Internet Shakespeare Editions

Author: Samuel Daniel
Editor: Rosemary Gaby
Peer Reviewed

The Civil Wars Between the Two Houses of Lancaster and York (Selection)

101

"This day" (saith he), "O faithful valiant friends,

130

Whatever it doth give, shall glory give:

This day with honor frees our state, or ends

Our misery with fame, that still shall live.

And do but think how well this day he spends

That spends his blood his country to relieve:

135

Our holy cause, our freedom, and our right,

Sufficient are to move good minds to fight.