. The standard edition of the pictorial Shakspere. h,There to be crowned Englands royal whence shall Warwick cut the sea to FranceAnd ask the lady Bona for thy queen:So shalt thou sinew both these lands together;And, having France thy friend, thou shalt not dreadThe scatterd foe, that hopes to vise again ;For though they cannot greatly sting to look to have them buz, to oiFend thine ears. First, will I see the coronation; And then to Britany I 11 cross the sea, To effect this marriage, so it please my iortl. Ediv. Even as thou wilt, sweet Warwick, letit be :For on thy should
. The standard edition of the pictorial Shakspere. h,There to be crowned Englands royal whence shall Warwick cut the sea to FranceAnd ask the lady Bona for thy queen:So shalt thou sinew both these lands together;And, having France thy friend, thou shalt not dreadThe scatterd foe, that hopes to vise again ;For though they cannot greatly sting to look to have them buz, to oiFend thine ears. First, will I see the coronation; And then to Britany I 11 cross the sea, To effect this marriage, so it please my iortl. Ediv. Even as thou wilt, sweet Warwick, letit be :For on thy shoulder do I build my seat;And never will I undertake the thingWherein thy counsel and consent is , I will create thee duke of Gloster;And George, of Clarence; Warwick, as ourself,Shall do, and undo, as him pleaseth best. Rick. Let me be duke of Clarence ; George,of Gloster;For Glosters dukedom is too ominous. Wa7\ Tut, thats a foolish observation ;Richard, be duke of Gloster. Now to London,To see these honours in possession. [^ [Field near Towron.] 177 ILLUSTRATION OF ACT 11. HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATION. The events which followed the death of the Dukeof York are thus described by Hall:— The Earlof March, so commonly called, but after tlie deathof his father in deed and in riglitvery Duke of York,lying at Gloucester, hearing of tiie death of hisnoble father, and loving brother, and trusty friends,was wonderfully amazed; but after comfort givento him by his faithful lovers and assured allies, heremoved to Shrewsbury and other towns upon tiieriver of Severn, declaring to them the murder ofhis father, the jeopardy of himself, and the unstablestate and ruin of the realm. The people on theMarches of Wales, which above measure favouredthe lineage of the lord Mortimer, more gladlyoffered him their aid and assistance than he iteither instantly required or heartily desired, so thathe iiad a puissant army, to the number of twenty-three thousand, ready to go against tlie
Size: 1795px × 1392px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorshakespearewilliam15641616, bookcentury1800, bookdecad
