Today’s Totally Random
Lines
Sound
drums and trumpets! Farewell sour annoy!
For
here, I hope, begins our lasting joy.
King Edward IV
King Henry the Sixth
Part III Act V, Scene vii, Line 46
Today’s
rhyming couplet brings us to the end of the Henry plays. There are six plays
covering the reigns of Henrys four, five, and six, and this is the end of that
saga. In fact, this whole long saga begins with Richard II who was succeeded (deposed)
by the Henry IV, and the saga will continue and finally end with Richard III
who will succeed Edward. King Edward IV, today’s speaker, ended Henry VI's reign, but Edward’s reign was brief and relatively uneventful, so he doesn’t get
a play of his own.
This
whole saga, from Richard II, thru the three Henry’s and finishing up with
Richard III (who succeeds Edward) is sometimes referred to as Will’s Henriad.
Historically this saga is known as the Wars of the Roses.
And there’s your history lesson for this Sunday morning. Comments anyone?
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He didn't quite make it to the end of the history lesson.
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