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Richard III
[I, 1]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

2

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths;
Our bruised arms hung up for monuments;
Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings,
Our dreadful marches to delightful measures.
Grim-visaged war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front;
And now, instead of mounting barded steeds
To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,
He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber
To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.
But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks,
Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass;
I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty
To strut before a wanton ambling nymph;
I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion,
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,
Deformed, unfinish'd, sent before my time
Into this breathing world, scarce half made up,
And that so lamely and unfashionable
That dogs bark at me as I halt by them;
Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace,
Have no delight to pass away the time,
Unless to spy my shadow in the sun
And descant on mine own deformity:
And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover,
To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
I am determined to prove a villain
And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,
By drunken prophecies, libels and dreams,
To set my brother Clarence and the king
In deadly hate the one against the other:
And if King Edward be as true and just
As I am subtle, false and treacherous,
This day should Clarence closely be mew'd up,
About a prophecy, which says that 'G'
Of Edward's heirs the murderer shall be.
Dive, thoughts, down to my soul: here
Clarence comes.
[Enter CLARENCE, guarded, and BRAKENBURY]
Brother, good day; what means this armed guard
That waits upon your grace?

2

Richard III
[I, 1]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

52

Alack, my lord, that fault is none of yours;
He should, for that, commit your godfathers:
O, belike his majesty hath some intent
That you shall be new-christen'd in the Tower.
But what's the matter, Clarence? may I know?

3

Richard III
[I, 1]

Sir Robert Brakenbury

89

I beseech your graces both to pardon me;
His majesty hath straitly given in charge
That no man shall have private conference,
Of what degree soever, with his brother.

4

Richard III
[I, 1]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

119

Well, your imprisonment shall not be long;
Meantime, have patience.

5

Richard III
[I, 1]

Lord Hastings

133

With patience, noble lord, as prisoners must:
But I shall live, my lord, to give them thanks
That were the cause of my imprisonment.

6

Richard III
[I, 1]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

136

No doubt, no doubt; and so shall Clarence too;
For they that were your enemies are his,
And have prevail'd as much on him as you.

7

Richard III
[I, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

376

Tush, that was in thy rage:
Speak it again, and, even with the word,
That hand, which, for thy love, did kill thy love,
Shall, for thy love, kill a far truer love;
To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary.

8

Richard III
[I, 2]

Lady Anne

387

That shall you know hereafter.

9

Richard III
[I, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

388

But shall I live in hope?

10

Richard III
[I, 3]

Lord (Earl) Rivers

473

Is it concluded that he shall be protector?

11

Richard III
[I, 3]

Queen Margaret

764

What, dost thou scorn me for my gentle counsel?
And soothe the devil that I warn thee from?
O, but remember this another day,
When he shall split thy very heart with sorrow,
And say poor Margaret was a prophetess!
Live each of you the subjects to his hate,
And he to yours, and all of you to God's!

12

Richard III
[I, 4]

Second Murderer

935

What, shall we stab him as he sleeps?

13

Richard III
[I, 4]

Second Murderer

937

When he wakes! why, fool, he shall never wake till
the judgment-day.

14

Richard III
[I, 4]

Second Murderer

980

Spoke like a tail fellow that respects his
reputation. Come, shall we to this gear?

15

Richard III
[I, 4]

First Murderer

986

Hark! he stirs: shall I strike?

16

Richard III
[I, 4]

Second Murderer

989

You shall have wine enough, my lord, anon.

17

Richard III
[I, 4]

George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence)

1006

I shall be reconciled to him again.

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Richard III
[I, 4]

George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence)

1053

Oh, if you love my brother, hate not me;
I am his brother, and I love him well.
If you be hired for meed, go back again,
And I will send you to my brother Gloucester,
Who shall reward you better for my life
Than Edward will for tidings of my death.

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Richard III
[I, 4]

Second Murderer

1085

What shall we do?

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Richard III
[I, 4]

First Murderer

1107

How now! what mean'st thou, that thou help'st me not?
By heavens, the duke shall know how slack thou art!