The Complete Works of William Shakespeare In Plain and Simple English (Translated) by William Shakespeare
Authors: William Shakespeare
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safety in true blood
Shall find but bloody safety and untrue.
This act, so evilly borne, shall cool the hearts
Of all his people and freeze up their zeal,
That none so small advantage shall step forth
To check his reign but they will cherish it;
No natural exhalation in the sky,
No scope of nature, no distemper'd day,
No common wind, no customed event,
But they will pluck away his natural cause
And call them meteors, prodigies, and signs,
Abortives, presages, and tongues of heaven,
Plainly denouncing vengeance upon John.
How innocent you are to the ways of this old world!
John plots against you; the times are on your side;
for someone who sheds noble blood for his own safety
will find that safety is bloody and unsafe.
When he does this evil act it will cool the hearts
of all his people and take away their passion,
so that when any small opportunity arises
to stop his rule they will welcome it;
there will be no natural cloud in the sky,
no natural event, no stormy day,
no ordinary wind, no normal happening,
without them ignoring the natural cause
and calling them meteors, unnatural signs,
abortions, predictions, voices from heaven,
plainly proclaiming that John must be punished.
LEWIS.
May be he will not touch young Arthur's life,
But hold himself safe in his prisonment.
Maybe he will not kill young Arthur,
but keep himself safe by imprisoning him.
PANDULPH.
O, Sir, when he shall hear of your approach,
If that young Arthur be not gone already,
Even at that news he dies; and then the hearts
Of all his people shall revolt from him,
And kiss the lips of unacquainted change,
And pick strong matter of revolt and wrath
Out of the bloody fingers' ends of John.
Methinks I see this hurly all on foot;
And, O, what better matter breeds for you
Than I have nam'd! The bastard Faulconbridge
Is now in England ransacking the Church,
Offending charity; if but a dozen French
Were there in arms, they would be as a call
To train ten thousand English to their side;
Or as a little snow, tumbled about,
Anon becomes a mountain. O noble Dauphin,
Go with me to the King. 'Tis wonderful
What may be wrought out of their discontent,
Now that their souls are topful of offence.
For England go; I will whet on the King.
Oh sir, when he hears that you are coming,
if young Arthur has not already being killed,
he will be killed at the news; and then the hearts
of all his people will revolt against him,
and welcome unknown change,
and find good cause for revolution and anger
in John's bloody hands.
I can picture all this chaos;
and how can things go better for you
than what I have described! The bastard Faulconbridge
is stealing money from the church in England,
losing goodwill; if there were just a dozen Frenchmen
there in arms, that would be a summons that
would bring ten thousand Englishmen to their side;
it would be like a little snow which stirred up
soon becomes an avalanche. O noble Dauphin,
come with me to the king. It's amazing
what can be created from unhappiness,
now that their souls are brimful of wrongdoing.
Go to England; I will encourage the King.
LEWIS.
Strong reasons makes strange actions. Let us go;
If you say ay, the King will not say no.
We must do strange things when we have good reasons to. Let's go;
if you say yes, the King will not say no.
Exeunt
England. A castle
Enter HUBERT and EXECUTIONERS
HUBERT.
Heat me these irons hot; and look thou stand
Within the arras. When I strike my foot
Upon the bosom of the ground, rush forth
And bind the boy which you shall find with me
Fast to the chair. Be heedful; hence, and watch.
Heat these irons hot for me; and you go and hide
behind the curtain. When I stamp my foot
upon the floor, rush out
and tie up the boy you find with me
tight to the chair. Keep alert; off you go, and watch out.
EXECUTIONER.
I hope your warrant will bear out the deed.
I
Shall find but bloody safety and untrue.
This act, so evilly borne, shall cool the hearts
Of all his people and freeze up their zeal,
That none so small advantage shall step forth
To check his reign but they will cherish it;
No natural exhalation in the sky,
No scope of nature, no distemper'd day,
No common wind, no customed event,
But they will pluck away his natural cause
And call them meteors, prodigies, and signs,
Abortives, presages, and tongues of heaven,
Plainly denouncing vengeance upon John.
How innocent you are to the ways of this old world!
John plots against you; the times are on your side;
for someone who sheds noble blood for his own safety
will find that safety is bloody and unsafe.
When he does this evil act it will cool the hearts
of all his people and take away their passion,
so that when any small opportunity arises
to stop his rule they will welcome it;
there will be no natural cloud in the sky,
no natural event, no stormy day,
no ordinary wind, no normal happening,
without them ignoring the natural cause
and calling them meteors, unnatural signs,
abortions, predictions, voices from heaven,
plainly proclaiming that John must be punished.
LEWIS.
May be he will not touch young Arthur's life,
But hold himself safe in his prisonment.
Maybe he will not kill young Arthur,
but keep himself safe by imprisoning him.
PANDULPH.
O, Sir, when he shall hear of your approach,
If that young Arthur be not gone already,
Even at that news he dies; and then the hearts
Of all his people shall revolt from him,
And kiss the lips of unacquainted change,
And pick strong matter of revolt and wrath
Out of the bloody fingers' ends of John.
Methinks I see this hurly all on foot;
And, O, what better matter breeds for you
Than I have nam'd! The bastard Faulconbridge
Is now in England ransacking the Church,
Offending charity; if but a dozen French
Were there in arms, they would be as a call
To train ten thousand English to their side;
Or as a little snow, tumbled about,
Anon becomes a mountain. O noble Dauphin,
Go with me to the King. 'Tis wonderful
What may be wrought out of their discontent,
Now that their souls are topful of offence.
For England go; I will whet on the King.
Oh sir, when he hears that you are coming,
if young Arthur has not already being killed,
he will be killed at the news; and then the hearts
of all his people will revolt against him,
and welcome unknown change,
and find good cause for revolution and anger
in John's bloody hands.
I can picture all this chaos;
and how can things go better for you
than what I have described! The bastard Faulconbridge
is stealing money from the church in England,
losing goodwill; if there were just a dozen Frenchmen
there in arms, that would be a summons that
would bring ten thousand Englishmen to their side;
it would be like a little snow which stirred up
soon becomes an avalanche. O noble Dauphin,
come with me to the king. It's amazing
what can be created from unhappiness,
now that their souls are brimful of wrongdoing.
Go to England; I will encourage the King.
LEWIS.
Strong reasons makes strange actions. Let us go;
If you say ay, the King will not say no.
We must do strange things when we have good reasons to. Let's go;
if you say yes, the King will not say no.
Exeunt
England. A castle
Enter HUBERT and EXECUTIONERS
HUBERT.
Heat me these irons hot; and look thou stand
Within the arras. When I strike my foot
Upon the bosom of the ground, rush forth
And bind the boy which you shall find with me
Fast to the chair. Be heedful; hence, and watch.
Heat these irons hot for me; and you go and hide
behind the curtain. When I stamp my foot
upon the floor, rush out
and tie up the boy you find with me
tight to the chair. Keep alert; off you go, and watch out.
EXECUTIONER.
I hope your warrant will bear out the deed.
I
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