I am not in the giving vein to-day. Buck. Why, then resolve me whe'r you will, or no. K.Rich. Thou troublest me; I am not in the vein. [Exeunt K. RICHARD and Train. Buck. And is it thus ? repays he my deep service With such contempt? made I him king for this? O, let me think on Hastings; and be gone To Brecknock, while my fearful head is on. SCENE III. The same. Enter TYRREL. Tyr. The tyrannous and bloody act is done; [Exit. Albeit they were flesh'd villains, bloody dogs, Their lips were four red roses on a stalk, Which once, quoth Forrest, almost chang'd my mind; Enter King RICHARD. And here he comes :-All health, my sovereign lord! K.Rich. Kind Tyrrel! am I happy in thy news? Tyr. If to have done the thing you gave in charge Beget your happiness, be happy then, For it is done. K. Rich. But didst thou see them dead? tomatons, and bids him not suspend the stroke on the clock-bell, but strike, that the hour may be past, and himself be at liberty to pursue his meditations. SIR J. HAWKINS. Tyr. I did, my lord. K.Rich. And buried, gentle Tyrrel ? Tyr. The chaplain of the Tower hath buried them; But where, to say the truth, I do not know. K.Rich. Come to me, Tyrrel, soon, at after supper, When thou shalt tell the process of their death. Meantime, but think how I may do thee good, And be inheritor of thy desire. Farewel, till then. [Exit. Tyr. I humbly take my leave. K.Rich. The son of Clarence have I penn'd up close ;7 His daughter meanly have I match'd in marriage; The sons of Edward sleep in Abraham's bosom, And Anne my wife hath bid the world good night. Now, for I know the Bretagne Richmond aims At young Elizabeth, my brother's daughter, And, by that knot, looks proudly on the crown, To her go I, a jolly thriving wooer. Cate. My lord, Enter CATESBY. K.Rich. Good news or bad, that thou com'st in so bluntly? Cate. Bad news, my lord: Morton is fled to Richmond; And Buckingham, back'd with the hardy Welshmen, Is in the field, and still his power increaseth. K.Rich. Ely with Richmond troubles me more near, Delay leads impotent and snail-pac'd beggary : Jove's Mercury, and herald for a king! Go, muster men: My counsel is my shield; We must be brief, when traitors brave the field. [Exe. [7] In Sheriff Hutton Castle, Yorkshire; where he remained till the coming of Henry VII, who immediately after the battle of Bosworth sent him to the Tower, and some few years after, most treacherously and barbarously put him to death; being, from a total want of education and commerce with mankind, so ignorant, that he could not, according to Hall, discern a goose from a capon. With this unfortunate young nobleman ended the male line of the illustrious house of Plantagenet. RITSON [8] Timorous thought and cautious disquisition are dull attendants du delay. JOHNS. SCENE IV. The same. Before the Palace. Enter Queen MARGARET. And will to France; hoping the consequence Withdraw thee, wretched Margaret! who comes here? Q.Mar. Hover about her; say, that right for right' Hath dimm'd your infant morn to aged night. Duch. So many miseries have craz'd my voice, That my woe-wearied tongue is still and mute.Edward Plantagenet, why art thou dead? Q.Mar. Plantagenet doth quit Plantagenet, Edward for Edward pays a dying debt. Q.Eliz. Wilt thou, O God, fly from such gentle lambs, And throw them in the entrails of the wolf? When didst thou sleep, when such a deed was done? Q.Mar. When holy Harry dy'd, and my sweet son. Duch. Dead life, blind sight, poor mortal-living ghost, Woe's scene, world's shame, grave's due by life usurp'd, Brief abstract and record of tedious days, Rest thy unrest on England's lawful earth, [Sitting down Unlawfully made drunk with innocent blood! Q.Eliz. Ah, that thou wouldst as soon afford a grave, As thou canst yield a melancholy seat; Then would I hide my bones, not rest them here! Ah, who hath any cause to mourn, but we? [Sitting down by her. Q.Mar. If ancient sorrow be most reverent, Give mine the benefit of seniory, 2 [9] Induction is preface, introduction, first part. JOHNS. [1] Right for right is justice answering to the claims of justice. JOHNS. [23 Seniory, for seniority. JOHNS. And let my griefs frown on the upper hand. If sorrow can admit society, [Sitting down with them. Tell o'er your woes again by viewing mine : I had an Edward, till a Richard kill'd him ; I had a husband, till a Richard kill'd him : Duch. I had a Richard too, and thou didst kill him; I had a Rutland too, thou holp'st to kill him. Q.Mar. Thou hadst a Clarence too, and Richard kill'd him. From forth the kennel of thy womb hath crept Q.Mar. Bear with me; I am hungry for revenge, Thy Edward he is dead, that kill'd my Edward; Thy Clarence he is dead, that stabb'd my Edward; The adulterate Hastings, Rivers, Vaughan, Grey, Richard yet lives, hell's black intelligencer; And send them thither: But at hand, at hand, Earth gapes, hell burns, fiends roar, saints pray, [3] Per-fellow seems to be companion. We have now a new phrase, nearly equivalent, by which we say of persons in the same difficulties, that they are in the same box. JOHNS. [4] Boot is that which is thrown in to mend a purchase. JOHNS. That I may live to say, The dog is dead! my fortune; Q.Eliz. Oh, thou didst prophesy, the time would come, That I should wish for thee to help me curse That bottled spider, that foul bunch-back'd toad. Q.Mar. I call'd thee then, vain flourish of I call'd thee then, poor shadow, painted queen ; The presentation of,but what I was, The flattering index of a direful pageant, 5 One heav'd a high, to be hurl'd down below: A mother only mock'd with two fair babes ; A dream of what thou wast; a garish flag, To be the aim of every dangerous shot ;6 A sign of dignity, a breath, a bubble ; A queen in jest, only to fill the scene. Where is thy husband now? where be thy brothers? Farewel, York's wife-and queen of sad mischance- [5] Pageants are dumb shows, and the poet meant to allude to one of these, the index of which promised a happier conclusion, The pageants then displayed on public occasions were generally preceded by a brief account of the order in which the characters were to walk. These indexes were distributed among the spectators, that they might understand the meaning of such allegorical stuff as was usually exhibited. The index of every book was anciently placed before the beginning of it. STEEV. [6] Alluding to the dangerous situation of those persons to whose care the standards of armies were entrusted. STEEV. 32 VOL. V. |