Internet Shakespeare Editions

Author: Samuel Daniel
Editor: Rosemary Gaby
Peer Reviewed

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

91

With these the Percies them confederate

50

And as three heads they league in one intent,

And instituting a Triumvirate

Do part the land in triple government:

Dividing thus among themselves the state,

The Percies should rule all the North from Trent

55

And Glendower Wales, the Earl of March should be

Lord of the South from Trent; and thus they [a]gree.