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O, good old man, how well in thee appears
The constant service of the antique world,
When service sweat for duty, not for meed!
Thou art not for the fashion of these times,
Where none will sweat but for promotion.

      — As You Like It, Act II Scene 3

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1

Henry VI, Part II
[II, 2]

Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester)

989

The third son, Duke of Clarence, from whose line
I claimed the crown, had issue, Philippe, a daughter,
Who married Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March:
Edmund had issue, Roger Earl of March;
Roger had issue, Edmund, Anne and Eleanor.

2

Henry VI, Part II
[II, 2]

Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester)

999

His eldest sister, Anne,
My mother, being heir unto the crown
Married Richard Earl of Cambridge; who was son
To Edmund Langley, Edward the Third's fifth son.
By her I claim the kingdom: she was heir
To Roger Earl of March, who was the son
Of Edmund Mortimer, who married Philippe,
Sole daughter unto Lionel Duke of Clarence:
So, if the issue of the elder son
Succeed before the younger, I am king.

3

Henry VI, Part II
[II, 2]

Earl of Warwick

1034

My heart assures me that the Earl of Warwick
Shall one day make the Duke of York a king.

4

Henry VI, Part II
[II, 2]

Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester)

1036

And, Nevil, this I do assure myself:
Richard shall live to make the Earl of Warwick
The greatest man in England but the king.

5

Henry VI, Part II
[IV, 2]

Jack Cade

2442

Marry, this: Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March.
Married the Duke of Clarence' daughter, did he not?

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