A select collection of old plays . Dramatis Perform EDWARD , , Mortimer, fen,Mortimer, after,* Archbifhop of of of Coventry*Lord 7o/;« , Gurnie, Rice ap Ho<vxh lighmrn** Abbot, Meffengers, &C,Queen If ah ell a* T h E [ iJ9 ]. THE Troublefome Reign, and lamentable Death O F Edward II. &c, If I U II 1 Enter Gaveftone) reading in a letter that was brought him from the king, Ga G a v eft on, ^ iSnte Andjhare the kingdom
A select collection of old plays . Dramatis Perform EDWARD , , Mortimer, fen,Mortimer, after,* Archbifhop of of of Coventry*Lord 7o/;« , Gurnie, Rice ap Ho<vxh lighmrn** Abbot, Meffengers, &C,Queen If ah ell a* T h E [ iJ9 ]. THE Troublefome Reign, and lamentable Death O F Edward II. &c, If I U II 1 Enter Gaveftone) reading in a letter that was brought him from the king, Ga G a v eft on, ^ iSnte Andjhare the kingdom <with thy dearejl,t M fM friend, ~Wf^ Ah! words that make me furfeit with delight! What greater blifs can hap to Gavefton,Than live and be the favourite of a king ?Sweet prince, I come; thefe, thefe thy amorous lines, Might i2o The Tragedy of Edward II. Might have enforcd me to have fwam from France, And, like Leander, gafpd upon the fand, So thou wouldft fmile, and take me in thine arms. The fight of London to my exild eyes, Is as Elyfium to a new-come foul; Not that I love the city, or the men, But that it harbours him I hold fo dear, The king, upon whofe bofom let me die, And with the world be lull at enmity. What need the artick people love liar-light, To whom the fun mines both by day and night ? Farewell hafe ftooping to the lordly p
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