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The Civil Wars Between the Two Houses of Lancaster and York (Selection)
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241But now the King retires him to his peace,
A peace much like a feeble sickman's sleep,
(Wherein his waking pains do never cease
Though seeming rest his closed eyes doth keep)
For O, no peace could ever so release
His intricate turmoils, and sorrows deep,
But that his cares kept waking all his life
Continue on till death conclude the strife.