K. John. Gentle kinsman, go,
And thrust thyself into their companies:[495]
I have a way to win their loves again;
Bring them before me.
Bast. I will seek them out.
K. John. Nay, but make haste; the better foot before.170
O, let me have no subject enemies,[496]
When adverse foreigners affright my towns
With dreadful pomp of stout invasion!
Be Mercury, set feathers to thy heels,
And fly like thought from them to me again.175
Bast. The spirit of the time shall teach me speed. [Exit.
K. John. Spoke like a sprightful noble gentleman.
Go after him; for he perhaps shall need
Some messenger betwixt me and the peers;
And be thou he.
Mess. With all my heart, my liege. [Exit.[497]180
K. John. My mother dead!
Re-enter Hubert.[498]
Hub. My lord, they say five moons were seen to-night;[499]
Four fixed, and the fifth did whirl about
The other four in wondrous motion.
K. John. Five moons!