Mirror for Magistrates - v. 2 Author:William Baldwin Title: Mirror for Magistrates: [pt. 1] Part Iii: Legends From the Conquest by William Baldwin and Others From the Edition of 1587 Collated With Those of 1559,1563,1571,1575,1578 and 1610 Volume: v. 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1815 Original Publisher: Lackington, Allen, and co. Subjects: Great Britain ... more » Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Drama / Shakespeare Literary Criticism / Shakespeare Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE LAMENTABLE Lives and Deaths of the two yong Princes, Edward the Fifth, and A/5 Brother Richard Duke of Yorke. THE ARGUMENT. " Ta'afflictions, which this wronged king did beare, He dead," said Memorie, " reuenged were: Like Vulean's bride, at Nottingham, his queene In th'armes of Mars-like Mortimer was scene: He for such deeds, as all true honor staines, By ignominious death did pay iust paines: By righteous doome till death she liu'd in thrall, Within the circuit of a castle's wall: Her first-borne sonne, the second Edward's heire, (She being to French king Philip call'd the faire, Left liuing of his line) by her made claime Vnto his right in France, and gain'd the same: He dead, the second Hirhanl, second sonne To his first-borne, his fatall raigne begonne: Richard depos'd, Henrie ascends the throne, Heire to duke /)//, king Edward's fourth borne sonne, He disposest lord Roger Mortimer, In Richard daies proclaim'd apparant heire, Who had duke LioneFs daughter for his mother, Edward's third sonne, to lohn the elder brother: Yet did this Henrie afler much vnrest Die in the throne of England's crowne possest: And to his Henrie did bequeath the same, The fifth and most illustrate of that name: Who in those fe...« less