Excerpt from Edward the Second: A Play Time of Action. The time of the play's action extends over twenty years, from Edward's accession in 1307, when he at once recalled Gaveston, to his death. It was essential that the disjointed history of so long a period should be handled with considerable freedom, and Marlowe has not scrupled to subordinate historical accuracy to dramatic efi'ect, compressing, omitting, and transposing events in such a way as to develop the central purpose of the tragedy, viz. The representation of Edward's infatuated weakness and incompetence, and their consequences. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.