However, after Cornwell dies, the title character bestows his favor upon Spencer.
At the end of this play, the title character resides "in a vault up to the knees in water" according to his guards, Matrevis and Gurney. Earlier, the wife of the title character is called a "French strumpet," despite her not cheating on him with Mortimer until later in the play. After a letter that could either say to kill the protagonist or not to kill him due to the placement of the comma is sent, Lightborn kills the title character, who is the brother of the Earl of Kent. The title character proclaims that before the Earl of Cornwell will part from him "this isle shall fleet upon the ocean." However, after Cornwell dies, the title character bestows his favor upon Spencer. The intrigues of Queen Isabella with Mortimer lead to the fall of Spencer and the death of the title character by a hot poker, but she is herself defeated by her son. Featuring Piers Gaveston, for 10 points, name this play by Christopher Marlowe.
At the end of this play, the title character resides "in a vault up to the knees in water" according to his guards, Matrevis and Gurney.
{Edward II}