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Richard III
[II, 4]

Thomas Rotherham

1484

Last night, I hear, they lay at Northampton;
At Stony-Stratford will they be to-night:
To-morrow, or next day, they will be here.

2

Richard III
[II, 4]

Duchess of York

1487

I long with all my heart to see the prince:
I hope he is much grown since last I saw him.

3

Richard III
[III, 2]

Lord Hastings

1885

I tell thee, man, 'tis better with me now
Than when I met thee last where now we meet:
Then was I going prisoner to the Tower,
By the suggestion of the queen's allies;
But now, I tell thee—keep it to thyself—
This day those enemies are put to death,
And I in better state than e'er I was.

4

Richard III
[III, 2]

Lord Hastings

1899

I thank thee, good Sir John, with all my heart.
I am in your debt for your last exercise;
Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you.

5

Richard III
[III, 4]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

1983

When I was last in Holborn,
I saw good strawberries in your garden there
I do beseech you send for some of them.

6

Richard III
[III, 7]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

2352

I know not whether to depart in silence,
Or bitterly to speak in your reproof.
Best fitteth my degree or your condition
If not to answer, you might haply think
Tongue-tied ambition, not replying, yielded
To bear the golden yoke of sovereignty,
Which fondly you would here impose on me;
If to reprove you for this suit of yours,
So season'd with your faithful love to me.
Then, on the other side, I cheque'd my friends.
Therefore, to speak, and to avoid the first,
And then, in speaking, not to incur the last,
Definitively thus I answer you.
Your love deserves my thanks; but my desert
Unmeritable shuns your high request.
First if all obstacles were cut away,
And that my path were even to the crown,
As my ripe revenue and due by birth
Yet so much is my poverty of spirit,
So mighty and so many my defects,
As I had rather hide me from my greatness,
Being a bark to brook no mighty sea,
Than in my greatness covet to be hid,
And in the vapour of my glory smother'd.
But, God be thank'd, there's no need of me,
And much I need to help you, if need were;
The royal tree hath left us royal fruit,
Which, mellow'd by the stealing hours of time,
Will well become the seat of majesty,
And make, no doubt, us happy by his reign.
On him I lay what you would lay on me,
The right and fortune of his happy stars;
Which God defend that I should wring from him!

7

Richard III
[IV, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

2583

Give me thy hand.
[Here he ascendeth his throne]
Thus high, by thy advice
And thy assistance, is King Richard seated;
But shall we wear these honours for a day?
Or shall they last, and we rejoice in them?

8

Richard III
[IV, 2]

Duke of Buckingham

2589

Still live they and for ever may they last!

9

Richard III
[IV, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

2701

Richmond! When last I was at Exeter,
The mayor in courtesy show'd me the castle,
And call'd it Rougemont: at which name I started,
Because a bard of Ireland told me once
I should not live long after I saw Richmond.

10

Richard III
[IV, 4]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

2963

And came I not at last to comfort you?

11

Richard III
[IV, 4]

Queen Elizabeth

3057

Be brief, lest that be process of thy kindness
Last longer telling than thy kindness' date.

12

Richard III
[IV, 4]

Queen Elizabeth

3157

But how long shall that title 'ever' last?

13

Richard III
[IV, 4]

Queen Elizabeth

3159

But how long fairly shall her sweet lie last?

14

Richard III
[V, 3]

Duke of Buckingham

3665

[To KING RICHARD III]
The last was I that helped thee to the crown;
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!
[To RICHMOND]
I died for hope ere I could lend thee aid:
But cheer thy heart, and be thou not dismay'd:
God and good angel fight on Richmond's side;
And Richard falls in height of all his pride.