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John Oldcastle

John Old castle

William Shakespeare.

John Oldcastle

THE PROLOGUE.

The doubtful Title (Gentlemen) prefixt Upon the Argument we have in

hand, May breed suspence, and wrongfully disturb The peaceful quiet of

your settled thoughts. To stop which scruple, let this brief suffice: It is no

pampered glutton we present, Nor aged Counsellor to youthful sin, But

one, whose virtue shone above the rest, A valiant Martyr and a virtuous

peer; In whose true faith and loyalty expressed Unto his sovereign, and his

country's weal, We strive to pay that tribute of our Love, Your favours

merit. Let fair Truth be graced, Since forged invention former time

defaced.

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ACT I.

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SCENE I. Hereford. A street.

[Enter Lord Herbert, Lord Powis, Owen, Gough, Davy, and several

other followers of the lords Herbert and Powis; they fight. In the fight,

enter the Sheriff and two of his men.]

SHERIFF. My Lords, I charge ye in his Highness' name, To keep the

peace, you, and your followers.

HERBERT. Good Master Sheriff, look unto your self.

POWIS. Do so, for we have other business.

[Profer to fight again.]

SHERIFF. Will ye disturb the Judges, and the Assize? Hear the King's

proclamation, ye were best.

POWIS. Hold then, let's hear it.

HERBERT. But be brief, ye were best.

BAILIFF. Oyes!

DAVY. Cousin, make shorter O, or shall mar your Yes.

BAILIFF. Oyes!

OWEN. What, has her nothing to say but O yes?

BAILIFF. Oyes!

DAVY. O nay! pye Cosse plut down with her, down with her! A

Pawesse! a Pawesse!

GOUGH. A Herbert! a Herbert! and down with Powis! [Helter

skelter again.]

SHERIFF. Hold, in the King's name, hold.

OWEN. Down i' tha knave's name, down.

[In this fight, the Bailiff is knocked down, and the Sheriff and the

other run away.]

HERBERT. Powesse, I think thy Welsh and thou do smart.

POWIS. Herbert, I think my sword came near thy heart.

HERBERT. Thy heart's best blood shall pay the loss of mine.

GOUGH. A Herbert! a Herbert!

DAVY. A Pawesse! a Pawesse!

[As they are lifting their weapons, enter the Mayor of Hereford, and

his Officers and Towns-men with clubs.]

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MAYOR. My Lords, as you are liege men to the Crown, True

noblemen, and subjects to the King, Attend his Highness' proclamation,

Commanded by the Judges of Assize, For keeping peace at this assembly.

HERBERT. Good Master Mayor of Hereford be brief.

MAYOR. Sergeant, without the ceremony of Oyes, Pronounce aloud

the proclamation.

SERVANT. The King's Justices, perceiving what public mischief may

ensue this private quarrel, in his majesty's name do straightly charge and

command all persons, of what degree soever, to depart this city of

Hereford, except such as are bound to give attendance at this Assize, and

that no man presume to wear any weapon, especially welsh-hooks, forest

bills--

OWEN. Haw, no pill nor wells hoog? ha?

MAYOR. Peace, and hear the proclamation.

SERVANT. And that the Lord Powesse do presently disperse and

discharge his retinue, and depart the city in the King's peace, he and his

followers, on pain of imprisonment.

DAVY. Haw? pud her Lord Pawesse in prison? A Pawes! A Pawesse!

cossone live and tie with her Lord.

GOUGH. A Herbert! a Herbert!

[In this fight the Lord Herbert is wounded, and falls to the ground;

the Mayor and his company go away, crying clubs; Powesse runs away;

Gough and other of Herbert's faction busy themselves about Herbert; enter

the two Judges in their robes, the Sheriff and his Bailiffs afore them, &c.]

FIRST JUDGE. Where's the Lord Herbert? is he hurt or slain?

SHERIFF. He's here, my Lord.

SECOND JUDGE. How fares his Lordship, friends?

GOUGH. Mortally wounded, speechless; he cannot live.

FIRST JUDGE. Convey him hence; let not his wounds take air, And

get him dressed with expedition.

[Ex. Herbert & Gough.]

Master Mayor of Hereford, Master Shrieve o' the shire, Commit Lord

Powesse to safe custody, To answer the disturbance of the peace, Lord

Herbert's peril, and his high contempt Of us, and you the King's

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commissioners. See it be done with care and diligence.

SHERIFF. Please it your Lordship, my Lord Powesse is gone Past all

recovery.

SECOND JUDGE. Yet let search be made, To apprehend his followers

that are left.

SHERIFF. There are some of them. Sirs, lay hold of them.

OWEN. Of us? and why? what has her done, I pray you?

SHERIFF. Disarm them, Bailiffs.

MAYOR. Officers, assist.

DAVY. Hear you, Lor shudge, what resson is for this?

OWEN. Cosson pe puse for fighting for our Lord?

FIRST JUDGE. Away with them.

DAVY. Harg you, my Lord.

OWEN. Gough my Lord Herbert's man's a shitten kanave.

DAVY. Ise live and tie in good quarrel.

OWEN. Pray you do shustice; let all be preson.

DAVY. Prison! no. Lord shudge, I wool give you pale, good suerty.

SECOND JUDGE. What Bail? what sureties?

DAVY. Her coozin ap Ries, ap Evan, ap Morris, ap Morgan, ap

Lluellyn, ap Madoc, ap Meredith, ap Griffen, ap Davy, ap Owen, ap

Shinken Shones.

SECOND JUDGE. Two of the most sufficient are ynow.

SHERIFF. And 't please your Lordship, these are all but one.

FIRST JUDGE. To Jail with them, and the Lord Herbert's men; We'll

talk with them, when the Assize is done.

[Exeunt.]

Riotous, audacious, and unruly Grooms, Must we be forced to come

from the Bench, To quiet brawls, which every Constable In other civil

places can suppress?

SECOND JUDGE. What was the quarrel that caused all this stir?

SHERIFF. About religion, as I heard, my Lord. Lord Powesse

detracted from the power of Rome, Affirming Wickliffe's doctrine to be

true, And Rome's erroneous. Hot reply was made By the lord Herbert,

they were traitors all That would maintain it: Powesse answered, They

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were as true, as noble, and as wise As he, that would defend it with their

lives; He named for instance sir John Old-castle The Lord Cobham:

Herbert replied again, "He, thou, and all are traitors that so hold." The lie

was given, the several factions drawn, And so enraged, that we could not

appease it.

FIRST JUDGE. This case concerns the King's prerogative, And's

dangerous to the State and common wealth. Gentlemen, Justices, master

Mayor, and master Shrieve, It doth behoove us all, and each of us In

general and particular, to have care For suppressing of all mutinies, And

all assemblies, except soldiers' musters For the King's preparation into

France. We hear of secret conventicles made, And there is doubt of some

conspiracies, Which may break out into rebellious arms When the King's

gone, perchance before he go: Note as an instance, this one perilous fray;

What factions might have grown on either part, To the destruction of the

King and Realm. Yet, in my conscience, sir John Old-castle, Innocent of it,

only his name was used. We, therefore, from his Highness give this charge:

You, master Mayor, look to your citizens; You, master Sheriff, unto your

shire; and you As Justices, in every one's precinct, There be no meetings.

When the vulgar sort Sit on their Ale-bench, with their cups and cans,

Matters of state be not their common talk, Nor pure religion by their lips

profaned. Let us return unto the Bench again, And there examine further of

this fray.

[Enter a Bailiff and a Servant.]

SHERIFF. Sirs, have ye taken the lord Powesse yet?

BAILIFF. No, nor heard of him.

SERVANT. No, he's gone far enough.

SECOND JUDGE. They that are left behind shall answer all.

[Exeunt.]

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