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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: I thought, at least, he would have said the king;
Or did he make the jest against his will?
WARWICK.
Is not a dukedom, sir, a goodly gift?
GLOSTER.
Ay, by my faith, for a poor earl to give;
I'll do thee service for so good a gift.
WARWICK.
'T was I that gave the kingdom to thy brother.
KING EDWARD.
Why, then, 't is mine, if but by Warwick's gift.
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