Not shine to-day! Why, what is that to me Enter NORFOLK. Nor. Arm, arm, my lord; the foe vaunts in the field. K. Rich. Come, bustle, bustle; caparison my horse. Call up Lord Stanley, bid him bring his power: John Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Earl of Surrey, They thus directed, we will follow In the main battle, whose puissance on either side This, and Saint George to boot! What think'st Nor. A good direction, warlike sovereign. This found I on my tent this morning. [He sheweth him a paper. K. Rich. [Reads] 'Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold.' Go, gentlemen, every man unto his charge: 293. foreward, vanguard. 290 300 310 March on, join bravely, let us to 't pell-mell; His oration to his Army. What shall I say more than I have inferr'd? Felt so much cold as over shoes in snow? If we be conquer'd, let men conquer us, And not these bastard Bretons; whom our fathers And in record, left them the heirs of shame. Fight, gentlemen of England! fight, bold yeomen ! 314. inferr'd, declared. 322. restrain, withhold. 320 330 340 Enter a Messenger. What says Lord Stanley? will he bring his power? K. Rich. Off with his son George's head! K. Rich. A thousand hearts are great within Advance our standards, set upon our foes; [Exeunt. SCENE IV. Another part of the field. Alarum: excursions. Enter NORFOLK and forces fighting; to him CATESBY. Cate. Rescue, my Lord of Norfolk, rescue, The king enacts more wonders than a man, His horse is slain, and all on foot he fights, K. Rich. A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse ! Cate. Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a horse. K. Rich. Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, 2. enacts, performs. 350 venturously opposing himself 3. Daring an opposite to, ad- to. And I will stand the hazard of the die : I think there be six Richmonds in the field; [Exeunt. SCENE V. Another part of the field. Alarum. fight. Enter RICHARD and RICHMOND; they RICHARD is slain. Retreat and flourish. Re-enter RICHMOND, DERBY bearing the crown, with divers other Lords. Richm. God and your arms be praised, victorious friends; The day is ours, the bloody dog is dead. Der. Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee. Lo, here, this long-usurped royalty From the dead temples of this bloody wretch Richm. Great God of heaven, say Amen to all! Der. He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town; Whither, if it please you, we may now withdraw us. Richm. What men of name are slain on either side? Der. John Duke of Norfolk, Walter Lord Sir Robert Brakenbury, and Sir William Brandon. Proclaim a pardon to the soldiers fled That in submission will return to us : ΤΟ ΤΟ And then, as we have ta'en the sacrament, O, now, let Richmond and Elizabeth, And make poor England weep in streams of blood! Let them not live to taste this land's increase peace! Now civil wounds are stopp'd, peace lives again : [Exeunt. 20 30 40 END OF VOL. V Printed by R. & R. CLARK, LIMITED, Edinburgh |