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  • Title: The Civil Wars Between the Two Houses of Lancaster and York (Selection)
  • Editor: Rosemary Gaby

  • Copyright Rosemary Gaby. This text may be freely used for educational, non-profit purposes; for all other uses contact the Editor.
    Author: Samuel Daniel
    Editor: Rosemary Gaby
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    The Civil Wars Between the Two Houses of Lancaster and York (Selection)

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    Hadst thou not there lent present speedy aid

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    To thy endanger'd father nearly tired,

    Whom fierce encountering Douglas overlaid,

    That day had there his troublous life expired:

    Heroical Courageous Blunt arrayed

    In habit like as was the king attir'd

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    And deem'd for him, excus'd that fate with his,

    For he had what his Lord did hardly miss.