...parallel to the present passage, the closing lines in King John, where the Bastard says, ' Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them.' But, even in this passage, what the ' three corners ' are, is very doubtful ; it has been even suggested...

...Shakespeare's talent in leaving us with an aftertaste. The Bastard's famous concluding speech ('Naught shall make us rue / If England to itself do rest but true') certainly leaves him as the patriotic hero. This conclusion is not as bellicose as some of his earlier...

...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : naught shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. And it certainly seems that Shakspeare's...

...Now these her princes are come home Faulconbridge, Robert Ferdinand, King of Navarre again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. Naught shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. (v.vii) The Bastard appears in The...

...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. (v. vii. 1 12) This is spoken by the Bastard, Faulconbridge, the bluff, humorous, critical, warm-hearted...

...equilibrium Shakespeare has had to negotiate the ground carefully. The play ends in patriotic affirmation ('Nought shall make us rue, / If England to itself do rest but true', 1 1 7-18); but it does not begin patriotically, and the speaker of these closing lines, the Bastard,...

...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the ut when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the l naught shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. [Exeun . sail, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW...

...was evoked very early: on 22 February 1939, Neville Chamberlain was quoting from King John: 'Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them ... '8 Wilson Knights' essay represents an early attempt to force literary criticism into the public...

...was evoked very early: on 22 February 1939, Neville Chamberlain was quoting from King John: 'Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them ... ' 8 Wilson Knights' essay represents an early attempt to force literary criticism into the public...

...he gets the last word — an honor usually accorded the highestranking character in a play: "Naught shall make us rue, if England to itself do rest but true" (5.7. 1 18). ROLE The King of Sceptres is the gallant hero. He's a confident visionary with a goal,...