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Richard III
[I, 1]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

151

Go you before, and I will follow you.
[Exit HASTINGS]
He cannot live, I hope; and must not die
Till George be pack'd with post-horse up to heaven.
I'll in, to urge his hatred more to Clarence,
With lies well steel'd with weighty arguments;
And, if I fall not in my deep intent,
Clarence hath not another day to live:
Which done, God take King Edward to his mercy,
And leave the world for me to bustle in!
For then I'll marry Warwick's youngest daughter.
What though I kill'd her husband and her father?
The readiest way to make the wench amends
Is to become her husband and her father:
The which will I; not all so much for love
As for another secret close intent,
By marrying her which I must reach unto.
But yet I run before my horse to market:
Clarence still breathes; Edward still lives and reigns:
When they are gone, then must I count my gains.

2

Richard III
[I, 2]

Lady Anne

293

I hope so.

3

Richard III
[I, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

388

But shall I live in hope?

4

Richard III
[I, 2]

Lady Anne

389

All men, I hope, live so.

5

Richard III
[I, 3]

Duke of Buckingham

494

Madam, good hope; his grace speaks cheerfully.

6

Richard III
[I, 4]

Second Murderer

948

I pray thee, stay a while: I hope my holy humour
will change; 'twas wont to hold me but while one
would tell twenty.

7

Richard III
[I, 4]

George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence)

1008

Are you call'd forth from out a world of men
To slay the innocent? What is my offence?
Where are the evidence that do accuse me?
What lawful quest have given their verdict up
Unto the frowning judge? or who pronounced
The bitter sentence of poor Clarence' death?
Before I be convict by course of law,
To threaten me with death is most unlawful.
I charge you, as you hope to have redemption
By Christ's dear blood shed for our grievous sins,
That you depart and lay no hands on me
The deed you undertake is damnable.

8

Richard III
[II, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

1405

I hope the king made peace with all of us
And the compact is firm and true in me.

9

Richard III
[II, 3]

Second Citizen

1445

In him there is a hope of government,
That in his nonage council under him,
And in his full and ripen'd years himself,
No doubt, shall then and till then govern well.

10

Richard III
[II, 4]

Duchess of York

1487

I long with all my heart to see the prince:
I hope he is much grown since last I saw him.

11

Richard III
[II, 4]

Duchess of York

1506

I hope he is; but yet let mothers doubt.

12

Richard III
[III, 1]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

1720

Nor none that live, I hope.

13

Richard III
[III, 1]

Prince Edward

1721

An if they live, I hope I need not fear.
But come, my lord; and with a heavy heart,
Thinking on them, go I unto the Tower.
[A Sennet. Exeunt all but GLOUCESTER, BUCKINGHAM]
and CATESBY]

14

Richard III
[III, 4]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

1971

My noble lords and cousins all, good morrow.
I have been long a sleeper; but, I hope,
My absence doth neglect no great designs,
Which by my presence might have been concluded.

15

Richard III
[III, 7]

Duke of Buckingham

2320

Even that, I hope, which pleaseth God above,
And all good men of this ungovern'd isle.

16

Richard III
[V, 2]

Richmond (Henry VII)

3450

All for our vantage. Then, in God's name, march:
True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings:
Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings.

17

Richard III
[V, 3]

Duke of Buckingham

3665

[To KING RICHARD III]
The last was I that helped thee to the crown;
The last was I that felt thy tyranny:
O, in the battle think on Buckingham,
And die in terror of thy guiltiness!
Dream on, dream on, of bloody deeds and death:
Fainting, despair; despairing, yield thy breath!
[To RICHMOND]
I died for hope ere I could lend thee aid:
But cheer thy heart, and be thou not dismay'd:
God and good angel fight on Richmond's side;
And Richard falls in height of all his pride.