Weekend 572.0 (Civil War)

O, how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes’ favours!
There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to,
That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin,
More pangs and fears than war or women have;
And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer,
Never to hope again.


—William Shakespeare
(From King Henry the Eighth)

(1) York vs Lancaster: The Gruesome Truth Behind The Wars Of The Roses (YouTube)

(2) YORK’S ‘TRAITOR’S GATE’: The story of Micklegate Bar (The Press)

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