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Richard III

Act 3, Scene 3

Pomfret Castle.
 
[Enter RATCLIFF, with halberds, carrying RIVERS, GRAY, and VAUGHAN to death]
 
RIVERS
            ,       ,          ,         ,           ,
      Sir Rich|ard Rat|cliff, let | me tell | thee this,
         ,            ,        ,       ,        ,
      Today | shalt thou | behold | a sub|ject die,
            ,          ,      ,         ,     ,
      For truth,| for du|ty, and | for loy|alty.
 
GRAY
            ,            ,           ,          ,        ,
      God bless | the prince | from all | the pack | of you,
          ,         ,        ,        ,      ,
      A knot | you are,| of damn|ed blood-|suckers.
 
VAUGHAN
            ,        2       ,     ,          ,        ,
      You live,| that shall cry | woe for | this here|after.
 
RATCLIFF
           ,          ,      ,          ,         ,
      Dispatch,| the lim|it of | your lives | is out.
 
RIVERS
         ,         ,        ,          ,        x
      O Pom|fret, Pom|fret! O | thou bloo|dy prison!
       ,           ,    ,        ,       ,
      Fatal | and om|inous | to nob|le peers:
          ,          ,      ,        ,         ,
      Within | the guil|ty clo|sure of | thy walls,
       ,             ,        ,           ,          ,
      Richard | the sec|ond here | was hacked | to death:
                  ,     ,      ,        ,        ,
      And for / more sland|er to | thy dis|mal seat,
           ,         ,          ,          ,          ,
      We give | to thee | our guilt|less blood | to drink.
 
GRAY
            ,   2       ,          x        ,          ,
      Now Marg|aret's curse | is fallen | upon | our heads,
            ,          ,         ,          ,        ,
      When she | exclaimed | on Hast|ings, you,| and I,
            ,        ,         ,          ,           ,
      For stand|ing by,| when Rich|ard stabbed | her son.
 
RIVERS
              ,          ,       o
      Then cursed | she Rich|ard,
              ,           ,      ,
      Then cursed | she Buck|ingham,  (tri with prev)
              ,          ,          ,      ,       ,
      Then cursed | she Hast|ings. Oh | remem|ber God,
           ,           ,           ,        ,         ,
      To hear | her prayer | for them,| as now | for us:
           ,        ,        ,           ,        ,
      And for | my sis|ter, and | her prince|ly sons,
          ,      ,           ,                 ,    ,
      Be sat|isfied,| dear* God,| with our / true blood,
        ,                 ,         ,       ,         ,
      Which, as | thou knowst,| unjust|ly must | be spilt.
 
RATCLIFF
        T    T     .    T         ,         ,    ,
      Make haste, the hour | of death | is ex|piate.
 
RIVERS
             ,           ,        ,         ,        ,
      Come Gray,| come Vaugh|an, let | us here | embrace.
            ,       ,         ,       ,          x
      Farewell,| until | we meet | again | in heaven.
 
[Exeunt]

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