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ACT IV - SCENE III. The same.
Enter TYRREL

TYRREL
1    The tyrannous and bloody deed is done.
2    The most arch of piteous massacre
3    That ever yet this land was guilty of.
4    Dighton and Forrest, whom I did suborn
5    To do this ruthless piece of butchery,
6    Although they were flesh'd villains, bloody dogs,
7    Melting with tenderness and kind compassion
8    Wept like two children in their deaths' sad stories.
9    'Lo, thus' quoth Dighton, 'lay those tender babes:'
10   'Thus, thus,' quoth Forrest, 'girdling one another
11   Within their innocent alabaster arms:
12   Their lips were four red roses on a stalk,
13   Which in their summer beauty kiss'd each other.
14   A book of prayers on their pillow lay;
15   Which once,' quoth Forrest, 'almost changed my mind;
16   But O! the devil'--there the villain stopp'd
17   Whilst Dighton thus told on: 'We smothered
18   The most replenished sweet work of nature,
19   That from the prime creation e'er she framed.'
20   Thus both are gone with conscience and remorse;
21   They could not speak; and so I left them both,
22   To bring this tidings to the bloody king.
23   And here he comes.
Enter KING RICHARD III
24   All hail, my sovereign liege!
KING RICHARD III
25   Kind Tyrrel, am I happy in thy news?
TYRREL
26   If to have done the thing you gave in charge
27   Beget your happiness, be happy then,
28   For it is done, my lord.
KING RICHARD III
29   But didst thou see them dead?
TYRREL
30   I did, my lord.
KING RICHARD III
31   And buried, gentle Tyrrel?
TYRREL
32   The chaplain of the Tower hath buried them;
33   But how or in what place I do not know.
KING RICHARD III
34   Come to me, Tyrrel, soon at after supper,
35   And thou shalt tell the process of their death.
36   Meantime, but think how I may do thee good,
37   And be inheritor of thy desire.
38   Farewell till soon.
Exit TYRREL
39   The son of Clarence have I pent up close;
40   His daughter meanly have I match'd in marriage;
41   The sons of Edward sleep in Abraham's bosom,
42   And Anne my wife hath bid the world good night.
43   Now, for I know the Breton Richmond aims
44   At young Elizabeth, my brother's daughter,
45   And, by that knot, looks proudly o'er the crown,
46   To her I go, a jolly thriving wooer.
Enter CATESBY

CATESBY
47   My lord!
KING RICHARD III
48   Good news or bad, that thou comest in so bluntly?
CATESBY
49   Bad news, my lord: Ely is fled to Richmond;
50   And Buckingham, back'd with the hardy Welshmen,
51   Is in the field, and still his power increaseth.
KING RICHARD III
52   Ely with Richmond troubles me more near
53   Than Buckingham and his rash-levied army.
54   Come, I have heard that fearful commenting
55   Is leaden servitor to dull delay;
56   Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary
57   Then fiery expedition be my wing,
58   Jove's Mercury, and herald for a king!
59   Come, muster men: my counsel is my shield;
60   We must be brief when traitors brave the field.
Exeunt

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Scene Index
ACT I
  • SCENE I
  • SCENE II
  • SCENE III
  • SCENE IV


  • ACT II
  • SCENE I
  • SCENE II
  • SCENE III
  • SCENE IV


  • ACT III
  • SCENE I
  • SCENE II
  • SCENE III
  • SCENE IV
  • SCENE V
  • SCENE VI
  • SCENE VII


  • ACT IV
  • SCENE I
  • SCENE II
  • SCENE III
  • SCENE IV
  • SCENE V


  • ACT V
  • SCENE I
  • SCENE II
  • SCENE III
  • SCENE IV
  • SCENE V

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