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1

Richard III
[I, 1]

Lord Hastings

129

Good time of day unto my gracious lord!

2

Richard III
[I, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

392

Look, how this ring encompasseth finger.
Even so thy breast encloseth my poor heart;
Wear both of them, for both of them are thine.
And if thy poor devoted suppliant may
But beg one favour at thy gracious hand,
Thou dost confirm his happiness for ever.

3

Richard III
[I, 3]

Duke of Buckingham

763

Nothing that I respect, my gracious lord.

4

Richard III
[II, 4]

Duchess of York

1500

Good faith, good faith, the saying did not hold
In him that did object the same to thee;
He was the wretched'st thing when he was young,
So long a-growing and so leisurely,
That, if this rule were true, he should be gracious.

5

Richard III
[II, 4]

Messenger

1534

The sum of all I can, I have disclosed;
Why or for what these nobles were committed
Is all unknown to me, my gracious lady.

6

Richard III
[II, 4]

Thomas Rotherham

1558

My gracious lady, go;
And thither bear your treasure and your goods.
For my part, I'll resign unto your grace
The seal I keep: and so betide to me
As well I tender you and all of yours!
Come, I'll conduct you to the sanctuary.

7

Richard III
[III, 1]

Duke of Buckingham

1639

He did, my gracious lord, begin that place;
Which, since, succeeding ages have re-edified.

8

Richard III
[III, 1]

Duke of Buckingham

1643

Upon record, my gracious lord.

9

Richard III
[III, 1]

Duke of Buckingham

1661

What, my gracious lord?

10

Richard III
[III, 2]

Messenger

1813

My gracious lord, I'll tell him what you say.

11

Richard III
[III, 2]

Sir William Catesby

1837

God keep your lordship in that gracious mind!

12

Richard III
[III, 2]

Sir William Catesby

1845

'Tis a vile thing to die, my gracious lord,
When men are unprepared and look not for it.

13

Richard III
[III, 4]

Lord Hastings

1962

I thank his grace, I know he loves me well;
But, for his purpose in the coronation.
I have not sounded him, nor he deliver'd
His gracious pleasure any way therein:
But you, my noble lords, may name the time;
And in the duke's behalf I'll give my voice,
Which, I presume, he'll take in gentle part.

14

Richard III
[III, 4]

Lord Hastings

2030

If they have done this thing, my gracious lord—

15

Richard III
[III, 7]

Duke of Buckingham

2277

Ah, ha, my lord, this prince is not an Edward!
He is not lolling on a lewd day-bed,
But on his knees at meditation;
Not dallying with a brace of courtezans,
But meditating with two deep divines;
Not sleeping, to engross his idle body,
But praying, to enrich his watchful soul:
Happy were England, would this gracious prince
Take on himself the sovereignty thereof:
But, sure, I fear, we shall ne'er win him to it.

16

Richard III
[III, 7]

Duke of Buckingham

2307

Two props of virtue for a Christian prince,
To stay him from the fall of vanity:
And, see, a book of prayer in his hand,
True ornaments to know a holy man.
Famous Plantagenet, most gracious prince,
Lend favourable ears to our request;
And pardon us the interruption
Of thy devotion and right Christian zeal.

17

Richard III
[III, 7]

Duke of Buckingham

2328

Then know, it is your fault that you resign
The supreme seat, the throne majestical,
The scepter'd office of your ancestors,
Your state of fortune and your due of birth,
The lineal glory of your royal house,
To the corruption of a blemished stock:
Whilst, in the mildness of your sleepy thoughts,
Which here we waken to our country's good,
This noble isle doth want her proper limbs;
Her face defaced with scars of infamy,
Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants,
And almost shoulder'd in the swallowing gulf
Of blind forgetfulness and dark oblivion.
Which to recure, we heartily solicit
Your gracious self to take on you the charge
And kingly government of this your land,
Not as protector, steward, substitute,
Or lowly factor for another's gain;
But as successively from blood to blood,
Your right of birth, your empery, your own.
For this, consorted with the citizens,
Your very worshipful and loving friends,
And by their vehement instigation,
In this just suit come I to move your grace.

18

Richard III
[IV, 2]

Duke of Buckingham

2582

My gracious sovereign?

19

Richard III
[IV, 2]

Sir James Tyrrel

2662

Prove me, my gracious sovereign.

20

Richard III
[IV, 2]

Sir James Tyrrel

2677

'Tis done, my gracious lord.