Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Hub. Enter Iohn, Pembroke, Salisbury, and other Lordes.
Iohn. Iohn.
Iohn. Heere once againe we sit: once against crown'd
Iohn. And look'd vpon, I hope, with chearefull eyes.
Pem. Pem.
Pem. This once again (but that your Highnes pleas'd)
Pem. Was once superfluous: you were Crown'd before,
Pem. And that high Royalty was nere pluck'd off:
Pem. The faiths of men, nere stained with reuolt:
Pem. Fresh expectation troubled not the Land
Pem. With any long'd‑for‑change, or better State.
Sal. Sal.
Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pompe,
Sal. To guard a Title, that was rich before;
Sal. To gilde refined Gold, to paint the Lilly;
Sal. To throw a perfume on the Violet,
Sal. To smooth the yce, or adde another hew
Sal. Vnto the Raine‑bow, or with Taper‑light
Sal. To seeke the beauteous eye of heauen to garnish,
Sal. Is wastefull, and ridiculous excesse.