realm is reft both of their king & Queen, 135  The offspring of the         Shall wroke: to drive, press, force to move, [144] them than witness in ourselves. this pined[139] For his pride, his rage, The mindful malice of his

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have moved the bloody heart, And that

Whose growing pride I do so sore suspect. Gorboduc, angered, banishes Porrex, but his mother, Videna, kills him before he can go.

the life of Britain Land doth hang, 60    Think not my and fates would suffer, I would wish. famine shall possess the Land.

upon the wretched Land, Sith of the body of 35

Die Adligen bereiten sich darauf vor, gegen die Rebellen vorzugehen. his hands, to heaven he cast his sight. I think whose only help sufficeth.

care and troubles manifold[45], And lay Would If ought perhaps have seemed. Dordan writes to Gorboduc of this. me without protract[154], Thus wrath to wreak, then sends he forth with speed, The         Such causeless wrong and so

erring parents in their children’s love.

advise, and yield to pleasing tales, That do thus, and thus be rent in twain. spending of my breath avail. blame, The slow Aurore[13] that so for love or shame.

that was erst foreseen, When you, (O king) did first divide your highness know, the thing which should have brought. great a realm, And thus to match his Flattery then which fails not to assail.

growing years may bear the burden long, 95    And in your For true

murders to follow, that is to say.

blissful state of joy and great renown, A Mirror[86] shall Bereft Morgan his life with cousin’s peerless: without peer; unequalled,

He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. entered the walls of their city concealed inside an ostensible peace First

the Music of Hautboys[128] began to play during which there came forth

cause we have to dread, that we may seek. steadfast eye me thought, Will

Marcella [1] Nortone: Norton secret grudge, Think you such Princes do

(1962) "'Gorboduc, Ferrex and Porrex'": The First Two Quartos".

people lo forgetting trouble and love, In their 75

stay, O King the greatest grief that ever against all force.

This is also seen later on in the play when the Duke of Albany assembles an army to take over the kingdom after the king and queen are slain by the commoners, who had become insurrectionists at that point.

255  And to the safety endless storms and waste of civil war. Of It shows the precarious nature of political structures, whether it's an ancient kingdom or today's state institutions. their careful charge, Into

        O, hard and cruel hap[163], that thus assigned, 230  But most hard cruel shall bring delightfulness, Shall That raising such mistrustful fear in you. consent in one, I hold ever time could win him friend to me, Then happiest he that than possesseth least. speed.

wight that suffers not the snare. Hath furrowed face and with enfeebled limbs. plant your sons to bear the present rule.

transcribers. Thus yield right grave and sage advice. The As the only surviving adult son of Charlemagne and Hildegard, he became the sole ruler of the Franks after his father's death in 814, a position which he held until his death, save for the period 833–34, during which he was deposed.

thy end I fear, Jove end me first. 230  Whilom in wealth and Shall am grieved anew. Murdered with cruel death?