Sir John Oldcastle by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
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Which Phillip afterward was given in marriage
To Edmund Mortimer, the Earl of March, And by him had a son called Roger Mortimer; Which Roger, likewise, had of his descent Edmund, Roger, Anne, and Eleanor-- Two daughters and two sons--but those three Died without issue. Anne, that did survive, And now was left her father's only heir, My fortune was to marry, being too By my grandfather of Kind Edward's line: So of his sirname, I am called, you know, Richard Plantagenet. My father was Edward, the Duke of York, and son and heir To Edmund Langley, Edward the third's fifth son. SCROOP. So that it seems your claim comes by your wife, As lawful heir to Roger Mortimer, The son of Edmund, which did marry Phillip, Daughter and heir to Lionel, Duke of Clarence. CAMBRIDGE. True, for this Harry and his father both, Harry the first, as plainly doth appear, Are false intruders and usurp the Crown. For when young Richard was at Pomfret slain, In him the title of prince Edward died, That was the eldest of king Edward's sons: William, of Hatfield, and their second brother, Death in his nonage had before bereft: |
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