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1

Richard III
[I, 1]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

52

Alack, my lord, that fault is none of yours;
He should, for that, commit your godfathers:
O, belike his majesty hath some intent
That you shall be new-christen'd in the Tower.
But what's the matter, Clarence? may I know?

2

Richard III
[I, 1]

George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence)

57

Yea, Richard, when I know; for I protest
As yet I do not: but, as I can learn,
He hearkens after prophecies and dreams;
And from the cross-row plucks the letter G.
And says a wizard told him that by G
His issue disinherited should be;
And, for my name of George begins with G,
It follows in his thought that I am he.
These, as I learn, and such like toys as these
Have moved his highness to commit me now.

3

Richard III
[I, 1]

George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence)

110

We know thy charge, Brakenbury, and will obey.

4

Richard III
[I, 1]

George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence)

118

I know it pleaseth neither of us well.

5

Richard III
[I, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

243

Lady, you know no rules of charity,
Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.

6

Richard III
[I, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

247

But I know none, and therefore am no beast.

7

Richard III
[I, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

294

I know so. But, gentle Lady Anne,
To leave this keen encounter of our wits,
And fall somewhat into a slower method,
Is not the causer of the timeless deaths
Of these Plantagenets, Henry and Edward,
As blameful as the executioner?

8

Richard III
[I, 2]

Lady Anne

387

That shall you know hereafter.

9

Richard III
[I, 3]

Queen Elizabeth

535

Come, come, we know your meaning, brother
Gloucester;
You envy my advancement and my friends':
God grant we never may have need of you!

10

Richard III
[I, 4]

George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence)

1038

Alas! for whose sake did I that ill deed?
For Edward, for my brother, for his sake: Why, sirs,
He sends ye not to murder me for this
For in this sin he is as deep as I.
If God will be revenged for this deed.
O, know you yet, he doth it publicly,
Take not the quarrel from his powerful arm;
He needs no indirect nor lawless course
To cut off those that have offended him.

11

Richard III
[I, 4]

First Murderer

1107

How now! what mean'st thou, that thou help'st me not?
By heavens, the duke shall know how slack thou art!

12

Richard III
[II, 1]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

1176

A blessed labour, my most sovereign liege:
Amongst this princely heap, if any here,
By false intelligence, or wrong surmise,
Hold me a foe;
If I unwittingly, or in my rage,
Have aught committed that is hardly borne
By any in this presence, I desire
To reconcile me to his friendly peace:
'Tis death to me to be at enmity;
I hate it, and desire all good men's love.
First, madam, I entreat true peace of you,
Which I will purchase with my duteous service;
Of you, my noble cousin Buckingham,
If ever any grudge were lodged between us;
Of you, Lord Rivers, and, Lord Grey, of you;
That without desert have frown'd on me;
Dukes, earls, lords, gentlemen; indeed, of all.
I do not know that Englishman alive
With whom my soul is any jot at odds
More than the infant that is born to-night
I thank my God for my humility.

13

Richard III
[II, 3]

Second Citizen

1432

I promise you, I scarcely know myself:
Hear you the news abroad?

14

Richard III
[III, 1]

Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester)

1686

Of my kind uncle, that I know will give;
And being but a toy, which is no grief to give.

15

Richard III
[III, 2]

Messenger

1789

And then he sends you word
He dreamt to-night the boar had razed his helm:
Besides, he says there are two councils held;
And that may be determined at the one
which may make you and him to rue at the other.
Therefore he sends to know your lordship's pleasure,
If presently you will take horse with him,
And with all speed post with him toward the north,
To shun the danger that his soul divines.

16

Richard III
[III, 2]

Lord Hastings

1855

I know they do; and I have well deserved it.
[Enter STANLEY]
Come on, come on; where is your boar-spear, man?
Fear you the boar, and go so unprovided?

17

Richard III
[III, 2]

Lord Hastings

1862

My lord,
I hold my life as dear as you do yours;
And never in my life, I do protest,
Was it more precious to me than 'tis now:
Think you, but that I know our state secure,
I would be so triumphant as I am?

18

Richard III
[III, 4]

John Morton

1956

Your grace, we think, should soonest know his mind.

19

Richard III
[III, 4]

Duke of Buckingham

1957

Who, I, my lord I we know each other's faces,
But for our hearts, he knows no more of mine,
Than I of yours;
Nor I no more of his, than you of mine.
Lord Hastings, you and he are near in love.

20

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.