The marquis Dorset, as I hear, is fled To Richmond, in the parts where he abides. K. Rich. Come hither, Catesby: rumour it abroad, That Anne, my wife, is very grievous sick; I will take order for her keeping close.2 Inquire me out some mean-born gentleman, 3 To stop all hopes, whose growth may damage me.- Re-enter Page, with TYRREL. Is thy name-Tyrrel? Tyr. James Tyrrel, and your most obedient sub ject. K. Rich. Art thou, indeed? Tyr. Prove me, my gracious lord. K. Rich. Dar'st thou resolve to kill a friend of mine? Tyr. Please you; but I had rather kill two enemies. K. Rich. Why, then thou hast it; two deep enemies, Foes to my rest, and my sweet sleep's disturbers, 2 I will take order for her keeping close.] i. e. I will take measures that shall oblige her to keep close. 3 it stands me much upon,] i. e. it is of the utmost consequence to my designs. Are they that I would have thee deal upon:* Tyr. Let me have open means to come to them, And soon I'll rid you from the fear of them. K. Rich. Thou sing'st sweet musick. Hark, come hither, Tyrrel; Go, by this token:-Rise, and lend thine ear: [Whispers. There is no more but so:-Say, it is done, Re-enter BUCKINGHAM. [Exit. Buck. My lord, I have consider'd in my mind The late demand that you did sound me in. K. Rich. Well, let that rest. Richmond. Buck. I hear the news, my lord. Dorset is fled to K. Rich. Stanley, he is your wife's son:-Well, look to it. Buck. My lord, I claim the gift, my due by pro mise, For which your honour and your faith is pawn'd; K. Rich. Stanley, look to your wife; if she convey Letters to Richmond, you shall answer it. Buck. What says your highness to my just request? K. Rich. I do remember me,-Henry the sixth Did prophecy, that Richmond should be king, When Richmond was a little peevish boy. A king!-perhaps Buck. My lord,— deal upon i. e. act upon. We should now say-deal with; but the other was the phraseology of our author's time. K. Rich. How chance, the prophet could not at Have told me, I being by, that I should kill him? I should not live long after I saw Richmond. Buck. My lord, K. Rich. Ay, what's o'clock? I am thus bold To put your grace in mind of what you promis'd me. K. Rich. Well, but what is't o'clock? Buck. Of ten. K. Rich. Well, let it strike.5 Buck. Upon the stroke Why, let it strike? 6 K. Rich. Because that, like a Jack, thou keep'st the stroke Betwixt thy begging and my meditation. Buck. Why, then resolve me whe'r you will, or no. 5 Well, let it strike.] This seems to have been a proverbial sentence. Because that, like a Jack,-] An image, like those at St. Dunstan's church in Fleet Street, and at the market houses at several towns in this kingdom, was usually called a Jack of the clock-house. 7 To Brecknock,] To the Castle of Brecknock in Wales, where the Duke of Buckingham's estate lay. SCENE III. The same. Enter TYRREL. Tyr. The tyrannous and bloody act is done; Their lips were four red roses on a stalk, Which once, quoth Forrest, almost chang'd my mind; Enter King RICHARD. And here he comes:-All health, my sovereign lord! K. Rich. Kind Tyrrel! am I happy in thy news? Tyr. If to have done the thing you gave in charge Beget your happiness, be happy then, For it is done. K. Rich. But didst thou see them dead? Tyr. I did, my lord. K. Rich. And buried, gentle Tyrrel? Tyr. The chaplain of the Tower hath buried them; But where, to say the truth, I do not know. K. Rich. Come to me, Tyrrel, soon, at after supper, When thou shalt tell the process of their death. Mean time, but think how I may do thee good, And be inheritor of thy desire. Farewell, till then. Tyr. I humbly take my leave. [Exit. K. Rich. The son of Clarence have I pen'd up close; His daughter meanly have I match'd in marriage; Cate. My lord, Enter CATESBY. K. Rich. Good news or bad, that thou com'st in so bluntly? Cate. Bad news, my lord: Morton is fled to Richmond; And Buckingham, back'd with the hardy Welshmen, Is in the field, and still his power encreaseth. K. Rich. Ely with Richmond troubles me more near, Than Buckingham and his rash-levied strength. 8 the Bretagne Richmond-] He thus denominates Richmond, because after the battle of Tewksbury he had taken refuge in the court of Francis II. Duke of Bretagne, where by the procurement of King Edward IV. he was kept a long time in a kind of honourable custody. |