KING RICHARD.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
Harp on it still shall I till heart-strings break.
KING RICHARD.
Now, by my George, my Garter, and my crown—
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
Profaned, dishonoured, and the third usurped.
KING RICHARD.
I swear—
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
By nothing, for this is no oath.
Thy George, profaned, hath lost his lordly honour;
Thy Garter, blemished, pawned his knightly virtue;
Thy crown, usurped, disgraced his kingly glory.
If something thou wouldst swear to be believed,
Swear then by something that thou hast not wronged.
KING RICHARD.
Now, by the world—
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
’Tis full of thy foul wrongs.
KING RICHARD.
My father’s death—
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
Thy life hath that dishonoured.