More from Henry VI
From the Earl of Westmoreland:
Turning your books to graves, your ink to blood,
Your pens to lances, and your tongue divine
To a loud trumpet and a point of war?
- Shakespeare’s Henry 6 part 2 {IV.i.50–3}
T.S. Elliot quote about turning blood into ink, whereas Shakespeare — and history — turned ink to blood.
War of the Roses — it was never pretty.
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