Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Mort. Depos'd his Nephew Richard, Edwards Sonne,
Mort. The first begotten, and the lawfull Heire
Mort. Of Edward King, the Third of that Descent.
Mort. During whose Reigne, the Percies of the North,
Mort. Finding his Vsurpation most vniust,
Mort. Endeuour'd my aduancement to the Throne.
Mort. The reason mou'd these Warlike Lords to this,
Mort. Was, for that (young Richard thus remou'd,
Mort. Leauing no Heire begotten of his Body)
Mort. I was the next by Birth and Parentage:
Mort. For by my Mother, I deriued am
Mort. From Lionel Duke of Clarence, third Sonne
Mort. To King Edward the Third; whereas hee,
Mort. From Iohn of Gaunt doth bring his Pedigree,
Mort. Being but fourth of that Heroick Lyne.
Mort. But marke: as in this haughtie great attempt,
Mort. They laboured, to plant the rightfull Heire,
Mort. I lost my Libertie, and they their Liues.
Mort. Long after this, when Henry the Fift
Mort. (Succeeding his Father Bullingbrooke) did reigne;