King John | Pembroke (Earl of Pembroke)
As an earl, Pembroke is one of the foremost noblemen in England. Each time he appears in the play he is in the company of the earl of Salisbury, and their actions always coincide: as one moves from indignation to vengeance or from rebellion to loyalty, so does the other.
Though Pembroke is frequently in attendance on King John in the first half of the play, his first words are in IV.ii, when he protests that John's second coronation was an unnecessary demonstration of his right to the crown. To the king's request that his nobles tell him what reform they want him to undertake,...
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