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Hastings, and Edwardâs children, Rivers, Grey,
Holy King Henry, and thy fair son Edward,
Vaughan, and all that have miscarried
By underhand corrupted foul injustice,
If that your moody discontented souls
Do through the clouds behold this present hour,
Even for revenge mock my destruction!
This is All-Soulsâ day, fellows, is it not?
Why, then All-Soulsâ day is my bodyâs doomsday.
This is the day that, in King Edwardâs time,
I wishâd might fall on me, when I was found
False to his children or his wifeâs allies;
This is the day wherein I wishâd to fall
By the false faith of him I trusted most;
This, this All-Soulsâ day to my fearful soul
Is the determined respite of my wrongs:
That high All-Seer that I dallied with
Hath turnâd my feigned prayer on my head
And given in earnest what I beggâd in jest.
Thus doth he force the swords of wicked men
To turn their own points on their mastersâ bosoms:
Now Margaretâs curse is fallen upon my head;
âWhen he,â quoth she, âshall split thy heart with sorrow,
Remember Margaret was a prophetess.â
Come, sirs, convey me to the block of shame;
Wrong hath but wrong, and blame the due of blame. Exeunt.
The camp near Tamworth.
Enter Richmond, Oxford, Blunt, Herbert, and others, with drum and colours. RichmondFellows in arms, and my most loving friends,
Bruised underneath the yoke of tyranny,
Thus far into the bowels of the land
Have we marchâd on without impediment;
And here receive we from our father Stanley
Lines of fair comfort and encouragement.
The wretched, bloody, and usurping boar,
That spoilâd your summer fields and fruitful vines,
Swills your warm blood like wash, and makes his trough
In your embowellâd bosoms, this foul swine
Lies now even in the centre of this isle,
Near to the town of Leicester, as we learn:
From Tamworth thither is but one dayâs march.
In Godâs name, cheerly on, courageous friends,
To reap the harvest of perpetual peace
By this one bloody trial of sharp war.
Every manâs conscience is a thousand swords,
To fight against that bloody homicide.
He hath no friends but who are friends for fear,
Which in his greatest need will shrink from him.
All for our vantage. Then, in Godâs name, march:
True hope is swift, and flies with swallowâs wings;
Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings. Exeunt.
Bosworth Field.
Enter King Richard in arms, with Norfolk, the Earl of Surrey, and others. King RichardHere pitch our tents, even here in Bosworth field.
My Lord of Surrey, why look you so sad?
Up with my tent there! here will I lie to-night;
But where to-morrow? Well, allâs one for that.
Who hath descried the number of the foe?
Why, our battalion trebles that account:
Besides, the kingâs name is a tower of strength,
Which they upon the adverse party want.
Up with my tent there! Valiant gentlemen,
Let us survey the vantage of the field;
Call for some men of sound direction:
Letâs want no discipline, make no delay;
For, lords, to-morrow is a busy day. Exeunt.
The weary sun hath made a golden set,
And by the bright track of his fiery car,
Gives signal of a goodly day to-morrow.
Sir William Brandon, you shall bear my standard.
Give me some ink and paper in my tent:
Iâll draw the form and model of our battle,
Limit each leader to his several charge,
And part in just proportion our small strength.
My Lord of Oxford, you, Sir William Brandon,
And you, Sir Walter Herbert, stay with me.
The Earl of Pembroke keeps his regiment:
Good Captain Blunt, bear my good-night to him,
And by the second hour in the morning
Desire the earl to see me in my tent:
Yet one thing more, good Blunt, before thou goâst,
Where is Lord Stanley quarterâd, dost thou know?
Unless I have mistaâen his colours much,
Which well I am assured I have not done,
His regiment lies half a mile at least
South from the mighty power of the king.
If without peril it be possible,
Good Captain Blunt, bear my good-night to him,
And give him from me this most needful scroll.
Upon my life, my lord, Iâll undertake it;
And so, God give you quiet rest to-night!
Good night, good Captain Blunt. Come gentlemen,
Let us consult upon to-morrowâs business:
In to our tent; the air is raw and cold. They withdraw into the tent.
Itâs supper-time, my lord;
Itâs nine oâclock.
I will not sup to-night.
Give me some ink and paper.
What, is my beaver easier than it was?
And all my armour laid into my tent?
Good Norfolk, hie thee to thy charge;
Use careful watch, choose trusty sentinels.
Send out a pursuivant at arms
To Stanleyâs regiment; bid him bring his power
Before sunrising, lest his son George fall
Into the blind cave of eternal night. Exit Catesby.
Fill me a bowl of wine. Give me a watch.
Saddle white Surrey for the field to-morrow.
Look that my staves be sound, and not too heavy.
Ratcliff!
Thomas the Earl of Surrey, and himself,
Much about cock-shut time, from troop to troop
Went through the
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