Shakespeare's Last Play Called on English to Accept Refugees

The British Library plans to make available online William Shakespeare's last play, The Book of Sir Thomas More, in which the main character made a passioned appeal to accept refugees.

"You’ll put down strangers,/ Kill them, cut their throats, possess their houses,/ And lead the majesty of law in lyam/ To slip him like a hound. Alas, alas! Say now the King/ As he is clement if th’offender mourn,/ Should so much come too short of your great trespass/ As but to banish you: whither would you go?/What country, by the nature of your error,/ Should give you harbour? Go you to France or Flanders,/ To any German province, Spain or Portugal,/ Nay, anywhere that not adheres to England:/ Why, you must needs be strangers"

In the unfinished play, William Shakespeare's Sir Thomas More faced anti-immigration rioters, making a plea for the acceptance of refugees. At the time, the refugees to England were Huguenots, French Protestants fleeing religious prosecution in 16th century France. 

In the monologue, Shakespeare's character appealed to the English, saying that they should accept the Huguenots as they would also want to have a safe refuge if they were banished from their country. The play will be made available on the British Library's Shakepeare section, the Guardian reported.