of Richard the third.
232223Oh gentlemen
see,
see dead Henries woundes,
233224Open their congeald mouthes and bleede a fre
sh.
234225Blu
sh blu
sh thou lumpe of foule deformity,
235226For tis thy pre
sence that exhales this bloud,
236227From cold and empty veines where no bloud dwells.
237228Thy deed inhumane and vnnaturall,
238229Prouokes this deluge mo
st vnnaturall.
239230Oh God which this bloud made
st, reuenge his death,
240231Oh earth which this bloud drink
st, reuenge his death:
241232Either heauen with lightning
strike the murtherer dead,
242233Or earth gape open wide and eate him quicke.
243234As thou doe
st swallow vp this good Kings bloud,
244235Which his hell-gouernd arme hath butchered.
245236Glo. Lady you know no rules of charity,
246237Which renders good for bad, ble
ssings for cur
ses.
247238Lady Villaine thou knowe
st no law of God nor man:
248239No bea
st so
fierce but knowes
some touch of pitty.
249240Glo. But I know none, and therefore am no bea
st.
250241Lady Oh wonderfull when Diuels tell the troth
. 251242Glo. More wonderfull when Angels are
so angry
252243Vout
safe deuine perfe
ction of a woman,
253244Of the
se
suppo
sed euils to giue me leaue,
254245By circum
stance but to acquite my
selfe.
255246La. Vouch
safe defu
sed infe
ction of a man,
256247For the
se knowne euils but to giue me leaue,
257248By circum
stance to cur
se thy cur
sed
selfe.
258249Glo. Fairer then tongue can name thee, let me haue
259250Some patient lei
sure to excu
se my
selfe
. 260251La. Fouler then heart can thinke thee thou can
st make
261252No excu
se currant but to hang thy
selfe.
263253Glo. By
such de
spaire I
should accu
se my
selfe.
264254Lad. And by de
spairing
should
st thou
stand excu
sde,
265255For doing worthy vengeance on thy
selfe,
266256Which did
st vnworthy
slaughter vpon others
. 267257Glo. Say that I
slew them not.
268258La. Why then they are not dead,
269259But dead they are, and diueli
sh slaue by thee.
270260Glo. I did not kill your husband.
B La