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Bosworth Field.
[Enter KING RICHARD III in arms, with NORFOLK, SURREY, and others]
KING RICHARD III
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Here* pitch | our tent,| even here | in Bos|worth
field.
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My Lord | of Sur|rey, why | look you | so sad?
SURREY
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My heart | is ten | times light/er than | my
looks.
KING RICHARD III
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My Lord | of Nor|folk.
NORFOLK
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Here | most gra|cious liege.
KING RICHARD III
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Norfolk,| we must | have knocks:
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Ha, must^|we
not?
NORFOLK
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We must / both give | and take | my lov|ing lord.
KING RICHARD III
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Up with | my tent,| here will | I lie | tonight,
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But where | tomor|row? Well,| all's^one | for
that.
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Who hath de|scried the | number | of the | traitors?
NORFOLK
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Six or | seven | thousand | is their
ut|most^power.
KING RICHARD III
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Why^our | battal|ion treb|les that | account:
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Besides,| the king's | name is | a tower | of
strength,
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Which they | upon | the ad|verse fac|tion want.
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Up with | the tent:| come* nob|le gent|lemen,
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Let us | survey | the vant|age of | the ground.
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Call for | some^men | of sound | direc|tion:
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Let's^lack | no dis|cipline,| make no*| delay,
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For lords,| tomor|row is | a bu|sy day.
[Exeunt. Enter, on the other side of the field, RICHMOND, Sir William
Brandon, OXFORD, and others. Some of the Soldiers pitch RICHMOND's tent]
RICHMOND
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The wear|y sun,| hath made | a gold|en set,
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And by | the bright | tract of | his fie|ry cart,
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Gives tok/en of a | goodly | day to|morrow.
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Sir Wil|liam Brand|on, you | shall bear | my
stand||ard:
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Give | me some ink | and pap|er in | my tent:
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I'll draw | the form | and mod|el of | our battle,
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Limit | each lead|er to | his seve|ral charge,
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And part | in just | propor|tion our / small
power.
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My Lord | of Ox|ford, you | Sir Wil|liam
Brand||on,
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And you | Sir Walt|er Her|bert* stay | with me:
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The Earl | of Pem|broke^keeps | his reg|iment:
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Good* Cap|tain Blunt,| bear my | good* night | to
him,
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And by | the sec|ond hour | in the | morning,
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Desire | the earl | to see | me in | my tent:
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Yet one thing | more (good*| captain)| do for me:
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Where is | Lord^Stan|ley quart|ered, do | you know?
BLUNT
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Unless | I have | mistane | his col|ors much,
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(Which^well | I am | assured | I have / not done)
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His reg|iment | lies^half | a mile | at least
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South, from | the migh|ty pow|er of | the king.
RICHMOND
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If with|out per|il it | be pos|sible,
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Sweet* Blunt,| make some | good* means | to speak
| with him
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And give | him from | me, this / most need|ful
note.
BLUNT
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Upon | my life,| my lord,| I'll und|ertake it,
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And so | God* give | you qui|et rest | tonight.
RICHMOND
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Good^night | good* Cap|tain Blunt:
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Come gent/lemen,
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Let us cons|ult u|pon to|morrow's | business;
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Into | my tent,| the air | is raw | and cold.
[They withdraw into the tent. Enter, to his tent, KING RICHARD III, NORFOLK,
RATCLIFF, CATESBY, and others]
KING RICHARD III
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What is | it o'clock? \\
CATESBY
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It's sup|pertime | my lord,| it's nine | o'clock.
KING RICHARD III
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I will | not sup | tonight, \\
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Give me some | ink and | paper:|
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What, is | my beav|er eas|ier than | it was?
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And all | my arm|or laid | into | my tent?
CATESBY
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It is | my liege:| and all | things are in |
readi||ness.
KING RICHARD III
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Good Nor|folk, hie | thee to | thy charge,
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Use^care|ful watch,| choose^trust|y sent|inels.
NORFOLK
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I go | my lord. \\
KING RICHARD III
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Stir with the | lark to|morrow,| gentle |
Norfolk.
NORFOLK
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I war|rant you | my lord. \\
[Exit]
KING RICHARD III
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Ratcliff.
RATCLIFF
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My lord.
KING RICHARD III
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Send out a | pursuivant | at arms
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To Stan|ley's reg|iment:| bid him bring | his
power
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Before | sunris/ing, lest his | son George fall
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Into | the blind | cave of | etern|al night.
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Fill me | a bowl | of wine:| give me | a watch,
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Saddle white Sur|rey for | the field | tomorrow:
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Look that my | staves be | sound, and | not too*| heavy.|| Ratcliff.
RATCLIFF
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My lord. (mono with prev)
KING RICHARD III
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Sawst the | melan|choly | Lord North^|umberland?
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RATCLIFF
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Thomas | the Earl | of Sur|rey, and | himself,
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Much about cock-|shut^time,| from troop | to
troop
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Went^through | the ar|my, cheer|ing up | the sol|diers.
KING RICHARD III
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So, I | am sat|isfied:| Give me | a bowl | of
wine, (hex with prev)
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I have | not that | alac|rity | of spirit,
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Nor cheer | of mind | that I | was wont | to
have.
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Set it | down. Is | ink and | paper | ready?
RATCLIFF
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It is | my lord.
KING RICHARD III
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Bid my / guard watch.| Leave me.
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Ratcliff,| about | the mid | of night | come to
|| my tent
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And help | to arm | me. Leave | me I say.
[Exeunt RATCLIFF and the other Attendants. Enter DERBY to RICHMOND in his
tent, Lords and others attending]
DERBY
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Fortune,| and vict|ory | sit on | thy helm.
RICHMOND
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All com|fort that | the dark | night can | afford,
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Be to | thy pers|on, nob|le fath|er-in-law.
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Tell me,| how* fares | our nob|le moth|er?
DERBY
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I by at|torney,| bless thee | from thy | mother,
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Who prays | contin|ually | for Rich|mond's good:
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So much | for that.| The sil|ent hours | steal^on,
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And flak|y dark|ness breaks | within | the east.
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In brief,| for so | the seas|on bids | us be,
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Prepare | thy battle | early | in the | morning,
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And put | thy for|tune to | the arbit|rement
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Of bloo|dy strokes,| and mort|al-star|ing war:
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I, as | I may,| that which | I would | I cannot,
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With best | advant|age will | deceive | the time,
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And aid | thee in | this doubt|ful shock | of
arms.
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But on | thy side | I may | not be | too
for||ward,
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Lest | being seen,| thy broth|er, tend|er George
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Be ex|ecut|ed in | his fath|er's sight.
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Farewell:| the leis|ure, and | the fear|ful time
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Cuts^off | the cer|emon|ious vows | of love,
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And amp|le int|erchange | of sweet | discourse,
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Which so | long^sund|ered friends | should dwell | upon:
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God give us leis|ure for | these rites | of love.
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Once^more | adieu,| be val|iant, and / speed
well.
RICHMOND
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Good* lords | conduct | him to | his reg|iment:
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I'll strive | with troub|led noise,| to take | a
nap,
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Lest^lead|en slum|ber peise | me down | tomorrow,
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When I | should mount | with wings | of vict|ory:
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Once^more,| good night | kind^lords | and
gent|lemen.
[Exeunt all but RICHMOND]
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O thou,| whose^cap|tain I | account | myself,
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Look on | my for|ces with | a gra|cious eye:
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Put in | their hands | thy bruis|ing irons | of wrath,
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That they | may crush | down with | a hea|vy
fall,
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The usurp|ing hel|mets of | our adv|ersaries:
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Make us | thy min|isters | of chas|tisement,
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That we | may praise | thee in | the vict|ory:
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To thee | I do | commend | my watch|ful soul,
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Ere I | let fall | the wind|ows of | mine^eyes:
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Sleeping,| and wak|ing, oh | defend | me still.
[Sleeps. Enter the Ghost of Prince Edward, son to King Henry VI]
GHOST OF PRINCE EDWARD
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Let me | sit hea/vy on thy | soul to|morrow:
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Think how | thou stabbst | me in | my prime | of
youth
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At Tewks|bury:| despair | therefore,| and die.
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Be cheer|ful, Rich|mond,
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For | the wrong|ed souls
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Of butch|ered prin|ces, fight | in thy | behalf:
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King^Hen|ry's is|sue Rich|mond com|forts thee.
[Enter the Ghost of King Henry VI]
GHOST OF KING HENRY VI
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When I | was mort|al, my | anoint|ed bo||dy
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By | thee was | punched | full of | holes;
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Think on | the Tower,| and me:| despair,| and
die,
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Harry | the Sixth,| bids thee | despair,| and
die.
[To RICHMOND]
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Virtuous | and ho|ly be | thou con|queror:
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Harry | that proph|esied | thou shouldst | be
king,
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Doth^com|fort thee | in thy sleep:| live, and | flourish.
[Enter the Ghost of CLARENCE]
GHOST OF CLARENCE
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Let me | sit hea/vy in thy | soul to|morrow,
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I that | was washed | to death | with ful|some
wine:
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Poor* Clar|ence by | thy guile | betrayed | to
death:
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Tomor|row in | the bat|tle think | on me,
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And fall | thy edge|less sword,| despair | and die.
[To RICHMOND]
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Thou off|spring^of | the house | of Lan|caster
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The wrong|ed heirs | of York | do pray | for thee,
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Good^ang|els guard | thy battle,| live and |
flourish.
[Enter the Ghosts of RIVERS, GRAY, and VAUGHAN]
GHOST OF RIVERS
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Let me | sit hea/vy in thy | soul to|morrow,
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Rivers, that | died at | Pomfret:| despair,| and die.
GHOST OF GRAY
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Think u|pon^Gray,| and let | thy soul | despair.
GHOST OF VAUGHAN
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Think u|pon^Vaugh|an, and | with guil|ty fear
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Let fall | thy lance,| despair | and die.
ALL
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Awake,
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And think | our wrongs | in Rich|ard's bosom,
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Will con|quer him.| Awake,| and win | the day.
[Enter the Ghost of HASTINGS]
GHOST OF HASTINGS
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Bloody | and guil|ty: guil|tily | awake,
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And in | a bloo|dy bat|tle end | thy days.
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Think on | Lord Hastings:| despair,| and die.
[To RICHMOND]
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Quiet | untroub|led soul,| awake,| awake:
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Arm, fight, and con|quer, for / fair Eng|land's^sake.
[Enter the Ghosts of the two young Princes]
GHOSTS OF YOUNG PRINCES
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Dream on | thy cous|ins
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Smoth|ered in | the
Tower:
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Let us be | led wi|thin thy | bosom | Richard,
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And weigh | thee down | to ru|in, shame,| and
death,
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Thy neph|ews' souls | bid thee | despair | and
die.
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Sleep Richmond, sleep in peace, and wake in joy,
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Good^ang|els guard | thee from | the boar's |
annoy,
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Live, and | beget | a hap|py race | of kings,
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Edward's un|happy | sons, do | bid thee |
flourish.
[Enter the Ghost of LADY ANNE]
GHOST OF LADY ANNE
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Richard,| thy wife,
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That wretch|ed Anne | thy
wife,
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That nev|er slept | a qui|et hour | with thee,
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Now fills thy | sleep with | pertur|bations,
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Tomor|row in | the bat|tle, think | on me,
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And fall | thy edge|less sword,| despair | and
die:
[To RICHMOND]
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Thou qui|et soul,
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Sleep thou | a qui|et sleep:
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Dream of | success,| and hap|py vict|ory,
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Thy ad|versar|y's wife | doth pray | for thee.
[Enter the Ghost of BUCKINGHAM]
GHOST OF BUCKINGHAM
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The first | was I
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That helped | thee to | the crown:
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The last | was I | that felt | thy tyr|anny,
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O, in | the bat|tle think | on Buck|ingham,
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And die | in ter|ror of | thy guil|tiness.
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Dream^on,| dream^on,| of bloo|dy deeds | and
death,
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Fainting | despair;| despair|ing yield | thy
breath.
[To RICHMOND]
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I died | for hope
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Ere I | could lend | thee
aid;
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But cheer | thy heart,| and be | thou not |
dismayed:
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God, and good ang|els fight | on Rich|mond's side,
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And Rich|ard falls | in height | of all | his
pride.
[The Ghosts vanish. KING RICHARD III starts out of his dream]
KING RICHARD III
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Give me an|other | horse, bind up | my wounds:
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Have mer|cy Je|su. Soft,| I did | but dream.
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O cow|ard con|science! How | dost thou af|flict me?
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The lights | burn blue./ It is | not^dead | midnight.
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Cold fearful drops | stand on | my trem|bling
flesh.
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What? Do | I fear | myself?| There's none |
else^by,
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Richard | loves^Rich|ard, that / is, I | am I.
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Is there a | murderer | here? No; yes,| I am:
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Then fly;| What from | myself?| Great^reas|on: why?
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Lest I | revenge.| What? My|self u|pon my|self?
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Alack,| I love | myself.| Wherefore?| For an|y
good (hex with prev)
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That I | myself,| have done | unto | myself?
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O no.| Alas,| I rath|er hate | myself,
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For hate|ful deeds | commit|ted by | myself.
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I am | a vil|lain: yet | I lie,| I am not.
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Fool, of thy|self speak well:| fool, do not |
flatter.
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My con|science hath | a thous|and seve|ral
tongues,
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And ev|ery tongue | brings^in | a seve|ral tale,
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And eve|ry tale | condemns | me for | a vil||lain;
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Per|jury,| in the | highest | degree,
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Murder,| stern murd/er, in the | direst | degree,
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All seve|ral sins,| all^used | in each | degree,
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Throng^all | to the bar,| crying^all,| guilty,|
guilty.
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I shall de|spair, there | is no | creature | loves me;
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And if | I die,| no soul | shall pi|ty me.
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Nay, where*|fore* should | they? Since | that I |
myself
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Find in | myself,| no pi|ty to | myself.
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Methought,| the souls | of all | that I | had
murd||ered
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Came | to my tent,| and ev|ery one | did threat
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Tomor|row's venge|ance on the | head of |
Richard.
[Enter RATCLIFF]
RATCLIFF
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My lord.
KING RICHARD III
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Who's there? \\
RATCLIFF
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Ratcliff | my lord,| 'tis I:| The ear|ly
vil||lage-cock
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Hath twice | done sal|uta|tion to the morn,
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Your friends | are up,| and buckle | on their |
armor.
KING RICHARD III
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O Rat|cliff, I fear,| I fear. \\
RATCLIFF
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Nay good | my lord,| be not | afraid | of
shad||ows.
KING RICHARD III
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By | the apos|tle Paul,| shadows | tonight
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Have struck | more ter/ror to the | soul of |
Richard,
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Than can | the sub|stance of ten | thousand |
soldiers
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Armed in | proof, and | led by | shallow | Richmond.
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It is not | yet near day.| Come* go | with me,
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Under | our tents | I'll play | the
eaves|dropper,
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To see | if an|y mean | to shrink | from me.
[Exeunt. Enter the Lords to RICHMOND, sitting in his tent]
LORDS
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Good mor|row Rich|mond. \\
RICHMOND
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Cry mer|cy lords,| and watch|ful gent|lemen,
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That you | have tane | a tar|dy slug|gard here?
LORDS
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How have | you slept | my lord? \\
RICHMOND
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The sweet|est sleep,
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And fair|est-bod|ing dreams,
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That ev|er ent|ered in | a drow|sy head,
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Have I | since your | depart|ure had | my lords.
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Methought | their souls,| whose^bod|ies Rich|ard
murd||ered,
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Came | to my tent,| and cried | on vic/tory:
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I prom|ise you | my heart | is ve|ry joc||und,
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In | the remem|brance of | so fair | a dream,
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How far | into | the morn|ing is | it lords?
LORDS
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Upon | the stroke | of four. \\
RICHMOND
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Why then |'tis time | to arm,| and give |
direc||tion.
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More | than I | have said,| loving | countrymen,
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The leis|ure and | enforce|ment of | the time
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Forbids | to dwell | upon:| yet remem|ber this,
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God, and our | good cause, fight | upon | our
side,
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The prayers | of ho|ly saints | and wrong|ed
souls,
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Like^high-reared bul|warks, stand before | our
fac||es, ??
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(Rich|ard except)| those whom | we fight |
against,
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Had rath|er have us | win, than | him they | follow.
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For, what is | he they | follow?| Truly |
gentlemen,
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A bloo|dy tyr|ant, and | a hom|icide:
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One^raised | in blood,| and one | in blood |
estab||lished;
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One | that made | means to | come by | what he
hath,
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And slaught|ered those | that were the |
means to | help him:
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A base | foul stone, made | precious | by the
soil
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Of Eng|land's chair,| where he | is false|ly set:
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One that | hath ev|er been | God's^en|emy.
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Then if | you fight | against | God's^en|emy,
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God will in | justice | ward you | as his | soldiers.
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If you | do swear | to put | a tyr|ant down,
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You sleep | in peace,| the tyr|ant be|ing slain:
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If you | do fight | against | your count|ry's
foes,
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Your count|ry's fat | shall pay | your pains |
the higher.
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If you | do fight | in safe|guard of | your wives,
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Your wives | shall wel|come home | the
con|querors.
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If you | do free | your child|ren from | the
sword,
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Your child|ren's child|ren quit | it in | your
age.
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Then in | the name | of God | and all | these
rights,
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Advance | your stand|ards, draw | your wil|ling swords.
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For me,| the rans|om of | my bold | attempt,
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T T
Shall be | this cold | corpse on the | earth's
cold face,
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But if | I thrive,| the gain | of my | attempt,
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The least | of you | shall share | his part |
thereof.
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Sound drums and trump|ets bold|ly, and | cheerfully.
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God, and | Saint^George,| Richmond,| and
vict|ory.
[Exeunt. Enter KING RICHARD, RATCLIFF, Attendants and Forces]
KING RICHARD III
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What said | Northum|berland | as touch|ing
Rich||mond?
RATCLIFF
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That | he was / never trained | up in | arms.
KING RICHARD III
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He said | the truth:| and what | said Sur|rey
then?
RATCLIFF
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He smiled | and said,| the bet|ter for our pur|pose.
KING RICHARD III
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He || was in | the right,| and so | indeed | it
is.
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Ten the | clock | there. [clock strikes]
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Give me a | calendar:| Who saw | the sun | today?
RATCLIFF
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Not I | my lord. \\
KING RICHARD III
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Then he | disdains | to shine:| for by | the book
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He should | have braved | the east | an hour |
ago,
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A black | day will | it be | to some|body.
Rat||cliff.
RATCLIFF
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My lord.
KING RICHARD III
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The sun | will not | be seen | today,
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The sky | doth frown,| and lour | upon | our
ar||my.
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I | would these de|wy tears | were from | the ground.
T T . T ,
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Not shine today?| Why, what | is that | to me
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More than | to Rich|mond? for the // selfsame heaven
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That frowns | on me,| looks sad|ly u/pon him.
[Enter NORFOLK]
NORFOLK
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Arm, arm, my lord:| the foe | vaunts in | the
field.
KING RICHARD III
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Come, bustle, bustle.| Capar|ison | my horse.
T . T T
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Call up Lord Stan|ley, bid | him bring | his
power,
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I will | lead^forth | my sol|diers to | the
plain,
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And thus | my bat|tle shall | be ord|ered.
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My fore|ward shall | be drawn | out^all | in
length,
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Consist|ing e|qually | of horse | and foot:
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Our arch|ers shall | be plac|ed in | the midst;
T T . T
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John Duke of Nor|folk*, Thom|as Earl | of
Surrey,
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Shall have | the lead|ing of | this foot | and
horse.
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They thus direct|ed, we | will fol|low
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In || the main | battle,| whose puis|sance on eith|er side
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Shall be / well-wing|ed with | our chief|est
horse:
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This, and Saint^|George to | boot. What | thinkst
thou,| Norfolk.
NORFOLK
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A good | direc|tion war|like sov/ereign,
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This found I | on my | tent this | morning.
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Jockey of | Norfolk, | be not | so* bold,
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For Dickon | thy mast|er is bought | and sold.
(tetra with prev)
KING RICHARD III
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A thing | devis|ed by | the en|emy.
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Go* gent|lemen, eve|ry man | unto | his
charge,
,
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Let^not | our bab|bling dreams | affright | our
souls:
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For con|science is | a word | that cow|ards use,
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Devised | at first | to keep | the strong | in
awe,
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Our strong | arms be | our con|science, swords |
our law.
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March^on,| join brave/ly, let us | to it
pell-mell,
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If not | to heaven,| then hand | in hand | to
hell.
,
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What shall | I say | more than | I have | inferred?
,
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Remem|ber whom | you are | to cope | withal,
,
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A sort | of vag|abonds,| rascals,| and run|aways,
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A scum | of Bre|tons, | and base | lackey |
peasants, (hex with prev)
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Whom their / ore-cloy|ed count|ry vom|its forth
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To des|perate advent|ures, and | assured | destruc||tion.
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You | sleeping | safe, they | bring to you |
unrest:
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You* hav|ing lands,| and blessed | with beaut|eous
wives,
,
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They would re|strain the | one, dis|tain the |
other,
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And who | doth lead | them, but a | paltry |
fellow?
T T .
T
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Long kept in Brit|ain at | our moth|er's cost,
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A milk-sop, one | that nev|er in | his life
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Felt so | much cold,| as ov|er shoes | in snow:
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Let's^whip | these strag|glers ore | the seas |
again,
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Lash^hence | these ov|erween|ing rags | of
France,
,
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These fam|ished beg|gars, wea|ry of | their lives,
, 2
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T T T
Who (but for | dreaming | on this | fond exploit)
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For want | of means |(poor^rats)| had hanged |
themselves.
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If we | be con|quered, let / men con|quer us,
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And || not these | bastard | Bretons,| whom our
| fathers
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Have in their | own land beat|en, bobbed,| and thumped,
,
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And on | record,| left them | the heirs | of
shame.
,
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Shall* these | enjoy | our lands?| Lie with | our
wives?
,
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Ravish | our daught|ers? Hark,| I hear | their
drum,
, 3
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Right^gent|lemen of Eng|land, fight | boldly |
yeomen,
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Draw^arch|ers draw | your ar|rows to | the head,
,
T Tx T
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Spur your | proud horses hard,| and ride | in
blood,
,
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,
Amaze | the welk|in with | your brok|en staves.
, ,
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What says | Lord^Stan|ley, will | he bring | his
power?
MESSENGER
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My lord,| he doth | deny | to come.
KING RICHARD III
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Off with | his son | George's | head.
(tetra with
prev)
NORFOLK
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My lord,| the en|emy | is past | the marsh:
, 2 ,
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After the | battle,| let George Stan|ley die.
KING RICHARD III
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A thous|and hearts | are great | within | my bosom.
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Advance | our stand|ards, set | upon | our foes,
,
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Our an|cient word | of cour|age, fair |
Saint^George
, , 2 ,
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Inspire | us with the | spleen of | fiery |
dragons:
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Upon | them, vict/ory | sits on | our helps.
[Exeunt]