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Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 6]

(stage directions)

2312

[Flourish. Enter KING HENRY VI, CLARENCE, WARWICK,]
SOMERSET, HENRY OF RICHMOND, OXFORD, MONTAGUE, and
Lieutenant of the Tower]

2

Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 6]

Duke/Earl of Somerset

2381

My liege, it is young Henry, earl of Richmond.

3

Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 6]

(stage directions)

2406

[Exeunt all but SOMERSET, HENRY OF RICHMOND, and OXFORD]

4

Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 6]

Duke/Earl of Somerset

2407

My lord, I like not of this flight of Edward's;
For doubtless Burgundy will yield him help,
And we shall have more wars before 't be long.
As Henry's late presaging prophecy
Did glad my heart with hope of this young Richmond,
So doth my heart misgive me, in these conflicts
What may befall him, to his harm and ours:
Therefore, Lord Oxford, to prevent the worst,
Forthwith we'll send him hence to Brittany,
Till storms be past of civil enmity.

5

Henry VI, Part III
[IV, 6]

Earl Oxford

2417

Ay, for if Edward repossess the crown,
'Tis like that Richmond with the rest shall down.

6

King John
[II, 1]

King John

864

We will heal up all;
For we'll create young Arthur Duke of Bretagne
And Earl of Richmond; and this rich fair town
We make him lord of. Call the Lady Constance;
Some speedy messenger bid her repair
To our solemnity: I trust we shall,
If not fill up the measure of her will,
Yet in some measure satisfy her so
That we shall stop her exclamation.
Go we, as well as haste will suffer us,
To this unlook'd for, unprepared pomp.

7

Richard III
[I, 3]

Queen Elizabeth

480

The Countess Richmond, good my Lord of Derby.
To your good prayers will scarcely say amen.
Yet, Derby, notwithstanding she's your wife,
And loves not me, be you, good lord, assured
I hate not you for her proud arrogance.

8

Richard III
[IV, 1]

Queen Elizabeth

2509

O Dorset, speak not to me, get thee hence!
Death and destruction dog thee at the heels;
Thy mother's name is ominous to children.
If thou wilt outstrip death, go cross the seas,
And live with Richmond, from the reach of hell
Go, hie thee, hie thee from this slaughter-house,
Lest thou increase the number of the dead;
And make me die the thrall of Margaret's curse,
Nor mother, wife, nor England's counted queen.

9

Richard III
[IV, 1]

Duchess of York

2562

[To DORSET]
Go thou to Richmond, and good fortune guide thee!
[To LADY ANNE]
Go thou to Richard, and good angels guard thee!
[To QUEEN ELIZABETH]
Go thou to sanctuary, and good thoughts possess thee!
I to my grave, where peace and rest lie with me!
Eighty odd years of sorrow have I seen,
And each hour's joy wrecked with a week of teen.

10

Richard III
[IV, 2]

Sir William Stanley

2635

My lord, I hear the Marquis Dorset's fled
To Richmond, in those parts beyond the sea
Where he abides.

11

Richard III
[IV, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

2683

Well, let that pass. Dorset is fled to Richmond.

12

Richard III
[IV, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

2690

Stanley, look to your wife; if she convey
Letters to Richmond, you shall answer it.

13

Richard III
[IV, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

2693

As I remember, Henry the Sixth
Did prophesy that Richmond should be king,
When Richmond was a little peevish boy.
A king, perhaps, perhaps,—

14

Richard III
[IV, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

2701

Richmond! When last I was at Exeter,
The mayor in courtesy show'd me the castle,
And call'd it Rougemont: at which name I started,
Because a bard of Ireland told me once
I should not live long after I saw Richmond.

15

Richard III
[IV, 3]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

2761

Come to me, Tyrrel, soon at after supper,
And thou shalt tell the process of their death.
Meantime, but think how I may do thee good,
And be inheritor of thy desire.
Farewell till soon.
[Exit TYRREL]
The son of Clarence have I pent up close;
His daughter meanly have I match'd in marriage;
The sons of Edward sleep in Abraham's bosom,
And Anne my wife hath bid the world good night.
Now, for I know the Breton Richmond aims
At young Elizabeth, my brother's daughter,
And, by that knot, looks proudly o'er the crown,
To her I go, a jolly thriving wooer.

16

Richard III
[IV, 3]

Sir William Catesby

2778

Bad news, my lord: Ely is fled to Richmond;
And Buckingham, back'd with the hardy Welshmen,
Is in the field, and still his power increaseth.

17

Richard III
[IV, 3]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

2781

Ely with Richmond troubles me more near
Than Buckingham and his rash-levied army.
Come, I have heard that fearful commenting
Is leaden servitor to dull delay;
Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary
Then fiery expedition be my wing,
Jove's Mercury, and herald for a king!
Come, muster men: my counsel is my shield;
We must be brief when traitors brave the field.

18

Richard III
[IV, 4]

Sir Richard Ratcliff

3249

My gracious sovereign, on the western coast
Rideth a puissant navy; to the shore
Throng many doubtful hollow-hearted friends,
Unarm'd, and unresolved to beat them back:
'Tis thought that Richmond is their admiral;
And there they hull, expecting but the aid
Of Buckingham to welcome them ashore.

19

Richard III
[IV, 4]

Sir William Stanley

3286

Richmond is on the seas.

20

Richard III
[IV, 4]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

3314

Ay, ay. thou wouldst be gone to join with Richmond:
I will not trust you, sir.