...lives for him, as many As I have manors, castles, towns, and towers ! — [Rises] Treacherous Warwick I traitorous Mortimer! If I be England's king, in lakes...trunks, your bodies will I trail, That you may drink your fill, and quaff in blood, And stain my royal standard with the same, That so my bloody colors...

...of us all, By heaven, and all the moving orbs thereof, By this right hand, and by my father's sword, that people in love do. ASP. : It were a timeless smile should ! — [Rises. Treacherous Warwick ! traitorous Mortimer ! If I be England's king, in lakes of gore...

...surprise only those readers unacquainted with Marlowe's chronic partiality for circumstantial bloodiness : If I be England's king, in lakes of gore Your headless...trunks, your bodies will I trail, That you may drink your fill, and quaff in blood, And stain my royal standard with the same, That so my bloody colours...

...all, By heaven, and all the moving orbs thereof,0 By this right hand, and by my father's sword, 130 And all the honours 'longing to my crown, I will have...Mortimer! If I be England's king, in lakes of gore 135 Your headless trunks, your bodies will I trail, That you may drink your fill and quaff in blood,...

...of us all, By heaven, and all the moving orbs thereof, By this right hand, and by my father's sword, And all the honours 'longing to my crown, I will have...trunks, your bodies will I trail, That you may drink your fill, and quaff in blood, And stain my royal standard with the same, That so my bloody colours...

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...will compose himself for action, and so it seems he does when he kneels and works himself up to fury: Treacherous Warwick! Traitorous Mortimer! If I be...trunks, your bodies will I trail, That you may drink your fill, and quaff in blood, And stain my royal standard with the same; That so my bloody colours...

...when imagining how he will seek revenge on Mortimer and Warwick for slaying Gaveston. He exclaims, "If I be England's King, in lakes of gore / Your headless...trunks, your bodies will I trail, / That you may drink your fill, and quaff in blood" (III. ii. 135-7). In these lines Edward depicts himself as Achilles,...

...and all the moving orbs thereof, By this right hand, and by my father's sword, aa And all the honors 'longing to my crown, I will have heads and lives...many As I have manors, castles, towns, and towers! — [Rises] Treacherous Warwick I traitorous Mortimer! If I be England's king, in lakes of gore Your...