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| Alarums. Enter Iohn and Hubert. | Alarums. Enter King John and Hubert | | KJ V.iii.1.1 | |
| Iohn. | KING JOHN | | | |
| How goes the day with vs? oh tell me Hubert. | How goes the day with us? O, tell me, Hubert. | day (n.) day of battle, contest | KJ V.iii.1 | |
| Hub. | HUBERT | | | |
| Badly I feare; how fares your Maiesty? | Badly, I fear. How fares your majesty? | fare (v.)get on, manage, do, cope | KJ V.iii.2 | |
| Iohn. | KING JOHN | | | |
| This Feauer that hath troubled me so long, | This fever that hath troubled me so long | | KJ V.iii.3 | |
| Lyes heauie on me: oh, my heart is sicke. | Lies heavy on me. O, my heart is sick! | heavy (adj.)pressing, weighty, overpowering | KJ V.iii.4 | |
| Enter a Messenger. | Enter a Messenger | | KJ V.iii.5 | |
| Mes. | MESSENGER | | | |
| My Lord: your valiant kinsman Falconbridge, | My lord, your valiant kinsman, Faulconbridge, | | KJ V.iii.5 | |
| Desires your Maiestie to leaue the field, | Desires your majesty to leave the field | field (n.)field of battle, battleground, field of combat | KJ V.iii.6 | |
| And send him word by me, which way you go. | And send him word by me which way you go. | | KJ V.iii.7 | |
| Iohn. | KING JOHN | | | |
| Tell him toward Swinsted, to the Abbey there. | Tell him, toward Swinstead, to the abbey there. | | KJ V.iii.8 | |
| Mes. | MESSENGER | | | |
| Be of good comfort: for the great supply | Be of good comfort; for the great supply | supply (n.)reinforcement(s), support, relief | KJ V.iii.9 | |
| | comfort (n.)happiness, joy, cheerfulness | | |
| That was expected by the Dolphin heere, | That was expected by the Dauphin here | | KJ V.iii.10 | |
| Are wrack'd three nights ago on Goodwin sands. | Are wracked three nights ago on Goodwin Sands. | wrack (v.)wreck, shipwreck, lose at sea | KJ V.iii.11 | |
| This newes was brought to Richard but euen now, | This news was brought to Richard but even now. | | KJ V.iii.12 | |
| The French fight coldly, and retyre themselues. | The French fight coldly, and retire themselves. | retire (v.)retreat, pull back, withdraw | KJ V.iii.13 | |
| | coldly (adv.)lightly, with indifference, unenthusiastically | | |
| Iohn. | KING JOHN | | | |
| Aye me, this tyrant Feauer burnes mee vp, | Ay me! This tyrant fever burns me up, | | KJ V.iii.14 | |
| And will not let me welcome this good newes. | And will not let me welcome this good news. | | KJ V.iii.15 | |
| Set on toward Swinsted: to my Litter straight, | Set on toward Swinstead. To my litter straight; | straight (adv.)straightaway, immediately, at once | KJ V.iii.16 | |
| | litter (n.)[transportable] bed, couch | | |
| Weaknesse possesseth me, and I am faint. | Weakness possesseth me, and I am faint. | | KJ V.iii.17 | |
| Exeunt. | Exeunt | | KJ V.iii.17 | |