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His treasons will sit blushing in his face; Not able to endure the sight of 

day; But self…affrighted tremble at his sin。 Not all the water in the rough 

rude   sea   Can   wash   the   balm   off   from   an   anointed   king;   The   breath   of 

worldly   men   cannot   depose   The   deputy   elected   by   the   Lord。   For   every 

man that Bolingbroke hath press'd To lift shrewd steel against our golden 

crown; God for his Richard hath in heavenly pay A glorious angel。 Then; if 

angels fight; Weak men must fall; for heaven still guards the right。 

       Enter SALISBURY 

       Welcome; my lord。 How far off lies your power? SALISBURY。 Nor 

near   nor   farther   off;   my   gracious   lord;   Than   this   weak   arm。   Discomfort 

guides my tongue; And bids me speak of nothing but despair。 One day too 

late; I fear me; noble lord; Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth。 O; 

call back yesterday; bid time return; And thou shalt have twelve thousand 

fighting men! To…day; to…day; unhappy day; too late; O'erthrows thy joys; 

friends;   fortune;   and   thy   state;   For   all   the   Welshmen;   hearing   thou   wert 

dead; Are gone to Bolingbroke; dispers'd; and fled。 AUMERLE。 Comfort; 

my liege; why looks your Grace so pale? KING RICHARD。 But now the 

blood of twenty thousand men Did triumph in my face; and they are fled; 

And; till so much blood thither come again; Have I not reason to look pale 

and dead? All souls that will be safe; fly from my side; For time hath set a 

blot upon my pride。 AUMERLE。 Comfort; my liege; remember who you 

are。 KING RICHARD。 I had forgot myself; am I not King? Awake; thou 

coward   majesty!   thou   sleepest。   Is   not   the   King's   name   twenty   thousand 

names? Arm;   arm;   my   name!   a   puny   subject   strikes At   thy   great   glory。 

Look not to the ground; Ye favourites of a king; are we not high? High be 

our thoughts。 I know my uncle York Hath power enough to serve our turn。 

But who comes here? 

       Enter SCROOP SCROOP。 More health and happiness betide my liege 

Than can my care…tun'd tongue deliver him。 KING RICHARD。 Mine ear is 

open and my heart prepar'd。 The worst is worldly loss thou canst unfold。 

Say; is my kingdom lost? Why; 'twas my care; And what loss is it to be rid 

of care? Strives Bolingbroke to be as great as we? Greater he shall not be; 



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if   he   serve   God;   We'll   serve   him   too;   and   be   his   fellow   so。   Revolt   our 

subjects? That we cannot mend; They break their faith to God as well as 

us。 Cry woe; destruction; ruin; and decay… The worst is death; and death 

will have his day。 SCROOP。 Glad am I that your Highness is so arm'd To 

bear   the   tidings   of   calamity。   Like   an   unseasonable   stormy   day   Which 

makes      the  silver  rivers   drown     their  shores;   As   if  the  world    were   all 

dissolv'd to tears; So high above his limits swells the rage Of Bolingbroke; 

covering   your   fearful   land With   hard bright   steel   and hearts   harder   than 

steel。 White…beards   have   arm'd their thin   and hairless scalps Against thy 

majesty;   boys;   with   women's   voices;   Strive   to   speak   big;   and   clap   their 

female      joints   In  stiff  unwieldy      arms    against   thy   crown;     Thy    very 

beadsmen learn to bend their bows Of double…fatal yew against thy state; 

Yea; distaff…women manage rusty bills Against thy seat: both young and 

old rebel; And all goes worse than I have power to tell。 KING RICHARD。 

Too well; too well thou tell'st a tale so in。 Where is the Earl of Wiltshire? 

Where is Bagot? What is become of Bushy? Where is Green? That they 

have   let   the   dangerous   enemy   Measure   our   confines   with   such   peaceful 

steps? If we prevail; their heads shall pay for it。 I warrant they have made 

peace with Bolingbroke。 SCROOP。 Peace have they made with him indeed; 

my lord。 KING RICHARD。 O villains; vipers; damn'd without redemption! 

Dogs; easily won to fawn on any man! Snakes; in my heart…blood warm'd; 

that   sting   my   heart!   Three   Judases;   each   one   thrice   worse   than   Judas! 

Would they make peace? Terrible hell make war Upon their spotted souls 

for this offence! SCROOP。 Sweet love; I see; changing his property; Turns 

to the sourest and most deadly hate。 Again uncurse their souls; their peace 

is made With heads; and not with hands; those whom you curse Have felt 

the   worst   of   death's   destroying   wound   And   lie   full   low;   grav'd   in   the 

hollow   ground。 AUMERLE。   Is   Bushy;   Green;   and   the   Earl   of   Wiltshire 

dead? SCROOP。 Ay; all of them at Bristow lost their heads。 AUMERLE。 

Where   is   the   Duke   my   father   with   his   power?   KING   RICHARD。   No 

matter where…of comfort no man speak。 Let's talk of graves; of worms; and 

epitaphs; Make dust our paper; and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the 

bosom of the earth。 Let's choose executors and talk of wills; And yet not 

so…for what can we bequeath Save our deposed bodies to the ground? Our 



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lands; our lives;  and an;  are Bolingbroke's。 And   nothing can   we can   our 

own but death And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as 

paste and cover to our  bones。 For  God's sake let us sit   upon the  ground 

And tell sad stories of the death of kings: How some have been depos'd; 

some slain in war; Some haunted by the ghosts they have depos'd; Some 

poison'd by their wives; some sleeping kill'd; All murder'd…for within the 

hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his 

court; and there the antic sits; Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp; 

Allowing him  a   breath;   a   little   scene; To   monarchize;   be   fear'd;   and   kill 

with looks; Infusing him with self and vain conceit; As if this flesh which 

walls about our life Were brass impregnable; and; humour'd thus; Comes 

at the last; and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall; and farewell; 

king!    Cover    your   heads;   and   mock    not  flesh   and  blood    With   solemn 

reverence;   throw   away   respect;   Tradition;   form;   and   ceremonious   duty; 

For you have but mistook me all this while。 I live with bread like you; feel 

want; Taste grief; need friends: subjected thus; How can you say to me I 

am a king? CARLISLE。 My lord; wise men ne'er sit and wail their woes; 

But    presently    prevent   the   ways    to  wail。  To   fear   the  foe;  since   fear 

oppresseth strength; Gives; in your weakness; strength unto your foe; And 

so your follies fight against yourself。 Fear and be slain…no worse can come 

to fight; And fight and die is death destroying death; Where fearing dying 

pays death servile breath。 AUMERLE。 My father hath a power; inquire of 

him; And learn to make a body of a limb。 KING RICHARD。 Thou chid'st 

me well。 Proud   Bolingbroke; I come To change blows   with thee for   our 

day of doom。 This ague fit of fear is over…blown; An easy task it is to win 

our own。 Say; Scroop; where lies our uncle with his power? Speak sweetly; 

man; although thy looks be sour。 SCROOP。 Men judge by the complexion 

of the sky The state in inclination of the day; So may you by my dull and 

heavy eye; My tongue hath but a heavier tale to say。 I play the torturer; by 

small and small To lengthen out the worst that must be spoken: Your uncle 

York is join'd with Bolingbroke; And all your northern castles yielded up; 

And     all  your    southern    gentlemen      in  arms    Upon     his   party。  KING 

RICHARD。         Thou    hast   said  enough。     'To   AUMERLE'         Beshrew     thee; 

cousin; which didst lead me forth Of that sweet way I was in to despair! 



            

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