Edward II
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Title page of 1594 editionOriginal title
The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England, with the Tragical Fall of Proud Mortimer
First performed
1592
First publication
1594
Literature form
Play
Genres
Tragedy
Writing language
English
Author's country
England
Length
Five acts, approx. 3,100 lines, approx. 25,000 words
Notable lines
"My father is deceased. Come, Gaveston,
And share the kingdom with thy dearest friend."
— First lines
Stately and proud, in riches and in train,
Whilom I was, powerful, and full of pomp:
But what is he whom rule and empery
Have not in life or death made miserable?
Reduce we all our lessons unto this:
To die, sweet Spencer, therefore live we all;
Spencer, all live to die, and rise to fall.
Sweet father, here unto thy murdered ghost
I offer up this wicked traitor's head;
And let these tears, distilling from thine eyes,
Be witness of my grief and innocency.
— Last lines
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