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Condé, Louis II de Bourbon, prince de

(Encyclopedia) Condé, Louis II de Bourbon, prince de, 1621–86, French general, called the Great Condé; son of Henri II de Condé. Among his early victories in the Thirty Years War were those of Rocroi…

Gainesville

(Encyclopedia) Gainesville. 1 City (2020 pop. 141,085), seat of Alachua co., N central Fla.; inc. 1869. The Univ. of Florida is a major source of…

Berwick, James FitzJames, duke of

(Encyclopedia) Berwick, James FitzJames, duke ofBerwick, James FitzJames, duke ofbĕrˈĭk [key], 1670–1734, marshal of France; illegitimate son of King James II of England and Arabella Churchill,…

Kent, George Edward Alexander Edmund, duke of

(Encyclopedia) Kent, George Edward Alexander Edmund, duke of, 1902–42, fourth son of George V of Great Britain. He traveled extensively as “salesman of the empire.” A member of the Royal Air Force…

William Shakespeare: Cymbeline, Act V, Scene V

Scene VCymbeline's tentEnter Cymbeline, Belarius, Guiderius, Arviragus, Pisanio, Lords, Officers, and AttendantsCymbelineStand by my side, you whom the gods have made Preservers of my throne…

William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act I

Act IPrologueEnter ChorusChorusO for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! Then…

William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act V, Scene II

Scene IIFrance. A royal palaceEnter, at one door King Henry, Exeter, Bedford, Gloucester, Warwick, Westmoreland, and other Lords; at another, the French King, Queen Isabel, the Princess…