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Baynard's Castle.
[Enter GLOUCESTER and BUCKINGHAM, at several doors]
RICHARD
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How now,| how now,| what say | the cit|izens?
BUCKINGHAM
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Now by | the ho|ly moth|er of | our Lord,
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The cit|izens | are mum,| say not a word.
RICHARD
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Touched you the | bastar|dy of | Edward's |
children?
BUCKINGHAM
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I did,| with his con|tract with | Lady | Lucy,
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And his / contract | by dep|uty | in France,
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The unsa|tiate greed|iness | of his | desire,
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And his | enforce|ment of | the ci|ty wives,
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His tyr|anny* for trif|les, his / own bast|ardy,
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As be|ing got,| your fath|er then | in France,
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And his | resem|blance, being | not like the
duke.
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Withal,| I did | infer | your lin|eaments,
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Being the | right i|dea | of your | father,
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Both in | your form,| and nob|leness | of mind:
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Laid^op|en all | your vict|ories in | Scotland,
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Your dis|cipline | in war,| wisdom | in peace,
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Your boun|ty, vir|tue, fair | humil|ity:
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Indeed,| left^noth|ing fit|ting for your |
purpose,
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Untouched,| or slight|ly hand|led in | discourse.
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And when | my or|ator|y drew | toward^end,
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I bid | them that | did love | their count|ry's
good,
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Cry, God save | Richard,| England's | royal ||
king.
RICHARD
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And did | they so? \\
BUCKINGHAM
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No, so | God help / me, they | spake not^|a
word,
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But like dumb | statues,| or breath|ing stones,
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Stared^each | on oth|er, and / looked dead|ly
pale:
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Which^when | I saw,| I rep|rehend|ed them,
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And asked | the mayor,| what meant | this
will|ful sil||ence?
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His | answer | was, the | people | were not used
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To be / spoke to,| but by | the record|er.
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Then he | was urged | to tell | my tale | again:
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Thus saith | the duke,| thus hath | the duke |
inferred,
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But noth|ing spoke,| in war|rant from | himself.
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When he | had done,| some fol|lowers of | mine
own,
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At the low|er end | of the hall,| hurled up | their
caps,
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And some ten | voices | cried, God^|save
King^|Richard:
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And thus | I took | the vant|age of / those few,
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Thanks gentle cit|izens,| and friends,| quoth^I,
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This gen|eral | applause,| and cheer|ful shout,
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Argues your | wisdom,| and your | love to
| Richard:
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And ev|en here | brake^off,| and came | away.
RICHARD
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What tongue|less blocks | were they,
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Would not |
they speak?
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Will not | the mayor | then, and | his breth|ren,
come?
BUCKINGHAM
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The mayor | is here | at hand:| intend | some
fear,
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Be not | you spoke | with, but | by migh|ty suit:
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And look | you get | a prayer-|book in | your
hand,
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And stand | between two church|men, good | my
lord,
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For on | that ground | I'll make | a ho|ly
descant:
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And be | not eas|ily won | to our | requests,
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Play the maid's part,| still^ans|wer nay,| and take it.
RICHARD
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I go:| and if | you plead | as well | for them,
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As I | can say | nay to | thee for | myself,
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No doubt | we bring | it to a | happy | issue.
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Go, go up | to the leads, | the lord mayor
knocks.
[Exit GLOUCESTER. Enter the Lord Mayor and Citizens]
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Welcome,| my lord,| I dance | attend|ance here,
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I think | the duke | will not | be spoke |
withal.
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Now Cates|by, what says | your lord | to my |
request?
CATESBY
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He doth | entreat | your grace,| my nob|le lord,
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To vis|it him | tomor|row, or / next day:
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He is within,| with two | right reve/rend | fathers,
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Divine|ly bent | to med|ita|tion,
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And in | no world|ly suits | would he | be moved,
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To draw | him from | his ho|ly ex|ercise.
BUCKINGHAM
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Return,| good Cates|by, to | the gra|cious duke,
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Tell him,| myself,| the mayor | and ald|ermen,
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In deep | designs,| and mat|ters of great |
moment,
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No less | import|ing than | our gene|ral good,
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Are come | to have | some conf|erence with | his
grace.
CATESBY
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I'll sig|nify | so much | unto | him straight.
[Exit]
BUCKINGHAM
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Ah ha,| my lord,| this prince | is not | an Ed||ward,
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He | is not^lol|ling on a | lewd love-bed,
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But on | his knees,| at med|ita|tion:
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Not dal/lying | with a brace | of court|esans,
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But med|itat|ing with / two deep | divines:
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Not sleep/ing, to en|gross his | idle | body,
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But pray|ing, to | enrich | his watch|ful soul.
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Happy | were Eng|land, would | this vir|tuous
prince
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Take^on | his grace | the sove|reignty | thereof.
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But sure | I fear | we shall | not win | him to
it.
LORD MAYOR
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Marry | God^defend | his grace | should say | us nay.
BUCKINGHAM
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I fear | he will:| here Cates|by comes | again.
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Now Cates/by, what | says his | grace?
CATESBY
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He wond|ers to what | end you | have as|sembled
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Such troops of cit|izens,| to come | to him,
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His grace | not be|ing warned | thereof | before:
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He fears,| my lord,| you mean | no good | to him.
BUCKINGHAM
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Sorry | I am,| my nob|le cous|in should
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Suspect | me, that | I mean | no good | to him:
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By heaven,| we come | to him | in per|fect love,
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And so | once^more | return,| and tell | his grace.
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When ho|ly and | devout | relig|ious men
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Are at | their* beads,| 'tis much | to draw | them
thence,
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So sweet | is zeal|ous cont|empla|tion.
[Enter GLOUCESTER aloft, between two Bishops. CATESBY returns]
LORD MAYOR
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See where | his grace | stands, between two |
clergymen.
BUCKINGHAM
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Two props | of vir|tue, for | a Chris|tian prince,
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To stay | him from | the fall | of van|ity:
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And see | a book | of pray|er in | his hand,
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True orn/aments | to know | a ho|ly man.
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Famous | Plantag|enet,/ most gra|cious prince,
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Lend fav/ora|ble ear | to our | requests,
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And pard|on us | the int|errup|tion
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Of thy | devo|tion, and / right Chris|tian zeal.
RICHARD
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My lord,| there needs | no such apol|ogy:
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I do | beseech | your grace | to pard|on me,
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Who earn|est in | the serv|ice of | my God,
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Deferred | the vis|ita|tion of | my friends.
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But leav|ing this,| what is your | grace's |
pleasure?
BUCKINGHAM
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Even that |(I hope)| which pleas|eth God | above,
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And all | good men,/ of this | ungov|erned isle.
RICHARD
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I do | suspect | I have / done some | offense,
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That seems | disgra|cious in | the ci|ty's eyes,
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And that you | come to | repre|hend my |
ignorance.
BUCKINGHAM
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You have,| my lord:| would it | might^please |
your grace,
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On^our | entreat|ies, to | amend | your fault.
RICHARD
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Else^where|fore breathe | I in | a Chris|tian land.
BUCKINGHAM
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Know then,| it is | your fault,| that you |
resign
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The su/preme seat,| the throne | majes|tical,
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The scep|tered of|fice of | your an|cestors,
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Your state | of for|tune, and | your due | of
birth,
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The lin|eal glo|ry of | your roy|al house,
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To the | corrup|tion of | a blem|ished stock:
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Whiles^in | the mild|ness of | your sleep|y
thoughts,
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Which here | we wak|en to | our count|ry's good,
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This^nob|le isle | doth want | her prop|er limbs:
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His face | defaced | with scars | of in|famy,
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His roy|al stock | graft with | ignob|le plants,
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And al|most should|ered^in | the swal|lowing gulf
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Of dark | forget|fulness, and | deep o|blivion.
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Which to re|cure, we | hearti|ly so|licit
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Your gra|cious self | to take | on you | the charge
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And king|ly gov|ernment | of this | your land:
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Not as | protect|or, stew|ard, sub|stitute,
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Or low|ly fact|or, for | anoth|er's gain;
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But as | succes|sively,| from blood | to blood,
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Your right | of birth,| your emp|ery,| your own.
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For this,| consort|ed with | the cit|izens,
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Your ve|ry worsh|ipful | and lov|ing friends,
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And by | their ve|hement inst|iga|tion,
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In this / just cause | come I | to move | your
grace.
RICHARD
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I can|not tell,| if to de|part in | silence,
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Or bit|terly | to speak | in your | reproof,
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Best fit/teth my de|gree, or | your con|dition.
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If not | to ans|wer, you | might hap|ly think,
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Tongue-tied ambi|tion, not | reply|ing, yield||ed
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To bear | the gold|en yoke | of sove|reignty,
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Which^fond|ly you | would here | impose | on me.
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If to | reprove | you for | this suit | of yours,
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So seas|oned with | your faith|ful love | to me.
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Then on | the oth|er side | I checked | my
friends.
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Therefore | to speak,| and to | avoid | the first,
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And then | in speak|ing, not | to incur | the
last,
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Defin|itive|ly thus | I ans|wer you.
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Your love | deserves | my thanks,| but my |
desert
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Unmer|ita/ble, shuns | your high | request.
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First, if | all obst/acles | were cut | away,
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And that | my path | were ev|en to | the crown,
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As the / ripe rev|enue,| and due | of birth:
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Yet so | much is | my pov|erty | of spirit,
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So migh|ty, and | so ma|ny my | defects,
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As I | had rath|er hide | me from | my great||ness,
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Being | a bark | to brook | no migh|ty sea;
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Than in | my great|ness cov|et to | be hid,
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And in the | vapor | of my | glory | smothered.
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But God | be thanked,| there is | no need | of
me,
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And much | I need | to help | you, were |
there need:
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The roy|al tree | hath left | us roy|al fruit,
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Which mel/lowed by | the steal|ing hours | of
time,
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Will well | become | the seat | of maj|esty,
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And make |(no doubt)| us hap|py by | his reign.
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On him | I lay | that, you | would lay | on me,
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The right | and for|tune of | his hap|py stars,
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Which God | defend | that I | should wring | from
him.
BUCKINGHAM
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My lord,| this arg|ues con|science in | your
grace,
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But the re|spects there|of are | nice, and |
trivial,
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All* cir|cumstan|ces well | consid|ered.
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You say,| that Ed|ward is | your broth|er's son,
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So say | we too,| but not | by Ed|ward's wife;
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For first | he was con|tract to | Lady | Lucy,
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Your moth|er lives | a wit|ness to | his vow;
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And aft|erward | by sub|stitute | betrothed
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To Bo|na, sis|ter to | the King | of France.
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These^both | put^off,| a poor | peti|tioner,
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A care-|crazed moth/er to | a ma|ny sons,
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A beaut|y-wan|ing, and | distressed | widow,
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Even in | the aft|ernoon | of her / best days,
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Made prize and purch|ase of | his want|on eye,
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Seduced | the pitch,| and height | of his |
degree,
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To base | declen|sion, and loath|ed big|amy.
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By her,| in his | unlaw|ful bed,| he got
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This Ed|ward, whom | our man|ners call | the prince.
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More bit|terly | could I | expos|tulate,
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Save that | for rev|erence | to some | alive,
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I give | a spar|ing lim|it to | my tongue.
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Then good,| my lord,| take to | your roy|al self
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This prof|fered ben|efit | of dig|nity:
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If not | to bless | us and | the land | withal,
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Yet to draw forth | your nob|le an|cestry
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From the | corrup|tion of | abus|ing times,
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Unto | a lin|eal true-|deriv|ed course.
LORD MAYOR
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Do good | my lord,| your cit|izens | entreat || you.
BUCKINGHAM
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Refuse | not*, migh|ty lord,| this prof|fered
love.
CATESBY
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O make | them joy|ful, grant | their law|ful
suit.
RICHARD
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Alas,| why would | you heap | this care | on me?
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I am | unfit | for state,| and maj|esty:
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I do | beseech | you take | it not | amiss,
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I can|not, nor | I will | not yield | to you.
BUCKINGHAM
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If you | refuse | it, as | in love | and zeal,
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Loath to | depose | the child,| your broth|er's son,
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As well | we know | your tend|erness | of heart,
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And gent|le, kind,| effem|inate | remorse,
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Which we have | noted | in you | to your |
kindred,
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And eg|ally | indeed | to all | estates:
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Yet know,| where you | accept | our suit,| or no,
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Your broth|er's son | shall nev|er reign | our
king,
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But we | will plant | some^oth|er in | the throne,
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To the | disgrace | and down|fall of | your
house:
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And in | this res|olu|tion here | we leave ||
you.
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Come | citizens,| we will | entreat | no more.
[Exit BUCKINGHAM with the Citizens]
CATESBY
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Call him | again, sweet prince,| accept | their
suit:
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If you | deny | them, all | the land | will rue it.
RICHARD
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Will you | enforce | me to | a world | of cares.
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Call them | again.| I am / not made | of stones,
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But pen|etra|ble to your / kind ent|reaties,
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Albe|it against | my con|science and | my soul.
[Enter BUCKINGHAM and the rest]
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Cousin of | Bucking|ham, and | sage grave men,
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Since you | will buck|le fort|une on | my back,
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To bear | her burd|en, where | I will | or no,
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I must | have pa|tience to | endure | the load:
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But if / black scand|al, or / foul-faced |
reproach,
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Attend | the se|quel of your im|posi|tion,
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Your mere | enforce|ment shall | acquit|tance me
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From all | the im/pure blots | and stains |
thereof;
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For God | doth^know,| and you | may part|ly see,
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How far | I am | from the | desire | of this.
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God bless | your grace,| we see | it, and | will say it.
RICHARD
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In say|ing so,| you shall | but say | the truth.
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Then I | salute | you with | this roy|al tit|le,
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Long live King | Richard,| England's | worthy |
king. (hex with prev)
ALL
Amen.
BUCKINGHAM
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Tomor|row may | it please | you to | be crowned.
RICHARD
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Even when | you please,| for you | will have | it so.
BUCKINGHAM
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Tomor|row then | we will | attend | your grace,
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And so | most^joy|fully | we take | our leave.
RICHARD
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Come, let | us to | our ho|ly work | again.
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Farewell | my cous|ins, fare/well gent|le
friends.
[Exeunt]