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The Life and Death of King John
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Scene 3
The field of battle.
Alarums. Enter KING JOHN and HUBERT
KING JOHNHow goes the day with us? O, tell me, Hubert.
HUBERTBadly, I fear. How fares your majesty?
KING JOHNThis fever, that hath troubled me so long,
Lies heavy on me; O, my heart is sick!
Enter a Messenger
MessengerMy lord, your valiant kinsman, Faulconbridge,
Desires your majesty to leave the field
And send him word by me which way you go.
KING JOHNTell him, toward Swinstead, to the abbey there.
MessengerBe of good comfort; for the great supply
That was expected by the Dauphin here,
Are wreck’d three nights ago on Goodwin Sands.
This news was brought to Richard but even now:
The French fight coldly, and retire themselves.
KING JOHNAy me! this tyrant fever burns me up,
And will not let me welcome this good news.
Set on toward Swinstead: to my litter straight;
Weakness possesseth me, and I am faint.
Exeunt
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Chicago: William Shakespeare, "Act 5, Scene 3," The Life and Death of King John in Original Sources, accessed April 20, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4MBENQMP6GU2KNY.
MLA: Shakespeare, William. "Act 5, Scene 3." The Life and Death of King John, in , Original Sources. 20 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4MBENQMP6GU2KNY.
Harvard: Shakespeare, W, 'Act 5, Scene 3' in The Life and Death of King John. cited in , . Original Sources, retrieved 20 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4MBENQMP6GU2KNY.
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