malcontent | KJ V.iv.7 | |
| Sal. | SALISBURY | | | |
| When we were happie, we had other names. | When we were happy we had other names. | | KJ V.iv.8 | |
| Pem. | PEMBROKE | | | |
| It is the Count Meloone. | It is the Count Melun. | | KJ V.iv.9.1 | |
| Sal. | SALISBURY | | | |
| Wounded to death. | Wounded to death. | | KJ V.iv.9.2 | |
| Mel. | MELUN | | | |
| Fly Noble English, you are bought and sold, | Fly, noble English, you are bought and sold. | buy and sell, past form bought and soldbetray, exploit, treat treacherously | KJ V.iv.10 | |
| Vnthred the rude eye of Rebellion, | Unthread the rude eye of rebellion, | rude (adj.)violent, harsh, unkind | KJ V.iv.11 | |
| And welcome home againe discarded faith, | And welcome home again discarded faith. | | KJ V.iv.12 | |
| Seeke out King Iohn, and fall before his feete: | Seek out King John and fall before his feet; | | KJ V.iv.13 | |
| For if the French be Lords of this loud day, | For if the French be lords of this loud day, | loud (adj.)hectic, noisy, clamorous | KJ V.iv.14 | |
| | day (n.)day of battle, contest | | |
| He meanes to recompence the paines you take, | He means to recompense the pains you take | | KJ V.iv.15 | |
| By cutting off your heads: Thus hath he sworne, | By cutting off your heads. Thus hath he sworn, | | KJ V.iv.16 | |
| And I with him, and many moe with mee, | And I with him, and many more with me, | | KJ V.iv.17 | |
| Vpon the Altar at S. Edmondsbury, | Upon the altar at Saint Edmundsbury; | Saint EdmundsburyBury St Edmunds, market town in Suffolk; site of the shrine of St Edmund and a place of pilgrimage | KJ V.iv.18 | |
| Euen on that Altar, where we swore to you | Even on that altar where we swore to you | | KJ V.iv.19 | |
| Deere Amity, and euerlasting loue. | Dear amity and everlasting love. | | KJ V.iv.20 | |
| Sal. | SALISBURY | | | |
| May this be possible? May this be true? | May this be possible? May this be true? | | KJ V.iv.21 | |
| Mel. | MELUN | | | |
| Haue I not hideous death within my view, | Have I not hideous death within my view, | | KJ V.iv.22 | |
| Retaining but a quantity of life, | Retaining but a quantity of life, | quantity (n.)fragment, little piece, tiny amount | KJ V.iv.23 | |
| Which bleeds away, euen as a forme of waxe | Which bleeds away, even as a form of wax | | KJ V.iv.24 | |
| Resolueth from his figure 'gainst the fire? | Resolveth from his figure 'gainst the fire? | resolve (v.)melt, dissolve, transform | KJ V.iv.25 | |
| | figure (n.)form, design, shape, conception | | |
| | against, 'gainst (prep.)exposed to | | |
| What in the world should make me now deceiue, | What in the world should make me now deceive, | | KJ V.iv.26 | |
| Since I must loose the vse of all deceite? | Since I must lose the use of all deceit? | use (n.)activity, practice, enterprise | KJ V.iv.27 | |
| Why should I then be false, since it is true | Why should I then be false, since it is true | false (adj.)treacherous, traitorous, perfidious | KJ V.iv.28 | |
| That I must dye heere, and liue hence, by Truth? | That I must die here, and live hence by truth? | | KJ V.iv.29 | |
| I say againe, if Lewis do win the day, | I say again, if Lewis do win the day, | | KJ V.iv.30 | |
| He is forsworne, if ere those eyes of yours | He is forsworn if e'er those eyes of yours | forswear (v), past forms forsworn, forsworeswear falsely, perjure [oneself], break one's word | KJ V.iv.31 | |
| Behold another day breake in the East: | Behold another daybreak in the east. | | KJ V.iv.32 | |
| But euen this night, whose blacke contagious breath | But even this night, whose black contagious breath | contagious (adj.)pestilential, harmful, noxious | KJ V.iv.33 | |
| Already smoakes about the burning Crest | Already smokes about the burning crest | smoke (v.)spread like mist, grow misty | KJ V.iv.34 | |
| Of the old, feeble, and day-wearied Sunne, | Of the old, feeble, and day-wearied sun, | | KJ V.iv.35 | |
| Euen this ill night, your breathing shall expire, | Even this ill night, your breathing shall expire, | expire (v.)end, conclude, terminate | KJ V.iv.36 | |
| | ill (adj.)bad, adverse, unfavourable | | |
| Paying the fine of rated Treachery, | Paying the fine of rated treachery | rated (adj.)assessed, exposed, evaluated | KJ V.iv.37 | |
| | fine (n.)punishment, penalty, retribution | | |
| Euen with a treacherous fine of all your liues: | Even with a treacherous fine of all your lives, | fine (n.)ending, termination | KJ V.iv.38 | |
| If Lewis, by your assistance win the day. | If Lewis by your assistance win the day. | | KJ V.iv.39 | |
| Commend me to one Hubert, with your King; | Commend me to one Hubert, with your King. | commend (v.)convey greetings, present kind regards | KJ V.iv.40 | |
| The loue of him, and this respect besides | The love of him, and this respect besides, | | KJ V.iv.41 | |
| (For that my Grandsire was an Englishman) | For that my grandsire was an Englishman, | | KJ V.iv.42 | |
| Awakes my Conscience to confesse all this. | Awakes my conscience to confess all this. | | KJ V.iv.43 | |
| In lieu whereof, I pray you beare me hence | In lieu whereof, I pray you bear me hence | lieu whereof, inin recompense for this | KJ V.iv.44 | |
| From forth the noise and rumour of the Field; | From forth the noise and rumour of the field, | rumour (n.)tumult, din, confusion | KJ V.iv.45 | |
| | field (n.)field of battle, battleground, field of combat | | |
| Where I may thinke the remnant of my thoughts | Where I may think the remnant of my thoughts | | KJ V.iv.46 | |
| In peace: and part this bodie and my soule | In peace, and part this body and my soul | | KJ V.iv.47 | |
| With contemplation, and deuout desires. | With contemplation and devout desires. | | KJ V.iv.48 | |
| Sal. | SALISBURY | | | |
| We do beleeue thee, and beshrew my soule, | We do believe thee; and beshrew my soul | beshrew, 'shrew (v.)curse, devil take, evil befall | KJ V.iv.49 | |
| But I do loue the fauour, and the forme | But I do love the favour and the form | form (n.)pattern, shaping, outcome, order | KJ V.iv.50 | |
| | favour (n.)appearance, look, aspect | | |
| Of this most faire occasion, by the which | Of this most fair occasion, by the which | occasion (n.)circumstance, opportunity | KJ V.iv.51 | |
| We will vntread the steps of damned flight, | We will untread the steps of damned flight, | untread (v.)retrace, go back upon | KJ V.iv.52 | |
| And like a bated and retired Flood, | And like a bated and retired flood, | retired (adj.)retreating, receded, subsiding | KJ V.iv.53 | |
| | flood (n.)river, stream, rushing water | | |
| | bated (adj.)abated, lowered, diminished | | |
| Leauing our ranknesse and irregular course, | Leaving our rankness and irregular course, | irregular (adj.)lawless, disorderly, unruly | KJ V.iv.54 | |
| | rankness (n.)excessive growth, rebelliousness | | |
| Stoope lowe within those bounds we haue ore-look'd, | Stoop low within those bounds we have o'erlooked, | overlook (v.)overflow, rise above, exceed | KJ V.iv.55 | |
| | bound (n.)limit, boundary, confine, barrier | | |
| And calmely run on in obedience | And calmly run on in obedience | | KJ V.iv.56 | |
| Euen to our Ocean, to our great King Iohn. | Even to our ocean, to our great King John. | | KJ V.iv.57 | |
| My arme shall giue thee helpe to beare thee hence, | My arm shall give thee help to bear thee hence; | | KJ V.iv.58 | |
| For I do see the cruell pangs of death | For I do see the cruel pangs of death | | KJ V.iv.59 | |
| Right in thine eye. Away, my friends, new flight, | Right in thine eye. Away, my friends! New flight, | right (adv.)clearly, unmistakeably, assuredly | KJ V.iv.60 | |
| And happie newnesse, that intends old right. | And happy newness, that intends old right! | | KJ V.iv.61 | |
| Exeunt | Exeunt, giving assistance to Melun | | KJ V.iv.61 | |