Richard II (Quarto 1, 1597)
Author: William ShakespeareEditor: Catherine LisakPeer Reviewed
¶ Manet sir Pierce Exton, &c.
¶Exton Did
st thou not marke the
K. what words he
spake
?
2655Haue I no friend will rid me of this liuing feare?
¶Man The
se were his very words.
¶Exton Haue I no friend quoth he
? he
spake it twice.
¶And vrgde it twice togither, did he not?
¶Exton And
speaking it, he wi
shtly lookt on me,
¶As who
should
say, I would thou wert the man,
¶That would diuorce this terrour from my heart,
¶Meaning the king at Pomfret. Come lets go,
2665I am the kings friend, and will rid his foe.