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‘Wretched strangers’ in Sir Thomas More

To mark the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death, we publish the speech Shakespeare gives the Lord Chancelor of England when called upon to quell rioters protesting against migrants on Evil May Day, 1517.

By William Shakespeare
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