Vaugh. You live, that shall cry woe for this hereafter. Rat. Despatch; the limit' of your lives is out. Riv. O Pomfret, Pomfret! O thou bloody prison, Fatal and ominous to noble peers! Within the guilty closure of thy walls, Richard the Second here was hack'd to death: And, for more slander to thy dismal seat, We give thee up our guiltless blood to drink. Grey. Now Margaret's curse is fallen upon our heads, When she exclaim'd, on Hastings, you, and I, Then curs'd she Richard:-O, remember, God, Farewell, until we meet again in heaven. [Exeunt. SCENE IV.-London. A room in the Tower. BUCKINGHAM, STANLEY, HASTINGS, the Bishop of ELY, CATESBY, LOVEL, and others, sitting at a table; Officers of the council attending. Hast. Now, noble peers, the cause why we are met Is to determine of the coronation : In God's name, speak, when is the royal day? 1 1i. e. limited time. 2 • i, e. expired, Buck. Who knows the lord protector's mind herein? Who is most inward' with the noble duke? Ely. Your grace, we think, should soonest know his mind. Buck. We know each other's faces: for our hearts, I have not sounded him, nor he deliver❜d Enter GLOSter. Ely. In happy time, here comes the duke himself. Glo. My noble lords and cousins, all good-morrow: I have been long a sleeper; but, I trust, My absence doth neglect no great design, Glo. Than my lord Hastings, no man might be bolder; His lordship knows me well, and loves me well.- Ely. Marry, and will, my lord, with all my heart. [Exit ELY. Glo. Cousin of Buckingham, a word with you. [Takes him aside. 1i. e. intimate. 2 Cue, i. e. tail of a speech, which is the token for an entrance or answer. Catesby hath sounded Hastings in our business; That he will lose his head, ere give consent Buck. Withdraw yourself awhile, I'll go with you. Re-enter Bishop of ELY. Ely. Where is my lord protector? I have sent For these strawberries. [morning; Hast. His grace looks cheerfully and smooth this There's some conceit1 or other likes him well, When he doth bid good-morrow with such spirit. I think, there's ne'er a man in Christendom, Can lesser hide his love, or hate, than he; For by his face straight shall you know his heart. Stan. What of his heart perceive you in his face, By any likelihood he show'd to-day? Hast. Marry, that with no man here he is offended; For, were he, he had shown it in his looks. Re-enter GLOSTER and BUCKINGHAM. Glo. I pray you all, tell me what they deserve, Hast. The tender love I bear your grace, my lord, Glo. Then be your eyes the witness of their evil, conceit, i. e. play of fancy. Look how I am bewitch'd; behold mine arm Lovel, and Catesby, look, that it be done; [Exeunt council, with GLOSTER and BUCKINGHAM. Three times to-day my foot-cloth' horse did stumble, Cate. Despatch, my lord, the duke would be at dinner; Make a short shrift, he longs to see your head. Ready, with every nod, to tumble down Lov. Come, come, despatch;"tis bootless to exclaim. Hast. O, bloody Richard!-miserable England! I prophesy the fearful'st time to thee, That ever wretched age hath look'd upon.Come, lead me to the block, bear him my head; They smile at me, who shortly shall be dead. [Exeunt. SCENE V.-The same. The Tower walls. Enter GLOSTER and BUCKINGHAM, in rusty armour marvellous ill-favored. Glo. Come cousin, canst thou quake, and change thy colour? Murder thy breath in middle of a word,— As if thou wert distraught, and mad with terror? Glo. He is; and, see, he brings the mayor along. Enter the Lord Mayor and CATESBY. Buck. Let me alone to entertain him.-Lord mayor, Glo. Look to the draw-bridge there. Buck. Hark, hark! a drum. Glo. Catesby, o'erlook the walls. Buck. Lord Mayor, the reason we have sent for you, Glo. Look back, defend thee, here are enemies. Buck. God and our innocence defend and guard us. i, e. pretending. |