38453446Ri. God and your armes be praisd victorious freends,

38473447The daie is ours, the bloudie dog is dead.

38483448Dar. Couragious Richmond, wel hast thou acquit thee,

38503449Loe here this long vsurped roialtie.

38513450From the dead temples of this bloudie wretch,

38523451Haue I pluckt off to grace thy browes withall,

38533452Weare it, enioy it, and make much of it.

38543453Rich. Great God of heauen saie Amen to all,

38553454But tell me, is yong George Stanley liuing.

38563455Dar. He is my lord, and safe in Leicester towne,

38573456Whether if it please you we may now withdraw vs.

38583457Rich. What men of name are slaine on either side?

38613460Rich. Inter their bodies as become their births,

38623461Proclaime a pardon to the soldiers fled,

38633462That in submission will returne to vs,

38643463And then as we haue tane the sacrament,

38653464We will vnite the white rose and the red,

38663465Smile heauen vpon this faire coniunction,

38673466That long haue frownd vpon their enmitie,

38683467What traitor heares me and saies not Amen?

38693468England hath long been madde and scard herselfe,

38703469The brother blindlie shed the brothers bloud,

38713470The father rashlie slaughterd his owne sonne,

38723471The sonne compeld ben butcher to the sire,

38733472All this deuided Yorke and Lancaster,

38743473Deuided in their dire deuision.

38753474O now let Richmond and Elizabeth,

38763475The true succeeders of each royall house,

38773476By Gods faire ordinance conioine together,

38783477And let their heires (God if thy will be so)

38793478Enrich the time to come with smooth-faste peace,

38803479With smiling plentie and faire prosperous daies,

38813480Abate the edge of traitors gracious Lord,

38823481That would reduce these bloudy daies againe,

38833482And make poore England weepe in streames of bloud,

38843483Let them not liue to tast this lands increase,

38853484That would with treason wound this faire lands peace,

38863485Now ciuill wounds are stopt, peace liues againe,

38873486That she may long liue heare, God saie Amen.