A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Various
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page 347 of 479 (72%)
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And soone resolve the Duke in fire and smoke
That he maintaines a title false and forg'd, And that _Navar_ is a usurping Lord. _Na_. On that Ile hazzard all these valiant lives. Sound Drums and Trumpets! make King _Lewes_ know He makes his best friend prove his greatest foe. _Lew_. Why pause our drums? our trumpets beat as loud! Till the bright ayre be made a purple cloud. _Phil_. Pause, gracious father. _Ferd_. Noble father, pause. Let _Ferdinand_ thy sonne so far prevayle That peace, not war, may end this difference. _Bel_. For _Bellamiraes_ sake abstayne from war. _Phil_. _Philip_ thy sonne humbly desires a peace: Let not my father sheathe his warlike sword Within the bowels of his Countrymen. _Kath_. Thy daughter _Katharina_ prayes the like. _Nav_. From whence proceeds this sudden sound of peace? Comes it from me? what? from my _Ferdinand_, From _Bellamira_ my sweet second selfe? _Lew_. Or rather comes it, _Lewes_, from thy soule, |
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