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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: And now will I be Edward's champion.
HASTINGS.
Sound, trumpet; Edward shall be here proclaim'd.--
Come, fellow-soldier, make thou proclamation.
[Gives him a paper. Flourish.]
SOLDIER.
[Reads.] 'Edward the Fourth, by the grace of God,
King of England and France, and Lord of Ireland,' etc.
MONTGOMERY.
And whoso'er gainsays King Edward's right,
By this I challenge him to single fight.
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