Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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K. Iohn. K. Iohn.
K. Iohn. What is thy name?
Bast. Bast.
Bast. Philip my Liege, so is my name begun,
Bast. Philip, good old Sir Roberts wiues eldest sonne.
K. Iohn. From henceforth beare his name
K. Iohn. Whose forme thou bearest:
K. Iohn. Kneele thou downe Philip, but rise more great,
K. Iohn. Arise Sir Richard, and Plantagenet.
Bast. Brother by th'mothers side, giue me your hand,
Bast. My father gaue me honor, yours gaue land:
Bast. Now blessed be the houre by night or day
Bast. When I was got, Sir Robert was away.
Ele. Ele.
Ele. The very spirit of Plantaginet:
Ele. I am thy granddame Richard, call me so.
Bast. Madam by chance, but not by truth, what tho;