K. Rich. My father's death, Queen. Thy life hath that dishonour'd. Queen. Thyself is self-mis-us'd. K. Rich. Why then, by heaven,— If thou didst fear to break an oath with heaven, Queen. I go.-Write to me very shortly, And you shall understand from me her mind. K. Rich. Bear her my true love's kiss, and so farewell. [Kissing her. Exit Queen. 5 Relenting fool, and shallow, changing woman! How now? what news? 10 15 K. Rich. By time to come. [o'erpast; Ungovern'd youth, to wail it in their age. cher'd, Old barren plants, to wail it with their age. Swear not by time to come; for that thou hast Misus'd ere us'd, by times ill-us'd o'er-past.. K. Rich. As I intend to prosper, and repent! I tender not thy beauteous princely daughter! Queen. But thou didst kill my children. K. Rich. But in your daughter's womb I bury them : 25 30 35 40 Rideth a puissant navy; to the shore Ratcliff, thyself,- -or Catesby; where is he? What from your grace I shall deliver to him. The greatest strength and power he can make, And meet me suddenly at Salisbury. Cates. I go, [Exit. Rat. What, may it please you, shall I do at Salisbury? [before I go? K. Rich. Why, what wouldst thou do there, Rat. Your highness told me, I should post before. Stanl. None good, my liege, to please you 45 Nor none so bad, but well may be reported. 50| 55 Where, in that nest of spicery', they shall breed Stanl. Richmond is on the seas. K. Rich. There let him sink, and be the seas on him! White-liver'd runagate, what doth he there? Stanl.I knownot,mightysovereign, but by guess. K. Rich. Well, as you guess? [Morton, Stant. Stirr'd up by Dorset, Buckingham, and He makes for England, here to claim the crown. K. Rich. Is the chair empty? is the sword unsway'd? Is the king dead? the empire unpossess'd ? And who is England's king, but great York's heir? Then, tell me, what makes he upon the seas? Stanl. Unless for that, my liege, I cannot guess. K.Rich. Unless for that hecomes to be your liege, You cannot guess wherefore the Welshman comes. Thou wilt revolt, and fly to him, I fear. [not. Stanl. No, mighty liege; therefore mistrust me K. Rich. Where is thy power, then, to beat him back? Where be thy tenants, and thy followers? Are they not now upon the western shore, Safe-conducting the rebels from their ships? Stanl. No, my good lord, my friends are in the north. [the north, 5 K. Rich. Oh, I cry you mercy: There is my purse, to cure that blow of thine. Hath any well-advised friend proclaim'd Reward to him that brings the traitor in? [liege. 3 Mes. Such proclamation hath been made, my Enter another Messenger. 4 Mes. SirThomas Lovel,and lord marquis Dor'Tis said, my liege, in Yorkshire are in arms. [set, But this good comfort bring I to your highness,— 10 The Bretagne navy is dispers'd by tempest: Richmond, in Dorsetshire, sent out a boat Unto the shore, to ask those on the banks, If they were his assistants, yea, or no; Who answer'd him, they came from Buckingham Upon his party: he, mistrusting them, Hois'd sail,and made his course again for Bretagne. K. Rich. Cold friends to me; What do they in 15 When they should serve their sovereign in the west? Stanl. They have not been commanded, mighty king: Pleaseth your majesty to give me leave, I'll muster up my friends; and meet your grace,[20] But I'll not trust you, sir. Stanl. Most mighty sovereign, You have no cause to hold my friendship doubtful; I never was, nor never will be false. K. Rich. Well, go, muster thy men. you, leave behind But, hear [firm, K. Rich. March on, march on, since we are up If not to fight with foreign enemies, [in arms; Yet to beat down these rebels here at home. Enter Catesby. Cates. My liege,the duke of Buckingham is taken, That is the best news: That the Earl of Richmond Is with a mighty power landed at Milford, Is colder news, but yet it must be told. [here, 25 K.Rich. Away towards Salisbury; while we reason A royal battle might be won and lost:Some one take order, Buckingham be brought To Salisbury;—the rest march on with me. Your son, George Stanley: look your heart be 30 Stanl. So deal with him, as I prove true to you. Enter a Messenger. Mes. My gracious sovereign,now in Devonshire, 35 2 Mes. In Kent, my liege, the Guilfords are SCENE V. Lord Stanley's House. [Exeunt. Enter Lord Stanley, and Sir Christopher Urswick. Stanl. Sir Christopher, tell Richmond this from That, in the stye of this most bloody boar [me;My son George Stanley is frank'd up in hold; If I revolt, off goes young George's head; The fear of that withholds my present aid. 40 But, tell me, where is princely Richmond now? Chri. At Pembroke, or at Ha'rford-west, in Stanl. What men of name resort to him? [Wales. Chri. Sir Walter Herbert, a renown'd soldier; Sir Gilbert Talbot, and Sir William Stanley; Oxford, redoubted Pembroke, Sir James Blunt, And Rice ap Thomas, with a valiant crew; And many other of great name and worth: And towards London do they bend their course, If by the way they be not fought withal. [to him; Stanl. Well, hie thee to thy lord; commend me Tell him, the queen hath heartily consented He shall espouse Elizabeth her daughter. These letters will resolve him of my mind. Farewell. 3 Mes. My lord, the army of great Bucking-45 ham K. Rich. Out on ye, owls! nothing but songs of death? [He strikes him. There, take thou that, 'till thou bring better news. 3 Mes. The news I have to tell your majesty, 50| Is, that, by sudden floods and fall of waters, Buckingham's army is dispers'd and scatter'd; And he himself wander'd away alone, No man knows whither. [Exeunt. 1 i. e. opponents. The person who is called Sir Christopher here, appears by the Chronicles to have been Christopher Urswick, a batchelor in divinity; and chaplain to the countess of Richmond, who had intermarried with the lord Stanley. This priest, the history tells us, frequently went backwards and forwards, unsuspected, on messages betwixt the countess of Richmond and her husband, nd the young earl of Richmond, whilst he was preparing to make his descent on England. Dr. Johnaon has observed, that Sir was anciently a title assumed by graduates, АСТ SCENE I. ACT V. Enter the Sheriff,with Buckingham, led to execution. with him1? Sher. No, my good lord; therefore be patient. By the false faith of him whom most I trusted: 5 10 15 20 251 30 35 SCENE II. In God's name, chearly on, courageous friends, To fight against that bloody homicide. [swords, Herb. I doubt not, but his friends will turn to us. Which, in his dearest need, will fly from him. Richm. All for our vantage. Then, in God's name march: True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings; Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings. [Exeunt. [lord. Nor. We must both give and take, my loving K. Rich. Up with my tent: Here will I lie to night; [that.But where, to-morrow?-Well, all's one for Who hath descry'd the number of the traitors? Nor. Six or seven thousand is their utniost power. K. Rich. Why, our battalia trebles that account: Besides, the king's name is a tower of strength, Which they upon the adverse faction want.Up with the tent.-Come, noble gentlemen, Let us survey the vantage of the ground;Call for some men of sound direction"::Let's want no discipline, make no delay; For, lords, to-morrow is a busy day. [Exeunt. Enter, on the other side of the field, Richmond, Sir William Brandon, Oxford, Dorset, &c. Richm. The weary sun hath made a golden set, 45 And, by the bright track of his fiery car, Gives token of a goodly day to-morrow. Sir William Brandon, you shall bear my standard.-Give me some ink and paper in my tent; I'll draw the form and model of our battle, Limit each leader to his several charge, And part in just proportion our small power. My lord of Oxford,-you, Sir William Brandon,And you, Sir Walter Herbert, stay with me:The earl of Pembroke keeps his regiment;From Tamworth thither, is but one day's march.|55|Good captain Blunt, bear my good night to him, Richm. Fellows in arms, and my most loving Have we march'd on without impediment; In your embowell'd 3 bosoms,-this foul swine 2 50 The reason why the duke of Buckingham solicited an interview with the king, is explained in K. Henry VIII, Act I. i. e. the time to which the punishment of his wrongs was respited Wrongs here means wrongs done, or injurious practices. i. e. ripped up. i. e. true judge. ment; tried military skill, And 5 And by the second hour in the morning [him, Blunt. Upon my life, my lord, I'll undertake it; Let us consult upon to-morrow's business; [They withdraw into the tent. Enter, to his tent, King Richard, Ratclif, Norfolk, and Cutesby. K. Rich. What is't o'clock? Cates. It's supper-time, my lord; It's nine o'clock. K. Rich. I will not sup to-night.-- [Norfolk. K. Rich. Stir with the lark to-morrow, gentle K. Rich. Ratcliff, — Rat. My lord! [Exit. 15 20 125 30 And help to arm me, Ratcliff.-Leave me, I say. Richmond's Tent opens, and discovers him, and : Stan!. Fortune and victory sit on thy helm! Farewell: the leisure', and the fearful time 140] K. Rich. Send out a pursuivant at arms K. Rich. Bid my guard watch, and leave me. Ghost. Let me sit heavy on thy soul to-morrow! [To K. Rich. Think how thou stabb'dst me in the prime of youth At Tewksbury; despair therefore, and die!— Be cheerful, Richmond; for the wronged souls [To Richm 55 Of butcher'd princes fight in thy behalf: King Henry's issue, Richmond, comforts thee. That particular kind of candle is here meant, anciently called a watch, because, being marked out into sections, each of which was a certain proportion of time in burning, it supplied the place of the more modern instrument by which we measure the hours. 2 States are the wood of the lances. is it was usual to carry more lances than one into the field, the lightness of them was an object of consequence. 'i. c. twilight.--Cockshut is said to be a net to catch woodcocks; and as the time of taking them in this manner is in the twilight, either after sun-set or before its rising, cockshut light nay very properly express the evening or the morning twilight. i. e. by deputation, or by virtue of jetter of attorney. By staring war is probably meant war that looks big. passage stands for want of leisure. i. c. weigh me down; from peser, French. Leisure in this Enter Enter the Ghost of Henry the Sixth. Ghost. When I was mortal, my anointed body [To K. Rich. 5 Thy adversary's wife doth pray for thee. crown; Ghost. The first was I, that help'd thee to the [To K. Rich The last was I, that felt thy tyranny: O, in the battle think on Buckingham, And die in terror of thy guiltiness! Dream on, dream on, of bloody deeds and death; Fainting, despair; despairing, yield thy breath!10 I dy'd for hope', ere I could lend thee aid: [To Richm, But cheer thy heart, and be thou not dismay'd: God and good angels fight on Richmond's side; And Richard falls in height of all his pride. [The Ghosts vanish. 15 By thee was punched full of deadly holes: Vaugh. Think upon Vaughan; and, with guilty Let fall thy lance! despair, and die! All. Awake! and think, our wrongs in Richard's bosom [K. Richard starts out of his dream. K. Rich. Give me another horse,—bind up my wounds, Have mercy, Jesu!-Soft; I did but dream.- Is there a murd'rer here? No;-Yes; I am: Will conquer him ;-awake, and win the day! And in a bloody battle end thy days! 45 Let us be lead within thy bosom, Richard, Ghost. Richard, thy wife, that wretched Anne 55 Dream of success and happy victory; Nay, wherefore should they? since that I myself Rat. My lord, K. Rich. Who's there? Rat. My lord, 'tis I: The early village cock What thinkest thou? will our friends prove all i. e. I died for wishing well to you. It |