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Swear then by something that thou hast not wrong'd.
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KING RICHARD III:
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Now, by the world--
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QUEEN ELIZABETH:
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'Tis full of thy foul wrongs.
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KING RICHARD III:
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My father's death--
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QUEEN ELIZABETH:
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Thy life hath that dishonour'd.
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KING RICHARD III:
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Then, by myself--
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QUEEN ELIZABETH:
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Thyself thyself misusest.
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KING RICHARD III:
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Why then, by God--
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QUEEN ELIZABETH:
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God's wrong is most of all.
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If thou hadst fear'd to break an oath by Him,
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The unity the king thy brother made
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Had not been broken, nor my brother slain:
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If thou hadst fear'd to break an oath by Him,
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The imperial metal, circling now thy brow,
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Had graced the tender temples of my child,
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And both the princes had been breathing here,
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Which now, two tender playfellows to dust,
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Thy broken faith hath made a prey for worms.
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What canst thou swear by now?
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KING RICHARD III:
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The time to come.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH:
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That thou hast wronged in the time o'erpast;
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For I myself have many tears to wash
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Hereafter time, for time past wrong'd by thee.
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The children live, whose parents thou hast
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slaughter'd,
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Ungovern'd youth, to wail it in their age;
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The parents live, whose children thou hast butcher'd,
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Old wither'd plants, to wail it with their age.
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Swear not by time to come; for that thou hast
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Misused ere used, by time misused o'erpast.
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KING RICHARD III:
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As I intend to prosper and repent,
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So thrive I in my dangerous attempt
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Of hostile arms! myself myself confound!
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Heaven and fortune bar me happy hours!
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Day, yield me not thy light; nor, night, thy rest!
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Be opposite all planets of good luck
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To my proceedings, if, with pure heart's love,
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Immaculate devotion, holy thoughts,
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I tender not thy beauteous princely daughter!
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In her consists my happiness and thine;
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Without her, follows to this land and me,
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To thee, herself, and many a Christian soul,
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Death, desolation, ruin and decay:
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It cannot be avoided but by this;
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It will not be avoided but by this.
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Therefore, good mother,--I must can you so--
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Be the attorney of my love to her:
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Plead what I will be, not what I have been;
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Not my deserts, but what I will deserve:
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Urge the necessity and state of times,
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And be not peevish-fond in great designs.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH:
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Shall I be tempted of the devil thus?
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KING RICHARD III:
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Ay, if the devil tempt thee to do good.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH:
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Shall I forget myself to be myself?
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KING RICHARD III:
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Ay, if yourself's remembrance wrong yourself.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH:
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But thou didst kill my children.
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KING RICHARD III:
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But in your daughter's womb I bury them:
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Where in that nest of spicery they shall breed
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Selves of themselves, to your recomforture.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH:
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Shall I go win my daughter to thy will?
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KING RICHARD III:
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And be a happy mother by the deed.
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