Reading The life and death of King Iohn — William Shakespeare

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Peace be to England, if that warre returne

From France to England, there to liue in peace:

England we loue, and for that Englands sake,

With burden of our armor heere we sweat:

This toyle of ours should be a worke of thine;

But thou from louing England art so farre,

That thou hast vnder‑wrought his lawfull King,

Cut off the sequence of posterity,

Out‑faced Infant State, and done a rape

Vpon the maiden vertue of the Crowne:

Looke heere vpon thy brother Geffreyes face,

These eyes, these browes, were moulded out of his;

This little abstract doth containe that large,

Which died in Geffrey: and the hand of time,

Shall draw this breefe into as huge a volume:

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