A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Various
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page 348 of 479 (72%)
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Thy _Philip_ the true image of thy selfe,
Thy _Katharina_ thy heart's chiefest joy? _Rod_. Princes, you aske you know not what your selves. _Pem_. _Rodorick_, they aske a sweet and pleasing boone. _Rod_. Why, they aske peace and we are set for war. _Fer_. Tis a bad peace exceeds not a just war. _Phil_. We will not rise from this submissive ground Till we obtayne, if not a peace, a truce. _Fer_. Nor shall our feet be guilty of new steps Till I obtayne a truce from murdering war. _Lew_. Shew me some reason (sonne) for this demand. _Nav_. Shew me some reason (children) for this prayer. _Fer_. I love the daughter of thine enemy: Fayre _Katherina_ hath inthrald my heart. _Phil_. I love the daughter of thine enemy: Fayre _Bellamira_ hath inthrald my heart. _Pem_. Is love the cause? then wherefore wage we war? What matter ist who weares both Diadems, When the succession lives in eythers heyre? |
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