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Richard II - Act 5, scene 4
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Richard II - Act 5, scene 4Act 5, scene 4
⌜Scene 4⌝
Synopsis:
Sir Pierce Exton, reflecting on King Henry’s wish that Richard be removed, decides to carry out that wish.
⌜Enter⌝ Sir Pierce Exton and ⌜Servants.⌝EXTON
2677 Didst thou not mark the King, what words he spake,
2678 “Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?”
2679 Was it not so?
SERVINGMAN 2680 These were his very words.
EXTON
2681 5 “Have I no friend?” quoth he. He spake it twice
2682 And urged it twice together, did he not?
SERVINGMAN 2683 He did.
EXTON
2684 And speaking it, he wishtly looked on me,
2685 As who should say “I would thou wert the man
2686 10 That would divorce this terror from my heart”—
2687 Meaning the king at Pomfret. Come, let’s go.
2688 I am the King’s friend and will rid his foe.
⌜They exit.⌝