Perkin warbeck biography of william shakespeare
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Act 1, Scene 1
King Henry VII laments how, despite his successful coup of the Yorkists, he is still unsafe on the throne of England.
Perkin warbeck biography of william shakespeare
His lords attempt to comfort him with reassuring words, and descriptions are given of the shameful behavior of several Yorkists, including Richard III and Margaret of Burgundy, sister to Richard III and Edward IV. Margaret supported Lambert Simnel (who now serves Henry VII as his falconer), a pretender to the English throne, and has now throne her support behind yet another pretender, Perkin Warbeck.
Henry VII describes some of the journeys that Warbeck, who claims to be Richard, Duke of York, the younger of the two sons of Edward IV, has been on and whose support he has gained when Urswick arrives with a message that pleases the king.
The king and the lords then set off towards the tower where Henry VII says he shall spend the night.
Act 1, Scene 2
Lord Daliell and the Earl of Huntley civilly argue about Daliell's desire to marry the earl's daughte