...Shakespearian invention rather than part of the existing historical record), and Warwick makes the prophecy: this brawl today, Grown to this faction...white, A thousand souls to death and deadly night. (/ Henry VI, 2. 4. 124—7) Other such moments are more starkly symbolic. In Part 3, as civil war rages,...

...and William Pole, Will I upon thy party wear this rose. And here I prophesy: this brawl today, 125 Grown to this faction in the Temple garden, Shall...white, A thousand souls to death and deadly night. RICHARD PLANTAGENET Good Master Vernon, I am bound to you, That you on my behalf would pluck a flower....

...simultaneously: he picks a white rose and commits himself thereby to York and his family; and he prophesies, "This brawl today, / Grown to this faction in the...white, / A thousand souls to death and deadly night" (124—27). We already guess that proud Plantagenet tries to outdo the king's family, but the reasons...

...they can only intuit, lies ahead. So Warwick, as he dons the white rose of York: And here I prophesy: this brawl today, Grown to this faction in the Temple...white, A thousand souls to death and deadly night. (2.4.124-7) For an audience the lines act as a tragic anticipation/reminder of the terrible loss of...

...Somerset and William Pole Will I upon thy party wear this rose. And here I prophesy: this brawl today, 125 Grown to this faction in the Temple garden, Shall...white, A thousand souls to death and deadly night. PLANTAGENET Good Master Vernon, I am bound to you, That you on my behalf would pluck a flower. 130...