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Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

Lords, to the field; Saint George and victory!

 

King Edward

King Henry the Sixth Part III               Act V Scene i, Line 113

We’re near the end of the Henry III plays, and as you can see, Edward is the king now. I forget the specific chain of events, but I know that Edward usurps the throne from Henry (twice, actually), before Richard then grabs it from Edward’s young son. But that’s the next play in line: Richard the Third, and we're not there yet.

First we have to get through the battle that Edward is leading the charge into. And don’t ask me what battle this is, because I don’t know. There’s lots of battles between the forces of Edward and the forces of Henry in the Henry VI plays. As I said, the crown goes back and forth between Henry had Edward three times before it’s over. But it’s almost over. I think this is the last Edward vs Henry battle. Actually, in a lot of these battles it’s Edward vs Margaret, Henry’s wife. Yeah, Henry has trouble putting on his big boy pants for some of these battles, so that Margaret has to lead the troops. I’m not sure if that’s the case here.
 
I suppose we could have gotten by with a bit less of an explanation for a simple line like this. Something along the lines of
This is King Edward leading his forces into battle with the forces of King Henry.

There, how’s that?

Too late. I lost the guy already to...heck, I have no idea what Jeff's reading to him. Oh well, I guess everybody needs a break from Shakespeare once in a while.