13141212Edward, my Lord, your sonne our King is dead.

13151213Why grow the branches, now the roote is witherd?

13161214Why wither not the leaues, the sap being gone?

13171215If you will liue, lament: if die, be briefe:

13181216That our swiftwinged soules may catch the Kings,

13191217Or like obedient subiects, follow him

13201218To his new kingdome of perpetuall rest.

13211219Dut. Ah so much interest haue I in thy sorrow,

13221220As I had title in thy noble husband:

13231221I haue bewept a worthy husbands death,

13241222And liu'd by looking on his images.

13251223Bnt now two mirrours of his Princely semblance,

13261224Are crackt in pieces by malignant death:

13271225And I for comfort haue but one false glasse,

13281226Which grieues me when I see my shame in him.

13291227Thou art a widdow, yet thou art a mother,

13301228And hast the comfort of thy children left thee:

13311229But death hath snatcht my children from mine armes,

13321230And pluckt two crutches from my feeble limmes,

13331231Edward and Clarence, Oh what cause haue I

13341232Then, being but moity of my griefe,

13351233To ouergo thy plaints and drowne thy cries?

13361234Boy. Good Aunt, you wept not for our fathers death,

13371235How can we aide you with our kindreds teares.

13381236Gerl. Our fatherlesse distresse was left vnmoand,

13391237Your widdowes dolours likewise be vnwept.

13401238Qu. Giue me no help in lamentation,

13411239I am not barren to bring foorth laments:

13421240All springs reduce their currents to mine eies,

13431241That I being gouernd by the watry moane,

13441242May send foorth plenteous teares to drowne the world:

13451243Oh for my husband, for my eire Lo: Edward.

13461244Ambo Oh for our father, for our deare Lo: Clarence.

13471245Dut. Alas for both, both mine Edward and Clarence.

13481246Qu. What stay had I but Edward, and he is gone?

13491247Am. What stay had we but Clarence, and he is gone?

13501248Dut. What staies had I but they, and they are gone?

13511249Qu. Was neuer Widdow, had so deare a losse.

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