Richard the Third (Quarto 1, 1597)
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The Tragedy
¶Cla. We know thy charge Brokenbury and will obey,
¶Brother farewell, I will vnto the King,
¶And whatsoeuer you will imploy me in,
¶I will performe it to enfranchise you,
¶Meane time this deepe disgrace in brotherhood,
¶Touches me deeper then you can imagine.
¶I will deliuer you or lie for you,
¶Meane time haue patience.
125Simple plaine Clarence I doe loue thee so,
¶If heauen will take the present at our hands:
¶But who comes here the new deliuered hastings?
130Hast. Good time of day vnto my gratious Lord:
¶Glo. As much vnto my good Lord Chamberlaine:
¶Well are you welcome to the open aire,
135But I shall liue my Lord to giue them thankes
¶For they that were your enemies are his,
¶And haue preuaild as much on him as you.
¶Glo. What newes abroad?
¶The King is sickly, weake and melancholy,
¶Glo. Now by Saint Paul this newes is bad indeede,
¶Oh he hath kept an euill diet long,
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