| William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Oxford Shakespeare. 1914. | | | |
| The Life and Death of King John | | | | Act V. Scene III. |
| | The Same. A Field of Battle. | |
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Alarums. Enter KING JOHN and HUBERT. | |
| K. John. How goes the day with us? O! tell me, Hubert. | |
| Hub. Badly, I fear. How fares your majesty? | |
| K. John. This fever, that hath troubled me so long, | 5 |
| Lies heavy on me: O! my heart is sick. | |
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Enter a Messenger. | |
| Mess. My lord, your valiant kinsman, Faulconbridge, | |
| Desires your majesty to leave the field, | |
| And send him word by me which way you go. | 10 |
| K. John. Tell him, toward Swinstead, to the abbey there. | |
| Mess. Be of good comfort: for the great supply | |
| That was expected by the Dauphin here, | |
| Are wrack’d three nights ago on Goodwin sands. | |
| This news was brought to Richard but even now. | 15 |
| The French fight coldly, and retire themselves. | |
| K. John. Ay me! this tyrant fever burns me up, | |
| And will not let me welcome this good news. | |
| Set on toward Swinstead: to my litter straight; | |
| Weakness possesseth me, and I am faint. [Exeunt. | 20 | | |
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