KING RICHARD III 5.5

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KING RICHARD III 5.5

Another part of the field.

[Alarum. Enter KING RICHARD III and RICHMOND; they

fight. KING RICHARD III is slain. Retreat and

flourish. Re-enter RICHMOND, DERBY bearing the

crown, with divers other Lords]

RICHMOND God and your arms be praised, victorious friends,

The day is ours, the bloody dog is dead.

DERBY Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee.

Lo, here, this long-usurped royalty

From the dead temples of this bloody wretch 5

Have I pluck'd off, to grace thy brows withal:

Wear it, enjoy it, and make much of it.

RICHMOND Great God of heaven, say Amen to all!

But, tell me, is young George Stanley living?

DERBY He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town; 10

Whither, if it please you, we may now withdraw us.

RICHMOND What men of name are slain on either side?

DERBY John Duke of Norfolk, Walter Lord Ferrers,

Sir Robert Brakenbury, and Sir William Brandon.

RICHMOND Inter their bodies as becomes their births: 15

Proclaim a pardon to the soldiers fled

That in submission will return to us:

And then, as we have ta'en the sacrament,

We will unite the white rose and the red:

Smile heaven upon this fair conjunction, 20

That long have frown'd upon their enmity!

What traitor hears me, and says not amen?

England hath long been mad, and scarr'd herself;

The brother blindly shed the brother's blood,

The father rashly slaughter'd his own son, 25

The son, compell'd, been butcher to the sire:

All this divided York and Lancaster,

Divided in their dire division,

O, now, let Richmond and Elizabeth,

The true succeeders of each royal house, 30

By God's fair ordinance conjoin together!

And let their heirs, God, if thy will be so.

Enrich the time to come with smooth-faced peace,

With smiling plenty and fair prosperous days!

Abate the edge of traitors, gracious Lord, 35

That would reduce these bloody days again,

And make poor England weep in streams of blood!

Let them not live to taste this land's increase

That would with treason wound this fair land's peace!

Now civil wounds are stopp'd, peace lives again: 40

That she may long live here, God say amen!

[Exeunt]

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		[Alarum. Enter KING RICHARD III and RICHMOND; they
		fight. KING RICHARD III is slain. Retreat and
		flourish. Re-enter RICHMOND, DERBY bearing the
		crown, with divers other Lords]

RICHMOND		God and your arms be praised, victorious friends,
		The day is ours, the bloody dog is dead.

DERBY	Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee.
	Lo, here, this long-usurped royalty
	From the dead temples of this bloody wretch	5
	Have I pluck'd off, to grace thy brows withal:
	Wear it, enjoy it, and make much of it.

RICHMOND		Great God of heaven, say Amen to all!
		But, tell me, is young George Stanley living?

DERBY		He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town;	10
		Whither, if it please you, we may now withdraw us.

DERBY		John Duke of Norfolk, Walter Lord Ferrers,
		Sir Robert Brakenbury, and Sir William Brandon.

RICHMOND	Inter their bodies as becomes their births:	15
	Proclaim a pardon to the soldiers fled
	That in submission will return to us:
	And then, as we have ta'en the sacrament,
	We will unite the white rose and the red:
	Smile heaven upon this fair conjunction,	20
	That long have frown'd upon their enmity!
	What traitor hears me, and says not amen?
	England hath long been mad, and scarr'd herself;
	The brother blindly shed the brother's blood,
	The father rashly slaughter'd his own son,	25
	The son, compell'd, been butcher to the sire:
	All this divided York and Lancaster,
	Divided in their dire division,
	O, now, let Richmond and Elizabeth,
	The true succeeders of each royal house,	30
	By God's fair ordinance conjoin together!
	And let their heirs, God, if thy will be so.
	Enrich the time to come with smooth-faced peace,
	With smiling plenty and fair prosperous days!
	Abate the edge of traitors, gracious Lord,	35
	That would reduce these bloody days again,
	And make poor England weep in streams of blood!
	Let them not live to taste this land's increase
	That would with treason wound this fair land's peace!
	Now civil wounds are stopp'd, peace lives again:	40
	That she may long live here, God say amen!
	[Exeunt]

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