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London. The palace.
[Sennet. Enter KING RICHARD III, in pomp, crowned; BUCKINGHAM, CATESBY, a
page, and others]
KING RICHARD III
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Stand all apart.| Cousin | of Buck|ingham.
BUCKINGHAM
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My gra|cious sov|ereign.
KING RICHARD III
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Give me | thy hand.
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Thus^high,| by thy ad|vice, and / thy
as|sistance,
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Is King Rich|ard seat|ed: \\
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But shall | we wear | these glor|ies for | a day?
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Or shall | they last,| and we | rejoice | in
them?
BUCKINGHAM
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Still live they,| and forev|er let | them last.
KING RICHARD III
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Ah Buck|ingham,| now do | I play | the touch,
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To try | if thou | be cur|rent gold | indeed:
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Young^Ed|ward lives,| think^now | what I | would
speak.
BUCKINGHAM
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Say on | my lov|ing lord. \\
KING RICHARD III
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Why Buck|ingham,| I say | I would | be king.
BUCKINGHAM
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Why so | you are,| my thrice|-renown|ed lord.
KING RICHARD III
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Ha? Am | I king?| 'Tis so:| but Ed|ward lives.
BUCKINGHAM
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True, noble prince.
KING RICHARD III
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O bit|ter cons|equence!
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That Ed|ward still | should live | true noble
prince.
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Cousin,| thou wast | not wont | to be | so dull.
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Shall I | be plain?| I wish | the bast|ards
dead,
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And I | would have | it sud|denly | performed.
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What sayst | thou now?| Speak sud|denly,| be
brief.
BUCKINGHAM
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Your grace | may do | your pleas|ure.
KING RICHARD III
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Tut,| tut,|| thou art | all ice,| thy
kind|ness freez|es:
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Say,|| have I | thy con|sent, that | they shall die?
BUCKINGHAM
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Give me | some breath,| some pause,| dear | lord,
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Before | I pos|itive|ly speak | in this:
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I will | resolve | you here|in pres|ently.
[Exit]
CATESBY
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The king | is ang|ry: see | he gnaws | his lip.
KING RICHARD III
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I will | converse | with ir|on-wit|ted fools,
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And un|respect|ive boys:| none are | for me,
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That look | into | me with | consid|erate eyes,
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High*-reach|ing Buck|ingham | grows cir|cumspect.
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Boy.
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My lord. (mono with prev)
KING RICHARD III
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Knowst thou | not an|y, whom | corrupt|ing gold
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Would tempt | unto | a close | exploit of
death?
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I know | a dis|content|ed gent|leman,
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Whose hum|ble means | match not his haugh|ty
spirit:
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Gold were | as good | as twen|ty or|ators,
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And will |(no doubt)| tempt him | to an|y thing.
KING RICHARD III
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What is | his name?
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His name,| my lord,| is Tyr|rel. (hex with next)
KING RICHARD III
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I part|ly know | the man:| go call | him hith|er,
boy. (hex with prev)
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The deep-|revolv|ing wit|ty Buck|ingham,
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No* more | shall be | the neigh|bor to | my couns||els.
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Hath | he so long | held out | with me,| untired,
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And stops | he now | for breath?| Well, be it so.
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How now, Lord | Stanley,| what's the | news?
STANLEY
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Know my | loving | lord, the | Marquis | Dorset
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As I | hear, is | fled to | Richmond,
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In the | parts where | he a|bides.
(tetra with prev)
KING RICHARD III
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Come hith|er Cates|by, rum|or it | abroad,
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That Anne | my wife | is ve|ry griev|ous sick,
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I will | take^ord|er for | her keep|ing close.
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Inquire | me out | some mean | poor gent/leman,
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Whom I will | marry | straight to | Clarence'|
daughter:
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The boy | is fool|ish, and | I fear | not him.
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Look^how | thou dreamst:| I say | again,|
give^out,
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That Anne,| my queen,| is sick,| and like | to
die.
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About | it, for | it stands | me much | upon
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To stop | all hopes,| whose growth | may dam|age
me.
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I must | be mar/ried to my | brother's |
daughter,
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Or else | my king|dom stands | on brit|tle glass:
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Murder | her broth|ers, and / then mar|ry her,
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Uncert|ain way | of gain.| But I | am in
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So far | in blood,| that sin | will pluck | on
sin,
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Tear-falling pi|ty dwells | not in | this eye.
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Is thy name | Tyrrel? \\
TYRREL
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James Tyr/rel, and your | most o|bedient |
subject.
KING RICHARD III
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Art thou | indeed?
TYRREL
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Prove me,| my gra|cious lord.
KING RICHARD III
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Darst thou | resolve | to kill | a friend | of
mine?
TYRREL
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Please | you: \\
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But I | had rath|er kill | two en|emies.
KING RICHARD III
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Why then | thou hast it:| two deep en|emies,
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Foes to my | rest, and | my sweet | sleep's
dis|turbers,
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Are they | that I | would have | thee deal |
upon:
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Tyrrel,| I mean | those bast|ards in | the Tower.
TYRREL
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Let me | have op|en means | to come | to them,
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And soon | I'll rid | you from | the fear | of them.
KING RICHARD III
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Thou singst sweet | music:
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Hark, come | hither | Tyrrel, (tri with
prev)
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Go by | this tok|en: rise,| and lend | thine^ear,
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There is | no more | but so:| say it | is done,
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And I | will love | thee, and | prefer | thee for it.
TYRREL
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I will | dispatch | it straight. \\
[Exit. Enter BUCKINGHAM]
BUCKINGHAM
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My Lord,| I have | consid|ered in | my mind,
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The late | request | that you | did sound | me in.
KING RICHARD III
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Well let | that rest:| Dorset is | fled to |
Richmond.
BUCKINGHAM
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I hear | the news,| my lord.
KING RICHARD III
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Stanley,| he is || your wife's | son: well,
look | unto | it.
BUCKINGHAM
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My lord,| I claim | the gift,| my due | by
promise,
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For which | your hon|or and | your faith | is pawned,
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The earl|dom of Here|ford, and | the move|ables,
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The which | you prom|ised | I should | possess.
KING RICHARD III
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Stanley | look to | your wife:| if she | convey
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Letters | to Rich|mond, you | shall ans|wer it.
BUCKINGHAM
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What says | your high|ness to | my just | request?
KING RICHARD III
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I do | remem|ber me,| Henry | the Sixth
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Did proph|esy,| that Rich|mond should | be king,
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When Rich|mond was | a lit|tle peev|ish boy.
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A king | perhaps. \\
BUCKINGHAM
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May it please | you to | resolve | me in | my suit.
KING RICHARD III
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Thou troub|lest me,| I am | not in | the vein.
[Exeunt all but BUCKINGHAM]
BUCKINGHAM
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And is | it thus?| Repays | he my deep | service
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With such | contempt?| Made I | him king | for
this?
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O let | me think | on Hast|ings, and | be gone
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To Breck|nock, while | my fear|ful head | is on.
[Exit]