[275] Did to thy father, steep’d in Rutland’s blood,—

[♦] A handkerchief; which, say to her, did drain

[♦] The purple sap from her sweet brother’s body,

[♦] And bid her dry her weeping eyes therewith.

[♦] If this inducement force her not to love,

[280] Send her a story of thy noble acts;

Tell her thou madest away her uncle Clarence,

[♦] Her uncle Rivers; yea, and, for her sake,

Madest quick conveyance with her good aunt Anne.

[♦] K. Rich. Come, come, you mock me; this is not the way