K. John. Alack, thou dost usurp authority.[98]
K. Phi. Excuse; it is to beat usurping down.[98][99]
Eli. Who is it thou dost call usurper, France?[98][100]120
Const. Let me make answer; thy usurping son.[98]
Eli. Out, insolent! thy bastard shall be king,[98]
That thou mayst be a queen, and check the world![98]
Const. My bed was ever to thy son as true[98]
As thine was to thy husband; and this boy[98]125
Liker in feature to his father Geffrey[98]
Than thou and John in manners; being as like[98][101]
As rain to water, or devil to his dam.[98]
My boy a bastard! By my soul, I think[98]
His father never was so true begot:[98]130
It cannot be, an if thou wert his mother.[98][102]
Eli. There's a good mother, boy, that blots thy father.[98]
Const. There's a good grandam, boy, that would blot thee.[98][103]
Aust. Peace![98]
Bast. Hear the crier.[98]