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Shakespeare plays EDWARD III on stage

A view of the stage, with a sign telling us that we are in a castle garden; there is a potted shrub at the back, and a small table in the middle of the stage. Shakespeare is centre-stage, performing as Edward dressed in medieval style. He looks irritated as he stands behind his scribe, who, seated at the table, glances over his shoulder at Edward with a worried expression

EDWARD Begin; I will contemplate the while.
Forget not to set down how passionate,
How heart-sick, and how full of languishment
Her beauty makes me.

LODOWICK Write I to a woman?

EDWARD What beauty else could triumph on me?
Or who but women do our love-lays greet?
What, thinkst thou I did bid thee praise a horse?

Edward III, Act 2 Scene 1

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