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Scene IIIThe sameEnter TyrrelTyrrelThe tyrannous and bloody deed is done. The most arch of piteous massacre That ever yet this land was guilty of. Dighton and Forrest, whom I did suborn To do this ruthless piece of butchery, Although they were flesh’d villains, bloody dogs, Melting with tenderness and kind compassion Wept like two children in their deaths’ sad stories. ‘Lo, thus’ quoth Dighton, ’lay those tender babes:’ ‘Thus, thus,’ quoth Forrest, ‘girdling one another Within their innocent alabaster arms: Their lips were four red roses on a stalk, Which in their summer beauty kiss’d each other. A book of prayers on their pillow lay; Which once,’ quoth Forrest, ‘almost changed my mind; But O! the devil’—there the villain stopp’d Whilst Dighton thus told on: ‘We smothered The most replenished sweet work of nature, That from the prime creation e’er she framed.’ Thus both are gone with conscience and remorse; They could not speak; and so I left them both, To bring this tidings to the bloody king. And here he comes.Enter King Richard IIIAll hail, my sovereign liege!King Richard IIIKind Tyrrel, am I happy in thy news?TyrrelIf to have done the thing you gave in charge Beget your happiness, be happy then, For it is done, my lord.King Richard IIIBut didst thou see them dead?TyrrelI did, my lord.King Richard IIIAnd buried, gentle Tyrrel?TyrrelThe chaplain of the Tower hath buried them; But how or in what place I do not know.King Richard IIICome to me, Tyrrel, soon at after supper, And thou shalt tell the process of their death. Meantime, but think how I may do thee good, And be inheritor of thy desire. Farewell till soon.Exit TyrrelThe son of Clarence have I pent up close; His daughter meanly have I match’d in marriage; The sons of Edward sleep in Abraham’s bosom, And Anne my wife hath bid the world good night. Now, for I know the Breton Richmond aims At young Elizabeth, my brother’s daughter, And, by that knot, looks proudly o’er the crown, To her I go, a jolly thriving wooer.Enter CatesbyCatesbyMy lord!King Richard IIIGood news or bad, that thou comest in so bluntly?CatesbyBad news, my lord: Ely is fled to Richmond; And Buckingham, back’d with the hardy Welshmen, Is in the field, and still his power increaseth.King Richard IIIEly with Richmond troubles me more near Than Buckingham and his rash-levied army. Come, I have heard that fearful commenting Is leaden servitor to dull delay; Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary Then fiery expedition be my wing, Jove’s Mercury, and herald for a king! Come, muster men: my counsel is my shield; We must be brief when traitors brave the field.Exeunt
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William Shakespeare: Richard III, Act IV, Scene II
- William Shakespeare: Richard III, Act IV, Scene II
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