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The true tragedie of Richard the third wherein is showne the death of Edward the fourth, with the smothering of the two yoong princes in the Tower: with a lamentable ende of Shores wife, an example for all wicked women. And lastly, the coniunction and ioyning of the two noble houses, Lancaster and Yorke. As it was playd by the Queenes Maiesties Players.
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intollerable foe vnder me which I will not But Standley to be brief thou shalt not go But soft Richard but that it were better to be alone then to haue noysome company he shall goe leauing for his loyaltie a sufficient pledge Come hither Standley thou shalt goe leauing me here thy sonne and heire George Standley for a pledge that hee may perish for thy fault if neede should be if thou likest this goe If not answere me briefly and say quickly no Stand. I am to aduise my selfe vppon a secret cause and of a matter that concernes me neare say that I leaue my sonne vnto the King and that I should but aide Earle Richmond my sonne George Standley dies but if my faith be kept vnto my Prince George Standley liues Well I will except the Kings proffer And please your grace I am content and will leaue my sonne to pledge King Here come hither and with thee take this lesson Thou art set free for our defence Thou shalt vpon thy pledge make this promise Not only to staie the hinderance of the Earle But to preuent his purpose with thy power Thou shalt not seeke by any meanes to aide or rescue him This done of my life thy sonne doth liue But otherwise thy sonne dies and thou too if I catch thee And it shall go hard but I will catch thee Stand. And you shall go apace and yet go without me But I humbly take my leaue of your grace Farewell George King How now what do you giue him letters Stand. No my Lord I haue done The second sight is sweet of such a sonne Exit King Carry George Standley to prison George Alasse my Lord shall I go to prison King Shall you go to prison what a question 's that So pricke the lambe and wound the damme How likest thou this Catesbie Cat. Oh my Lord so excellent that you haue imprisoned his sonne King Nay now will we looke to the rest But I sent the Lord Louell to the mother Queene Concerning my sute to her daughter Elizabeth But see in good time here he is How now Louell what newes What saith the mother Queene to my sute Enters Louell Lou. My Lord very strange she was at the first But when I had told her the cause she gaue concent Desiring your maiestie to make the nobilitie priuie to it King God haue mercy Louell but what said Lady Elizabeth Lou. Why my Lord straunge as women will be at the first But through intreatie of her mother she quickly gaue consent And the Queene wild me to tel your grace that she meanes to leaue Sanctuary and to come to the court with al her daughters King I marry Louell let not that opportunitie slippe looke to it Catesbie be carefull for it Louell for thereby hangs such a chance that may inrich vs and our heires for euer But sirs hard ye nothing of the Scottish Nobles that met at Nottingham to conferre about the marriage of my Neece Cat. Not a word my Lord Enters Messenger King Gogs wounds who is that search the villaine has he any dags about him Mess. No my Lord I haue none King From whence comes thou Mess. From the Peeres at Nottingham and Scotland they greete your Maiestie Lou. Sirrha is the marriage concluded betweene the Scottish Earle and the faire Lady Rosa Cat. Prethie tell vs is it concluded Page How saies thou is it concluded King Nay will you giue me leaue to tell you that Why you villaines will you know the secrets of my letter by interrupting messengers that are sent to me Away I say begone it is time to looke about away I say what here yet villaines Mess. My Lord I haue somewhat to say besides King Then speake it what hast thou to say Mess. This my Lord when the Peeres of England and Scotland met at Nottingham togither to confer about the marriage of your Neese it was straight determined that she shuld be married with the Scottish Earle And further my Lord the Councel commanded me to deliuer vnto your grace the treasons of Captain Blunt who had the Earle of Oxford in charge in Hames castle now are they both fled and purposeth to ayde the Earle of Richmond against your grace Now my Lord I take my leaue King Messenger staie hath Blunt betraied doth Oxford rebell and aide the Earle Richmond may this be true what is our prison so weake our friends so fickle our Ports so ill lookt too that they may passe and repasse the seas at their pleasures then euerie one conspires spoyles our Conflex conqueres our Castles and Armes themselues with their owne weapons vnresisted O villaines rebels fugetiues theeues how are we betrayd when our owne swoordes shall beate vs and our owne subiects seekes the subuertion of the state the fall of their Prince and sack of their country of his nay neither must nor shall for I will Army with my friends and cut off my enemies beard them to their face that dares me and but one I one one beyond the seas that troubles me wel his power is weake we are strong therfore I wil meet him with such melodie that the singing of a bullet shal send him merily to his lōgest home Come folow me Enter Earle Rich. Earle Oxford P. Landoys captain Blunt Rich. Welcome deare friends and louing country-men Welcome I say to Englands blisfull Ile Whose forwardnesse I cannot but commend That thus do aide vs in our enterprise My right it is and sole inheritance And Richard but vsurps in my authoritie For in his tyrannie he slaughtered those That would not succour him in his attempts Whose guiltlesse blood craues daily at Gods hands Reuenge for outrage done to their harmelesse liues Then courage countrymen and neuer be dismayd Our quarels good and God will helpe the right For we may know by dangers we haue past That God no doubt will giue vs victorie Oxf. If loue of gold or feare of many foes Could once haue danted vs in our attempts Thy foote had neuer toucht the English shoare And here Earle Oxford plites his faith to thee Neuer to leaue in what we haue vndertane But follow still with resolution Till thou be crownd as conquerer in the field Or lose thy life in following of thy right Thy right braue Richmond which we wil maintaine Maugre the proudest bird of Richards brood Then cousin Richmond being resolued thus Let vs straight to Aarms God and S. George for vs Blunt As this braue Earle haue said so say we all We will not leaue thee till the field be wonne Which if with fortunate successe we can performe Thinke then Earle Richmond that I followed thee And that shall be honour inough for mee Lan. So saith Landoyse that honors Richmond so With loue vnfeined for his valure past That if your honour leade the way to death Peeter Landoys hath sworne to follow thee For if Queen mother do but keep her word And what the Peeres haue promised
be performed Touching the marriage with Elizabeth Daughter to our King Edward the fourth And by this marriage ioyne in vnitie Those famous Houses Lancashire and Yorke Then England shall no doubt haue cause to say Edwards coronation was a ioyfull day And t is is all Landoys desires to see Richm. Thanks Landoys and here Earle Richmonds vows If their kinde promises take but effect That as they haue promised I be made King I will so deale in gouerning the state Which now lies like a sauage shultred groue Where brambles briars and thornes ouer-grow those sprigs Which if they might but spring to their effect And not be crost so by their contraries Making them subiect to these outrages Would proue such members of the Common-weale That England should in them be honoured As much as euer was the Romane state When it was gouernd by the Councels rule And I will draw my swoord braue country-men And neuer leaue to follow my resolue Till I haue mowed those brambles briars and thornes That hinder those that long to do vs good Oxf. Why we haue scapt the dangeroust brunt of all Which was his garrison at Milford Hauen Shall we dismay or dant our friends to come Because he tooke the Duke of Buckingham No worthie friends and louing country-men Oxford did neuer beare so base a minde He will not winke at murthers secretly put vp Nor suffer vpstarts to enioy our rightes Nor liue in England vnder an vsurping king And this is Oxfords resolution Rich. But Blunt looke whos 's that knocks Blunt My Lord t is a messenger from the mother Queene And the Ladie Standley your mother with letters Rich. Admit him straight now shall we heare some newes Enters Messenger Mess. Long liue Earle Richmond The mother Queene doth greet your honour Rich. Welcome my friend how fares our mother the rest Mess. In health my Lord and glad to hear of your ariual safe Rich. My friend my mother hath written to me of certaine that are comming in our aide the report of whose names are referd to thee to deliuer Mess. First theirs the Lord Talbut the Earle of Shreuesbury sonne and heire with a braue band of his owne There is also the Lord Fitz Harbart the Earle of Pembrookes sonne and heire Of the Gentlemen of the Welch there is sir Prise vp Thomas and sir Thomas vp Richard sir Owen Williams braue gentlemen my Lord These are the chiefe Rich. Are these the full number of all that come Mess. Only two more my Lord which I haue left vnnamed the one is sir Thomas Denis a Westerne gentleman and ioynd with him one Arnoll Butler a great many are willing but dares not as yet Rich. Doth Arnoll Butler come I can hardly brooke his trecherie for hee it was that wrought my disgrace with the King Oxf. Well my Lord wee are now to strengthen our selues with friends and not to reape vp olde quarrels say that Arnoll Butler did iniurie you in the time of peace the mendes is twise made if he stand with you in the time of warres Rich. Well my friend take this for thy good newes And commend me to our mother and the rest Thus my Lords you see God still prouides for vs But now my Lords touching the placing of our battell best And how we may be least indangered Because I will be foremost in this fight To incounter with that bloodie murtherer My selfe wil lead the vaward of our troope My Lord of Oxford you as our second selfe Shall hall haue the happie leading of the reare A place I know which you will well deserue And Captaine Blunt Peter Landoyse and you Shall by in quarters as our battels scowtes Prouided thus your bow-men Captaine Blunt Must scatter here and there to gaull their horse As also when that our promised friends do come Then must you hold hard skirmish with our foes Till I by cast of a counter march Haue ioynd our power with those that come to vs Then casting close as wings on either side We will giue a new prauado on the foe Therefore let vs towards Aderstoe amaine Where we this night God-willing will incampe From thence towards Lichfield we will march next day And neerer London bid King Richard play Exit Enters the Page Page Where shall I finde a place to sigh my fill And waile the griefe of our sore troubled King For now he hath obtaind the Diademe But with such great discomfort to his minde That he had better liued a priuate man his lookes are gastly Hidious to behold and from the priuie sentire of his heart There comes such deepe fetcht sighes and fearefull cries That being with him in his chamber oft He mooues me weepe and sigh for company For if he heare one stirre he riseth vp And claps his hand vpon his dagger straight Readie to stab him what so ere he be But he must thinke this is the iust reuenge The heauens haue powred vpon him for his sinnes Those Peeres which he vnkindly murthered Doth crie for iustice at the hands of God And he in iustice sends continuall feare For to afright him both at bed and boord But staie what noyse is this who haue we here Enters men to go to Richmond How now sirs whither are you going so fast Men Why to Earle Richmonds Camp to serue with him For we haue left to serue King Richard now Page Why comes there any more Men A number more Exit Page Why these are the villaines my Lord would haue put his life into their hands A Richard now do my eyes witnesse that thy end is at hand For thy commons make no more account of thee then of a priuate man yet will I as dutie bindes giue thee aduertisements of their vniust proceedings My maister hath lifted out many and yet hath left one to lift him out of all not onely of his Crowne but also of his life But I will in to tell my Lord of what is happened Enters Richmond and Oxford Rich. Good my Lord depart and leaue me to my selfe Oxf. I pray my Lord let me go along with you Rich. My Lord it may not be for I haue promised my father that none shall come but my selfe therfore good my Lord depart Oxf. Good my Lord haue a care of your self I like not these night walkes and scouting abroad in the euenings so disguised for you must not now that you are in the usurper dominions and you are the onely marke he aimes at and your last nightes absence bred such amazement in our souldiers that they like men wanting the power to follow Armes were on a sodaine more liker to flie then to fight therefore good my Lorde if I may not stand neare let me stand aloofe off Rich. Content thee good Oxford and tho I confesse my self bound to thee for thy especiall care yet at this time I pray thee hold me excused But farewell my Lord heere comes my Lord and father Enters Standley and another Stan. Captaine