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Edward III (Quarto 1, 1596)
1THE RAIGNE OF
2K: Edward the third.
3Enter King Edward, Derby, Prince Edward, Audely
4and Artoys.
5King.
7From Fraunce thy natiue Country, yet with vs,
8Thou shalt retayne as great a Seigniorie:
9For we create thee Earle of Richmond heere,
10And now goe forwards with our pedegree,
11Who next succeeded Phillip of Bew,
14Yet dyed and left no issue of their loynes:
17Was all the daughters that this Phillip had,
18Whome afterward your father tooke to wife:
19And from the fragrant garden of her wombe,
21Deriued is inheritor to Fraunce.
22But not the rancor of rebellious mindes:
23When thus the lynage of Bew was out;
24The French obscurd your mothers Priuiledge,
25And though she were the next of blood, proclaymed
26Iohn of the house of Valoys now their king:
28Repleat with Princes of great parentage,
29Ought not admit a gouernor to rule,
31And thats the speciall ground of their contempt:
32Wherewith they study to exclude your grace:
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