170 And die in terror of thy guiltiness!

Dream on, dream on, of bloody deeds and death:

Fainting, despair; despairing, yield thy breath!

[♦] [To Richmond] I died for hope ere I could lend thee aid:

But cheer thy heart, and be thou not dismay’d:

175 God and good angels fight on Richmond’s side;

[♦] And Richard falls in height of all his pride. [The Ghosts vanish. King Richard starts out of his dream.

K. Rich. Give me another horse: bind up my wounds.

Have mercy, Jesu!—Soft! I did but dream.

[♦] O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!