. The standard edition of the pictorial Shakspere. [Scene V.] 198. [George Duke of Clarence.] ILLUSTRATION OF ACT IV. HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATION. The defection of Clarence from the cause of hisbrother has been worked up by the poet into a sud-den resolve;—it was probably the result of muchcontrivance slowly operating upon a feeble mind,coupled with his own passion for the daughter ofWarwick. What is rapid and distinct in the playis slow and obscure in the Chronicles. Warwickand Clarence in the play are quickly transformedinto enemies to the brother and the ally; in theChronicles we have to trace
. The standard edition of the pictorial Shakspere. [Scene V.] 198. [George Duke of Clarence.] ILLUSTRATION OF ACT IV. HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATION. The defection of Clarence from the cause of hisbrother has been worked up by the poet into a sud-den resolve;—it was probably the result of muchcontrivance slowly operating upon a feeble mind,coupled with his own passion for the daughter ofWarwick. What is rapid and distinct in the playis slow and obscure in the Chronicles. Warwickand Clarence in the play are quickly transformedinto enemies to the brother and the ally; in theChronicles we have to trace them through longcourses of intrigue and deception. When Warwickpossessed himself of the person of Edward it isdifficult, from the contemporary historians, to un-derstand his real intentions. Hall, however, whocompiles with a picturesque eye, tells the story ofhis capture and release in a manner which was notunfitted to be expanded into dramatic effect:— All the kings doings were by espials declared tothe Earl of Warwick, which, like a wise and politiccaptai
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