KING HENRY.
They love not poison that do poison need,
Nor do I thee. Though I did wish him dead,
I hate the murderer, love him murdered.
The guilt of conscience take thou for thy labour,
But neither my good word nor princely favour.
With Cain go wander thorough shades of night,
And never show thy head by day nor light.
Lords, I protest my soul is full of woe
That blood should sprinkle me to make me grow.
Come, mourn with me for what I do lament,
And put on sullen black incontinent.
I’ll make a voyage to the Holy Land
To wash this blood off from my guilty hand.
March sadly after; grace my mournings here
In weeping after this untimely bier.

[Exeunt.]

KING RICHARD THE THIRD

Contents

ACT I
[Scene I. London. A street]
[Scene II. London. Another street]
[Scene III. London. A Room in the Palace]
[Scene IV. London. A Room in the Tower]
ACT II
[Scene I. London. A Room in the palace]
[Scene II. Another Room in the palace]
[Scene III. London. A street]
[Scene IV. London. A Room in the Palace]
ACT III
[Scene I. London. A street]
[Scene II. Before Lord Hastings’ house]
[Scene III. Pomfret. Before the Castle]
[Scene IV. London. A Room in the Tower]
[Scene V. London. The Tower Walls]
[Scene VI. London. A street]
[Scene VII. London. Court of Baynard’s Castle]
ACT IV
[Scene I. London. Before the Tower]
[Scene II. London. A Room of State in the Palace]
[Scene III. London. Another Room in the Palace]
[Scene IV. London. Before the Palace]
[Scene V. A Room in Lord Stanley’s house]
ACT V
[Scene I. Salisbury. An open place]
[Scene II. Plain near Tamworth]
[Scene III. Bosworth Field]
[Scene IV. Another part of the Field]
[Scene V. Another part of the Field]

Dramatis Personæ

RICHARD, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, afterwards KING RICHARD III.
LADY ANNE, widow to Edward, Prince of Wales, son to King Henry VI.; afterwards married to the Duke of Gloucester

KING EDWARD THE FOURTH, brother to Richard
QUEEN ELIZABETH, Queen to King Edward IV.
Sons to the king:
EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES, afterwards KING EDWARD V.
RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK

GEORGE, DUKE OF CLARENCE, brother to Edward and Richard
BOY, son to Clarence
GIRL, daughter to Clarence