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Peter IV, king of Aragón

(Encyclopedia) Peter IV (Peter the Ceremonious), 1319?–1387, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1336–87); son and successor of Alfonso IV. He supported Alfonso XI of Castile at the battle of…

William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act IV, Scene V

Scene VAnother part of the fieldEnter Constable, Orleans, Bourbon, Dauphin, and RamburesConstableO diable!OrleansO seigneur! le jour est perdu, tout est perdu!DauphinMort de ma vie! all is…

Vlad IV

(Encyclopedia) Vlad IV, 1431?–1476, prince of Walachia (1448, 1456–62, 1476), known as Vlad the Impaler. He was the son of Prince Vlad Dracul (Vlad the Devil) and is therefore also called Dracula or…

William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 2), Act IV

Act IVScene IThe coast of KentAlarum. Fight at sea. Ordnance goes off. Enter a Captain, a Master, a Master's-mate, Walter Whitmore, and others; with them Suffolk, and others,…

William Blake: The Book of Thel, IV

by WilliamBlakeIIIIV The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar: Thel enter'd in & saw the secrets of the land unknown; She saw the couches of the dead, & where the…

Derby, Thomas Stanley, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Derby, Thomas Stanley, 1st earl ofDerby, Thomas Stanley, 1st earl ofdärˈbē [key], 1435?–1504, English nobleman. During the Wars of the Roses, Stanley was ostensibly a supporter of the…

Fortescue, Sir John

(Encyclopedia) Fortescue, Sir JohnFortescue, Sir Johnfôrˈtĭsky&oomacr; [key], c.1394–1476, English jurist. A supporter of the Lancastrian king Henry VI, he was chief justice of the Court of King'…