Queen. Give me no help in lamentation, 5 rence! Dutch. Alas, for both, both mine, Edward and Queen. What stay had I, but Edward? and he's 10 [gone. Chil. What stay had we, but Clarence? and he's Dutch. What stays had I, but they? and they gone. are gone. Queen. Was never widow, had so dear a loss. : Dor. Comfort, dear mother; God is much displeas'd, 15 The broken rancour of your high-swoln hearts, Rio. Why with some little train, my lord of Buck. Marry, my lord, lest, by a multitude, Glo. I hope, the king made peace with all of us; Riv. And so in me; and so, I think, in all: 25 That you take with unthankfulness his doing: him, Glo. Then be it so: and go we to determine Manent Buckingham, and Gloster. As index to the story we late talk'd of, Topart the queen's proud kindred from the prince. Glo. My other self, my counsel's consistory, My oracle, my prophet!-My dear cousin, I, as a child, will go by thy direction. And plant your joys in living Edward's throne. 40 Towards Ludlow then, for we'll not stay behind. Let him be crown'd: in him your comfort lives: Enter Gloster, Buckingham, Stanley, Hastings, and Ratcliff. Glo. Sister, have comfort: all of us have cause Glo. Amen; and make me die a good old man!- Buck. You cloudy princes, and heart-sorrowing That bear this mutual heavy load of moan, Now chear each other in each other's love: Though we have spent our harvest of this king, We are to reap the harvest of his son. 50 1551 SCENE III. A Street near the Court. Enter two Citizens, meeting. [Exeunt. 1 Cit. Good morrow, neighbour: Whither away so fast? 2 Cit. I promise you, I hardly know myself: Hear you the news abroad? Cit. Yes, that the king is dead. [better: 2 Cit. Ill news, by'r lady: seldom comes a I fear, I fear, 'twill prove a giddy world. Enter another Citizen. 3 Cit. Neighbours, God speed' 1 Cit. Give you good morrow, sir. [death? 3 Cit. Doth the news hold of good king Edward's 2 Cit. Ay, sir, it is too true; God help, the while! SCit.Then,masters, lookto see a troublousworld. 'Edward the young prince, in his father's life-time, and at his demise, kept his household at Ludlow, as prince of Wales, under the governance of Anthony Woodville, earl of Rivers, his uncle by the mother's side. The intention of his being sent thither was to see justice done in the Marches; and, by the authority of his presence, to restrain the Welchmen, who were wild, dissolute, and ill-disposed, from their accustomed murders and outrages. i. e. your opinions. 2. e. preparatory-by way of prelude. 1 Cit. No, no; by God's good grace, his son 3 Cit. Woe to that land, that's govern'd by a 3 Cit. Stood the state so? no, no, good friends, 10 For then this land was famously enrich'd 1 Cit. Come, come, we fear the worst; all will 2 Cit. Truly, the hearts of men are full of fear: You cannot reason almost with a man That looks not heavily, and full of dread. 30 3 Cit. Before the days of change, still is it so:35 By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust Ensuing danger; as, by proof, we see The water swell before a boist'rous storm. But leave it all to God. Whither away? 2 Cit. Marry, we were sent for to the justices. 3 Cit. And so was I; I'll bear you company. SCENE IV. A Room in the Palace. [Exeunt. Enter Archbishop of York, the young Duke of York, 40 45 1 That, if his rule were true, he should be gracious. Arch. And so, no doubt, he is, my gracious madam. I Dutch. I hope, he is; but yet let mothers doubt. York. Now, by my troth, if I had been remember'd', could have given my uncle's grace a flout, York. Marry, they say, my uncle grew so fast, [this? Dutch. His nurse! why, she was dead ere thou Dutch. Good madam, be not angry with the Enter a Messenger. [unfold. Arch. Here comes a messenger: What news? Mes. Lord Rivers, and lord Grey, [ham. Dutch. Who hath committed them? Mes. The sum of all I can, I have disclos'd; Queen, Ah me, I see the ruin of my house! Upon the innocent and awless' throne :Welcome destruction, blood, and massacre! 50I see, as in a map, the end of all. Dutch, Accursed and unquiet wrangling days! York. Ay, mother, but I would not have it so. [ter, Clean over-blown, themselves, the conquerors, 1 Wretched here means paltry, pitiful, being below expectation. 2 To be remembered is used by Shakspeare to imply, to have one's memory quick, to have one's thoughts about one. is keen, shrewd, i. e. not producing awe, not reverenced. To jut upon is to encroach. Tt4 3 Parlous Queen. Queen. You have no cause. Arch. My gracious lady, go. As well I tender you, and all of 5 Come, I'll conduct you to the san SCENE I. In London. ACT III. The trumpets sound. Enter the Prince of Wales, the Dukes of Gloster and Buckingham, Cardinal Bourchier, and others. Buck. WELCOME, sweet prince, to London, to your chamber'. [reign: Glo. Welcome, dear cousin, my thoughts' soveThe weary way hath made you melancholy. Prince. No, uncle; but our crosses on the way Have made it tedious, wearisome, and heavy: I want more uncles here to welcome me. [years Glo. Sweet prince, the untainted virtue of your Hath not yet div'd into the world's deceit :" No more can you distinguish of a man, Than of his outward shew; which, God he knows, Seldom, or never, jumpeth with the heart. Those uncles, which you want, were dangerous; Your grace attended to their sugar'd words, But look'd not on the poison of their hearts: God keep you from them, and from such false friends! Prince. God keep me from false friends! but they were none. [greet you. Glo. My lord, the mayor of London comes to Enter the Lord Mayor, and his Train. Mayor. God bless your grace with health and happy days! Prince. I thank you, good my lord :-and thank you all. I thought, my mother, and my brother York, Would long ere this have met us on the way :Fie, what a slug is Hastings! that he comes not To tell us, whether they will come, or no. Enter Hastings. Can from his mother win the duk Anon expect hini here: But if she To mild entreaties, God in heav We should infringe the holy priv Of blessed sanctuary! not for all 25 Would I be guilty of so deep as 30 35 140 45 Buck. You are too senseless-obs Too ceremonious, and traditiona Weigh it but with the grossness You break not sanctuary in seizin The benefit thereof is always gran To those whose dealings have des And those who have the wit to cla This prince hath neither claim'd it, Therefore, in mine opinion, cann Then, taking him from thence, tha You break no privilege nor chart Oft I have heard of sanctuary me But sanctuary children, ne'er till Card. My lord, you shall o'er for once. Come on, lord Hastings, will you Hast. I go, my lord. Prince. Good lords, make all th you may. [Exeunt Cardinal, Say, uncle Gloster, if our brother Where shall we sojourn 'till our co Glo. Where it seems best unto y If I may counsel you, some day, 50 Your highness shall repose you at Then where you please, and sha most fit Buck, And, in good time, here comes the sweating lord. [mother come? Prince. Welcome, my lord: What, will our Hast. On what occasion, God he knows, not I, The queen your mother, and your brother York, 55 Have taken sanctuary: The tender prince Would fain have come with me to meet your grace, But by his mother was perforce withheld, Buck. Fie! what an indirect and peevish course Is this of hers?-Lord cardinal, will your grace 60 For your best health and recreatio Prince. I do not like the Tower, o Did Julius Cæsar build that place, Glo. He did, my gracious lord, be Which, since, succeeding ages have Prince. Is it upon record? or el Successively from age to age, he b Buck. Upon record, my graciou 2 Ceremonious for superstitious; t Prince. But say, my lord, it were not register'd ;[ Methinks, the truth should live from age to age, As 'twere retail'd' to all posterity, Even to the general all-ending day. Glo. How? Prince. My lord of York will still be cross in falk; Glo. So wise so young, they say, do ne'er live 5 Uncle, your grace knows how to bear with him. long 2. Prince. What say you, uncle? Glo. I say, without characters, fame lives long. Thus, like the formal vice, Iniquity, I moralize, two meanings in one word. } Aside. Prince. That Julius Caesar was a famous man; 4 Glo. Short summers lightly have a forward spring. [Aside York. You mean to bear me, not to bear with Enter York, Hastings, and the Cardinal. Buck. Now, in good time, here comes the 25 [brother? duke of York. Prince. Richard of York, how fares our loving now. Prince. Ay, brother; to our grief, as it is yours: 30 Too late he died, that might have kept that title, Which by his death has lost much majesty. Glo. How fares our cousin, noble lord of York? York. And therefore is he idle? Prince. My lord protector needs will have it so. York. Marry, my uncle Clarence' angry ghost; Glo. Nor none that live, I hope. Prince. An if they live, I hope, I need not fear. But come, my lord, and, with a heavy heart, Thinking on them, go I unto the Tower. [Exeunt Prince, York, Hastings, Cardinal, Buck. Think you, my lord, this little prating Was not incensed by his subtle mother, Glo. O my fair cousin, I must not say so. York. Of my kind uncle, that I know will give: gifts; In weightier things you'll say a beggar, nay. 55 As deeply to effect what we intend, Cates. He for his father's sake so loves the prince, Cates. He will do all in all as Hastings doth. Catesby, And, as it were far off, sound thou lord Hastings, A proverbial line. By vice the author means not a quality, but a To sit about the coronation. Glo. Commend me to lord William: tell him,| Hast. Go, fellow, go, return unto thy lord; His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries Cates. My good lords both, with all the heed I Buck. Now, my lord, what shall we do, if we perceive Lord Hastings will not yield to our complots? And, look, when I am king, claim thou of me Cates. Many good morrows to my noble lord Hast. Good morrow, Catesby; you are early stirring; What news, what news, in this our tottering state? And, thereupon, he sends you this good news,35 That, this same very day, your enemies, The kindred of the queen, must die at Pomfret. God knows, I will not do it, to the death. [mind! 45 That they, who brought me in my master's hate, Well, Catesby, ere a fortnight make me older, Cates. 'Tis a vile thing to die, my gracious lord, 50 When men are unprepar'd, and look not for it. Mes.Then certifies your lordship, that this night Hast.Omonstrous, monstrous! and so falls it out Cates. The princes both make high account of you. For they account his head upon the bridge. [Aside. 1i. e. a private consultation, separate from the known and public council. rashed is alway given to describe the violence inflicted by a boar. By a boar, throughout this scene, 2. This term rased or is meant Gloster, who was called the boar, or the hog, as has been before observed, from his having a boar for his cognizance, and one of the supporters of his coat of arms. or act of malevolence, by which they may be justified. 3i.e, wanting some example Enter |