Locrine/Mucedorus by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
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page 49 of 205 (23%)
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In vain you sorrow for the slaughtered prince,
In vain you sorrow for his overthrow; He loves not most that doth lament the most, But he that seeks to venge the injury. Think you to quell the enemy's warlike train With childish sobs and womanish laments? Unsheath your swords, unsheath your conquering swords, And seek revenge, the comfort for this sore. In Cornwall, where I hold my regiment, Even just ten thousand valiant men at arms Hath Corineius ready at command: All these and more, if need shall more require, Hath Corineius ready at command. CAMBER. And in the fields of martial Cambria, Close by the boistrous Iscan's silver streams, Where lightfoot fairies skip from bank to bank, Full twenty thousand brave courageous knights, Well exercised in feats of chivalry, In manly manner most invincible, Young Camber hath with gold and victual: All these and more, if need shall more require, I offer up to venge my brother's death. LOCRINE. Thanks, loving uncle, and good brother, too; For this revenge, for this sweet word, revenge Must ease and cease my wrongful injuries. And by the sword of bloody Mars, I swear, |
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