Edward II (1991)
Nigel Terry: Mortimer
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Quotes
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Mortimer : Base Fortune, now I see that in thy wheel there is a point to which when men aspire; they tumble headlong down. That point I touch'd, and seeing there was no place to mount up higher why should I grieve at my declining fall?
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Mortimer : Monster of men. Look for no other fortune, wretch, than death.
Piers Gaveston : I thank you all my lords. Here I perceive that heading is one, and hanging is the other, and death is all.
[Gaveston is killed]
Mortimer : Come, let thy shadow parley with King Edward.
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Mortimer : This tattered ensign of my ancestors, which swept the desert shore of that dead sea whereof we got the name of Mortimer, I will advance and ring aloud the knell of Gaveston.