Internet Shakespeare Editions

Author: Samuel Daniel
Editor: Rosemary Gaby
Peer Reviewed

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

102

Besides th'assured hope of victory

That we may even promise on our side

Against this weak-constrained company,

140

Whom force and fear, not will, and love, doth guide

Against a prince whose foul impiety

The heavens do hate, the earth cannot abide,

Our number being no less, our courage more,

What need we doubt if we but work therefore?"