Internet Shakespeare Editions

Author: Samuel Daniel
Editor: Rosemary Gaby
Peer Reviewed

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

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And dear it cost, and O, much blood is shed

To purchase thee this losing victory

O travail'd king: yet hast thou conquered

A doubtful day, a mighty enemy:

But O, what wounds, what famous worth lies dead!

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That makes the winner look with sorrowing eye,

Magnanimous Stafford lost that much had wrought,

And valiant Shirley who great glory got.