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Richard III

Act I, Scene 2

The same. Another street.
 
[Enter the corpse of KING HENRY the Sixth, Gentlemen with halberds to guard it; LADY ANNE being the mourner]
 
LADY ANNE
            ,          ,          ,    ,       ,
      Set down,| set down | your hon|ora|ble load
          ,      ,          ,       ,        ,
      If hon|or may | be shroud|ed in | a hearse;
             ,      ,       ,     2   ,       ,
      Whilst^I | awhile | obse|quiously | lament
         2    ,       ,        ,         ,      ,
      The untime|ly fall | of vir|tuous Lan|caster.
        T   T    T     ,         2   ,      ,
      Poor key-cold | figure | of a ho|ly king,
        ,   ,                ,         ,      ,
      Pale ash/es of | the house | of Lan|caster;
             ,         ,        ,         ,       ,
      Thou blood|less rem|nant of | that roy|al blood,
        2    ,        ,       ,     ,          ,
      Be it law|ful that | I inv|ocate | thy ghost,
           ,         ,     ,              ,    ,
      To hear | the lam|enta|tions of / Poor Anne,
        ,            ,        ,          ,          ,
      Wife to | thy Ed|ward, to | thy slaught|ered son,
         ,      2        T   T    T           ,             ,
      Stabbed by the | selfsame hand | that made | these wounds.
       ,              ,               ,    ,           ,
      Lo, in | these wind|ows that / let forth | thy life,
          ,          ,         ,              ,    ,
      I pour | the help|less balm | of my / poor eyes.
         ,              ,           ,           ,       ,
      Cursed be | the hand | that made | these fat|al holes:
         ,              ,           ,          ,          x
      Cursed be | the heart,| that had | the heart | to do it:
       ,             ,           ,           ,            ,
      Cursed | the blood,| that let | this blood | from hence:
             ,       ,        ,          ,        ,
      More dire|ful hap | betide | that hat|ed wretch
             ,           ,       ,         ,          ,
      That makes | us wretch|ed by | the death | of thee,
           ,         ,        ,         ,         ,
      Than I | can wish | to ad|ders, spid|ers, toads,
          ,     ,        ,         ,            ,
      Or an|y creep|ing ven|omed thing | that lives.
          ,     ,          ,       ,         x
      If ev|er he | have child,| abort|ive be it,
          ,         ,        ,        ,           ,
      Prodig|ious, and | untime|ly brought | to light,
             ,     ,       ,          ,  ,
      Whose^ug|ly and | unna|tural / aspect
            ,            ,       ,       ,         ,
      May fright | the hope|ful moth|er at | the view,
            ,         ,        ,       ,      ,
      And that | be heir | to his | unhap|piness.
         ,      ,          ,         ,         ,
      If ev|er he | have wife,| let her | be made
        ,   ,           ,         ,         ,
      More mis/era|ble by | the death | of him,
         ,        ,     .  T   T    T          ,
      As I | am made | by my poor lord,| and thee.
            ,              ,         ,          ,      ,
      Come^now | towards^Chert|sey with | your ho|ly load,
       ,             ,          ,      ,        ,
      Taken | from Paul's,| to be | inter|red there.
            ,         ,         ,      ,          ,
      And still | as you | are wea|ry of | the weight,
        ,               ,       ,          ,         ,
      Rest you,| whiles^I | lament | King^Hen|ry's corse.
 
[Enter GLOUCESTER]
 
RICHARD
        ,               ,          ,          ,         ,
      Stay you | that bear | the corse,| and set | it down.
 
LADY ANNE
             ,        ,       ,         ,          ,
      What black | magi|cian con|jures up | this fiend,
           ,       ,      ,     ,       ,
      To stop | devot|ed char|itab|le deeds?
 
RICHARD
       ,               ,           ,        ,           ,
      Villains | set down | the corse,| or by | Saint Paul,
             ,        ,         ,          ,     ,
      I'll make | a corse | of him | that dis|obeys.
 
GENTLEMAN
           ,            ,         ,         ,        ,
      My lord | stand^back,| and let | the cof|fin pass.
 
RICHARD
         ,         ,
      Unman|nered dog,
                          ,                ,        ,
                       Standst thou | when I | command:
          ,          ,         ,       ,          ,
      Advance | thy hal|bert high|er than | my breast,
          ,           ,            ,           ,        ,
      Or by | Saint Paul | I'll strike | thee to | my foot,
            ,       ,          ,       ,          ,        ->
      And spurn | upon | thee beg|gar for | thy bold||ness.
 
LADY ANNE
        ,      2      ,        ,         ,       ,
      What | do you trem|ble? Are | you all | afraid?
        ,        ,          ,     ,     2       ,
      Alas,| I blame | you not,| for you are | mortal,
            ,       ,        ,        ,          x
      And mort|al eyes | cannot | endure | the devil.
         ,            ,        ,     ,         ,
      Avaunt | thou dread|ful min|ister | of hell;
             ,           x       x         ,        ,
      Thou hadst | but power | over his | mortal | body,
            ,           ,           ,           ,         ,
      His soul | thou canst | not have:| therefore | be gone.
 
RICHARD
               ,          ,    2    ,               ,
      Sweet* saint,| for char|ity, be | not so / cursed.
 
LADY ANNE
                                                          ,      ,   ->
                                                        Foul || devil,
       .    T     T    T           ,     2    ,
      For God's sake hence,| and troub|le us not,
            ,           ,         ,       ,           ,
      For thou | hast made | the hap|py earth | thy hell:
         ,               ,        ,           ,         ,
      Filled it | with curs|ing cries,| and deep | exclaims:
           ,        ,          ,         ,         ,
      If thou | delight | to view | thy hein|ous deeds,
          ,          ,        ,        ,       ,
      Behold | this pat|tern of | thy butch|eries.
          ,     2     ,     T    T   T          ,
      Oh gent|lemen, see,| see dead Hen|ry's wounds,
      ,                   ,      ,           ,        ,
      Open | their con/gealed mouths,| and bleed | afresh.
        T      T      T      ,         ,      ,   2
      Blush, blush, thou | lump of | foul de|formity:
            ,         ,          ,        ,            ,
      For 'tis | thy pres|ence that | exhales | this blood
             ,         ,       ,                  ,      ,
      From cold | and emp|ty veins | where no / blood dwells.
            ,        ,      ,       ,    ,
      Thy deeds | inhum|an and | unna|tural,
           ,           ,        ,       ,    ,
      Provokes | this del|uge most | unna|tural.
         ,                   ,     ,         ,           ,
      O God!| Which this / blood madst,| revenge | his death:
          ,                    ,      ,          ,           ,
      O earth!| Which this / blood drinkst,| revenge | his death.
        2       x            ,           ,          ,    2     ,
      Either heaven | with light|ning strike | the murd|erer dead:
       .   T     T   T      ,         ,          ,
      Or earth gape op|en wide,| and eat | him quick,
           ,           ,       ,          ,             ,
      As thou | dost swal|low up | this good | king's^blood,
                    ,   ,         ,           ,      ,
      Which his / hell-gov|erned arm | hath butch|ered.
 
RICHARD
       ,           ,     T   T    .   T     ,
      Lady,| you know | no rules of char|ity,
              ,        ,         ,      ,      2       ,
      Which rend|ers good | for bad,| blessings for | curses.
 
LADY ANNE
       ,                ,          ,        ,         ,
      Villain,| thou knowst | no* law | of God | nor man,
           ,           ,           ,            ,          x
      No beast | so fierce,| but knows | some touch | of pity.
 
RICHARD
       .  T   T    T          ,         ,        ,
      But I know none,| and there|fore am | no beast.
 
LADY ANNE
          ,     ,          ,        ,          ,
      O wond|erful,| when dev|ils tell | the truth!
 
RICHARD
        ,   ,                 ,     2     ,    ,
      More wond/erful,| when ang|els are so | angry:
              ,        ,        ,        ,        x
      Vouch^safe |(divine | perfec|tion of | a woman)  ??
           ,         ,        ,          ,         ,
      Of these | suppos|ed crimes,| to give | me leave
          ,        ,      ,           ,        ,
      By cir|cumstance,| but to | acquit | myself.
 
LADY ANNE
              ,        ,        ,        ,     ,
      Vouch^safe |(defused | infec|tion of | a man)
                   ,    ,       ,         ,         ,
      For these^/known ev|ils, but | to give | me leave
          ,        ,          ,          ,        ,
      By cir|cumstance,| to curse | thy curs|ed self.
 
RICHARD
        ,             ,            ,           ,         ,
      Fairer | than tongue | can name | thee, let | me have
            ,        ,        ,       ,        ,
      Some pa|tient leis|ure to | excuse | myself.
 
LADY ANNE
       ,              ,           ,
      Fouler | than heart | can think | thee,  \\
             ,           ,       ,     ,        oo
      Thou canst | make no | excuse | current,|
       ,         ,       __
      But to | hang thy|self.  \\
 
RICHARD
           ,         ,    ,              ,        ,
      By such | despair,| I should | accuse | myself.
 
LADY ANNE
           ,       ,           ,             ,         ,
      And by | despair|ing shouldst | thou stand | excused,
           ,      ,       ,          ,        ,
      For do|ing worth|y venge|ance on | thyself,
              ,        ,         ,      2  ,    ,
      Which didst | unworth|y slaught|er upon | others.
 
RICHARD
       ,             ,          ,
      Say that | I slew | them not.
 
LADY ANNE
            ,           ,          ,
      Then say | they were | not slain:  (tri with prev)
            ,          ,          x         ,          ,
      But dead | they are,| and devil|ish slave | by thee.
 
RICHARD
       2     ,      ,          ,
      I did not | kill your | husband.
 
LADY ANNE
            ,        ,      ,
      Why then | he is | alive.  (tri with prev)
 
RICHARD
       ,             ,          ,         ,          ,
      Nay, he | is dead,| and slain | by Ed|ward's hands.
 
LADY ANNE
        2      ,       ,            T
      In thy foul | throat thou | liest:
                                           T    T         ,
                                         Queen Marg|aret saw
            ,   2      ,         ,       ,         ,
      Thy murd|erous falch|ion smok|ing in | his blood:
            ,            ,            ,        ,            ,
      The which,| thou once | didst bend | against | her breast,
            ,          ,         ,       ,          ,
      But that | thy broth|ers beat | aside | the point.
 
RICHARD
         ,        ,      ,         ,     2      ,
      I was | provok|ed by | her sland|erous tongue,
              ,            ,       ,         ,          ,         ->
      Which laid | their guilt,| upon | my guilt|less should||ers.
 
LADY ANNE
        ,        2    ,      ,         ,       ,
      Thou | wast provok|ed by | thy bloo|dy mind,
             ,        ,          ,          ,       ,
      Which nev|er dreamt | on aught | but butch|eries:
              ,          ,           ,
      Didst thou | not kill | this king?
 
RICHARD
                                         T   T    T
                                         I grant ye.
 
LADY ANNE
             ,          ,   ___
      Dost grant | me hedge|hog,
        ,          ,        ___
      Then God | grant me | too   (tri with prev)
             ,         ,       ,           ,       ,
      Thou mayst | be damn|ed for | that wick|ed deed,
         ,        ,         ,         ,     ,
      O he | was gent|le, mild,| and vir|tuous.
 
RICHARD
           ,       ,          ,          x              x
      The bet|ter for | the King | of heaven | that hath him.
 
LADY ANNE
          ,         x             ,           ,       ,
      He is | in heaven,| where thou | shalt nev|er come.
 
RICHARD
         2      ,      ,           ,         ,         ,
      Let him thank | me, that | holp to | send him | thither:
           ,        ,              ,    ,            ,
      For he | was fit|ter for / that place | than earth.
 
LADY ANNE
            ,       ,        ,      ,           ,
      And thou | unfit | for an|y place,| but hell.
 
RICHARD
           ,            ,        ,           ,           x
      Yes^one | place^else,| if you | will hear | me name it.
 
LADY ANNE
            ,     ,
      Some^dun|geon.
 
RICHARD
                          T   T    T      o
                        Your bed-chamb|er.
 
LADY ANNE
            ,        ,          ,                ,    ,
      Ill rest | betide | the chamb|er where / thou liest.
 
RICHARD
             x      ,        ,       ,          ,
      So will it | madam,| till I | lie with | you.
 
LADY ANNE
      <-       ,    2
        I || hope so.
 
RICHARD
                           ,            ,       ,      ,
                     I | know so.| But gent|le La|dy Anne,
           ,            ,        ,       ,         ,
      To leave | this keen | encount|er of | our wits,
            ,          ,     ,  2      ,       ,
      And fall | somewhat | into a | slower | method.
          ,          ,      ,         ,          ,
      Is not | the caus|er of | the time|less deaths
           ,          ,     ,     ,   2       ,
      Of these | Plantag|enets,| Henry and | Edward,
           ,        ,        ,   ,     ,
      As blame|ful as | the ex|ecu|tioner.
 
LADY ANNE
             ,          ,           ,         ,         ,
      Thou wast | the cause,| and most | accursed | effect.
 
RICHARD
             ,      ,          ,          ,        ,
      Your beaut|y was | the cause | of that | effect:
             ,        ,           ,         ,        ,
      Your beaut|y, which | did haunt | me in | my sleep,
          ,      ,          ,         ,          ,
      To und|ertake | the death | of all | the world,
       ,  2          T   T    T      2       ,      ,
      So I might | live one hour | in your sweet | bosom.
 
LADY ANNE
         ,             ,        ,          ,     ,
      If I | thought^that,| I tell | thee hom|icide,
              ,              ,           ,       ,          ,
      These nails | should rend | that beaut|y from | my cheeks.
 
RICHARD
              ,            x         ,      T     T  .     T
      These^eyes | could never | endure | sweet beauty's^wreck;  ??
             ,          ,        ,      ,          ,
      You should | not blem|ish it,| if I | stood by;
          ,          ,          ,       ,        ,
      As all | the world | is cheer|ed by | the sun,
         ,        ,        ,       ,         ,
      So I | by that:| it is | my day,| my life.
 
LADY ANNE
              ,          ,          ,          ,           ,
      Black^night | oreshade | thy day,| and death | thy life.
 
RICHARD
             ,         ,            ,
      Curse^not | thyself | fair* creat|ure,
                                               ,          ,
                                             Thou | art both.
 
LADY ANNE
          ,         ,        ,        ,          ,
      I would | I were,| to be | revenged | on thee.
 
RICHARD
          ,       ,        ,       ,    ,
      It is | a quar|rel most | unna|tural,
          ,        ,         ,          ,        ,
      To be | revenged | on him | that lov|eth thee.
 
LADY ANNE
          ,       ,        ,         ,    2  ,
      It is | a quar|rel just | and reas|onable,
          ,        ,         ,           ,        ,        ->
      To be | revenged | on him | that slew | my hus||band.
 
RICHARD
       ,       2    ,          ,     ,        ,        ->
      He | that bereft | thee la|dy of | thy hus||band,
       ,      2     ,      ,    2     ,        ,
      Did | it to help | thee to a | better | husband.
 
LADY ANNE
           ,        ,           ,        ,          ,
      His bet|ter doth | not breathe | upon | the earth.
 
RICHARD
           ,            ,           ,              ,   ,
      He lives,| that loves | thee bet|ter than / he could.
 
LADY ANNE
        ,     2
      Name him.
 
RICHARD
                      ,    ,
                Plan|tage|net.
 
LADY ANNE
                                      ,         ,
                              Why | that was | he.
 
RICHARD
      <-         T   T    T         ,        ,       ,       2->
        The || selfsame name,| but one | of bet|ter na||ture.
 
LADY ANNE
             ,
      Where is | he?
 
RICHARD
                       ,          ,           ,        ,
                     Here:| Why dost | thou spit | at me.
 
LADY ANNE
        ,              ,       ,              ,    ,
      Would it | were mort|al pois|on, for / thy sake.
 
RICHARD
       ,            ,              ,   ,         ,
      Never | came pois|on from / so sweet | a place.
 
LADY ANNE
       ,        ,   ,               ,       ,
      Never | hung pois/on on | a foul|er toad.
       ,            ,            ,        ,           ,
      Out of | my sight,| thou dost | infect | mine^eyes.
 
RICHARD
              ,      ,    ,                ,       ,
      Thine eyes |(sweet la/dy) have | infect|ed mine.
 
LADY ANNE
        ,                ,      ,          ,            ,
      Would they | were bas|ilisks,| to strike | thee dead.
 
RICHARD
          ,            ,         ,          ,         ,
      I would | they were,| that I | might die | at once:
           ,           ,         ,       ,        ,
      For now | they kill | me with | a liv|ing death.
              ,         ,            ,           ,            ,
      Those^eyes | of thine,| from mine | have drawn | salt^tears;
         ,            ,              ,          ,         ,
      Shamed their | aspect*| with store | of child|ish drops:
              ,          ,       ,        ,         ,
      These eyes,| that nev|er shed | remorse|ful tear,
       ,             ,        ,         ,        ,
      No, when | my fath|er York | and Ed|ward wept,
           ,         ,   2     ,          ,         ,
      To hear | the pit|eous moan | that Rut|land made
             ,            ,         ,           ,         ,
      When black-|faced^Clif|ford shook | his sword | at him.
       ,              ,        ,        ,        ,
      Nor when | thy war|like^fath|er like | a child,
        ,         ,   ,              ,          ,
      Told the | sad sto/ry of | my fath|er's death,
            ,       ,       T    T    .  T          ,
      And twen|ty times,| made pause to sob | and weep:
            ,          ,        ,        ,             ,
      That all | the stand|ers-by | had wet | their cheeks
             ,          ,            ,               ,    ,
      Like trees | bedashed | with rain.| in that / sad time,
          ,       ,          ,        ,        ,
      My man|ly eyes | did scorn | a hum|ble tear:
            ,           ,         ,            ,         ,
      And what | these sor|rows could | not thence | exhale,
            ,       ,          ,           ,           ,        ->
      Thy beaut|y hath,| and made | them blind | with weep||ing.
      ,     2     ,          ,         ,    ,
      I | never sued | to friend,| nor en|emy:
            ,             x       T     T      T         ,
      My tongue | could never | learn sweet smooth|ing word.
           ,          ,      ,        ,         ,
      But now | thy beaut|y is | proposed | my fee,
       .   T     T     T           ,            ,          ,
      My proud heart sues,| and prompts | my tongue | to speak.
             ,         ,           ,          ,         ,
      Teach^not | thy lip | such^scorn;| for it | was made
           ,        ,      ,          ,         ,
      For kis|sing la|dy, not | for such | contempt.
          ,        ,         ,         ,         ,
      If thy | revenge|ful heart | cannot | forgive,
           ,        ,                  ,     ,        ,
      Lo here | I lend | thee this / sharp-point|ed sword,
             ,           ,          ,                ,     ,
      Which^if | thou please | to hide | in this / true breast,
           ,          ,      ,            ,        ,
      And let | the soul | forth that | ador|eth thee,
         ,        ,      ,         ,        ,
      I lay | it nak|ed to | the dead|ly stroke,
           ,       ,          ,       ,         ,
      And hum|bly beg | the death | upon | my knee.
            ,          ,        2   ,      ,         ,
      Nay* do | not* pause:| for I did | kill King^|Henry,
             ,          ,       ,         ,
      But 'twas | thy beaut|y that | provoked | me.
      <- ,      ,        ,            ,           ,             ,
        Nay || now dis|patch: 'twas | I that | stabbed young | Edward,
             ,           x        ,          ,        ,
      But 'twas | thy heaven|ly face | that set | me on.
            ,         ,        ,         ,        ,
      Take^up | the sword | again,| or take | up me.
 
LADY ANNE
         ,        ,           ,         ,          ,
      Arise | dissem|bler, though | I wish | thy death,
          ,         ,        ,   ,     ,
      I will | not be | thy ex|ecu|tioner.
 
RICHARD
            ,         ,        ,        ,          x
      Then bid | me kill | myself,| and I | will do it.
 
LADY ANNE
          ,       ,
      I have | alrea|dy.
 
RICHARD
                          ,         ,         ,
                        That | was in | thy rage:
        ,           ,        ,       ,          ,
      Speak it | again,| and ev|en with | the word,
             ,           ,          ,          ,          ,
      That hand,| which for | thy love,| did kill | thy love,
             ,          ,              ,   ,       ,
      Shall for | thy love,| kill a / far tru|er love,
           ,             ,            ,       2   ,     ,
      To both | their deaths | thou shalt | be acces|sary.
 
LADY ANNE
          ,         ,          ,
      I would | I knew | thy heart.  (all these are tri)
 
RICHARD
            ,        ,         ,
      'Tis fig|ured in | my tongue.
 
LADY ANNE
          ,         ,          ,
      I fear | me both | are false.
 
RICHARD
            ,      ,          ,
      Then nev|er man | was true.
 
LADY ANNE
               ,         ,          ,
      Well*, well,| put up | your sword.
 
RICHARD
            ,         ,          ,
      Say then | my peace | is made.
 
LADY ANNE
        ,       2         ,        ,
      That shalt thou | know here|after.  ??
 
RICHARD
            ,         ,         ,
      But shall | I live | in hope.
 
LADY ANNE
           ,        ,          ,
      All men | I hope | live^so.
 
RICHARD
              ,         ,           ,
      Vouch^safe | to wear | this ring.
 
LADY ANNE
           ,        ,         ,
      To take | is not | to give.
 
RICHARD
        ,     2       ,      ,       ,         ,
      Look how my | ring en|compas|seth thy | finger,
        2   ,          ,         ,             ,    ,
      Even so | thy breast | enclos|eth my / poor heart:
              ,         ,          ,         ,          ,
      Wear* both | of them,| for both | of them | are thine.
           ,         ,       ,       ,       ,
      And if | thy poor | devot|ed serv|ant may
           ,     ,   ,               ,          ,
      But beg | one fav/or at | thy gra|cious hand,
             ,         ,         ,    3   3    ,     2
      Thou dost | confirm | his hap|piness for ev|er.
 
LADY ANNE
                                                             x
                                                      What is it?
 
RICHARD
            ,            ,            ,            ,        ,
      That it | would please | thee leave | these sad | designs,
          ,           ,      ,    ,       2         ,
      To him | that hath | more cause / to be a | mourner,
           ,       ,       ,         ,       ,
      And pres|ently | repair | to Cros|by House:
        ,     ,               ,      ,        ,
      Where (af/ter I | have sol|emnly | interred
           ,        ,      x          ,       ,
      At Chert|sey mon|astery | this nob|le king,
           ,          ,           ,      ,         ,
      And wet | his grave | with my | repent|ant tears)
          ,          ,       ,   2    ,       x
      I will | with all | exped|ient du|ty see you,   ??
           ,     2    ,       ,       ,      ,
      For div|ers unknown | reasons,| I be|seech you,
        ,               ,
      Grant me | this boon.  \\
 
LADY ANNE
            ,         ,           ,         ,        ,
      With all | my heart,| and much | it joys | me too,
          ,         ,        ,        ,     ,
      To see | you are | become | so pen|itent.
        ,             ,         ,      ,          ,
      Tressel | and Berke|ley, go | along | with me.
 
RICHARD
       ,             ,
      Bid me | farewell.
 
LADY ANNE
                               ,          ,        ,
                        'Tis more | than you | deserve:
            ,           ,         ,         ,       ,
      But since | you teach | me how | to flat|ter you,
        ,     3 3       ,          ,       ,      o
      Imag|ine I have said | farewell | alrea|dy.
 
[Exeunt LADY ANNE, TRESSEL, and BERKELEY]
 
GENTLEMEN
          ,       ,         ,       __
      Towards | Chertsey,| noble | lord?
 
RICHARD
      <- ,          T     Tx      T         ,         ,       o
        No: to || White-Friars, there | attend | my coin|ing.
 
[Exeunt all but GLOUCESTER]
           ,     ,      ,         ,       ,
      Was ev|er wom|an in | this hum|or wooed?
           ,     ,      ,         ,      ,
      Was ev|er wom|an in | this hum|or won?
             ,          ,        ,          ,          ,
      I'll have | her, but | I will | not keep | her long.
        ,    2          ,          ,         ,         ,
      What? I that | killed her | husband,| and his | father,
           ,         ,          ,         ,         ,
      To take | her in | her heart's | extrem|est hate,
            ,       ,         ,       ,              ,
      With curs|es in | her mouth,| tears in | her eyes,
            ,        ,        ,        ,       ,
      The bleed|ing wit|ness of | her hat|red by,
       ,        ,          ,              2        ,        ,        2->
      Having | God, her | conscience,| and these bars | against || me,
          ,         ,           ,         ,        ,
      And I,| no friends | to back | my suit | withal,
                  ,    ,       ,        ,          ,
      But the / plain dev|il, and | dissem|bling looks?
           ,        ,          ,          ,         ,        ->
      And yet | to win | her? All | the world | to noth||ing.
       ,
      Ha!    \\
            ,        ,       ,              ,      ,
      Hath she | forgot | alrea|dy that / brave prince,
       ,             ,         ,          ,              ,
      Edward,| her lord,| whom I |(some three | months^since)
         ,             ,       ,         ,      ,
      Stabbed in | my ang|ry mood,| at Tewks|bury?
          ,        ,        ,    2    ,     ,
      A sweet|er, and | a love|lier gent|leman,
         ,     2       ,     ,    ,       ,
      Framed in the | prodi|gali|ty of | nature:
        ,     ,           ,      2        T      T     Tx
      Young, val/iant,| wise, and (no | doubt) right royal,
           ,          ,         ,       ,        ,
      The spa|cious world | cannot | again | afford:
            ,         ,        ,          ,        ,
      And will | she yet | debase | her eyes | on me,
              ,            ,       ,                 ,      ,
      That cropped | the gold|en prime | of this / sweet prince,
            ,         ,    3  3   ,       ,
      And made | her wid|ow to a woe|ful bed?
      <-    ,           ,        ,        ,         ,    ,
        On me,|| whose all | not e|quals Ed|ward's mo|iety?
          ,          ,          ,        ,       ,
      On me,| that halts,| and am | misshap|en thus?
           ,   ,     2     ,      ,     ,
      My duke|dom, to a | beggar|ly de|nier!
         ,       ,         ,       ,           ,
      I do | mistake | my pers|on all | this while:
        ,         ,          ,       2      ,       ,
      Upon | my life | she finds |(although I | cannot)
          ,        ,      ,     2     ,       ,
      Myself | to be | a marv|ellous prop|er man.
            ,        ,       ,        ,        ,
      I'll be | at charg|es for | a look|ing-glass,
           ,      ,           ,         ,        ,        o ->
      And ent|ertain | some score | or two | of tail||ors,
          ,       ,      3  3   ,        ,     ->
      To stu|dy fash|ions to adorn | my bo||dy:
        ,      2     ,         ,       ,        ,
      Since | I am crept | in fav|or with | myself,
        T    T   T                ,   ,        ,
      Will maintain | it with / some lit|tle cost.
            ,            ,         ,       ,         ,
      But first | I'll turn | yon fel|low in | his grave,
            ,        ,       ,        ,        ,
      And then | return | lament|ing to | my love.
             ,           ,         ,           ,         ,
      Shine^out | fair* sun,| till I | have bought | a glass,
           ,        ,        ,       ,       ,
      That I | may see | my shad|ow as | I pass.
 
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