Publisher's Synopsis
Book Excerpt: ...y depos'd, whose cowardiceHath made us bywords to our enemies.YORK.Then leave me not, my lords; be resolute.I mean to take possession of my right.WARWICK.Neither the king, nor he that loves him best, The proudest he that holds up Lancaster, Dares stir a wing if Warwick shake his bells.I'll plant Plantagenet, root him up who dares.--Resolve thee, Richard; claim the English crown.[Warwick leads York to the throne, who seats himself.][Flourish. Enter KING HENRY, CLIFFORD, NORTHUMBERLAND, WESTMORELAND, EXETER, and the rest.]KING HENRY.My lords, look where the sturdy rebel sits, Even in the chair of state! belike he means, Back'd by the power of Warwick, that false peer, To aspire unto the crown and reign as king.--Earl of Northumberland, he slew thy father;And thine, Lord Clifford; and you both have vow'd revengeOn him, his sons, his favourites, an
