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In his bid to keep the throne of England, King John wars with the French. His behavior has prompted the barons to revolt against him and the pope to excommunicate him. In this scene, King John has just offered to give up his crown to Cardinal Pandolph--but the Cardinal forgives him and promises to help temper the warring French who have just landed at Dover. Now alone with Philip the Bastard, King John's weakness and uncertainty shows through, while Philip urges him to fight on.
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KING JOHN: Is this Ascension-day? Did not the prophet
Say that before Ascension-day at noon
My crown I should give off? Even so I have:
I did suppose it should be on constraint:
But, heaven be thank'd, it is but voluntary.
Enter the BASTARD
BASTARD: All Kent hath yielded; nothing there holds out
But Dover castle: London hath received,
Like a kind host, the
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