They smile at me that shortly shall be dead.
[Exeunt]
KING RICHARD III
ACT III
SCENE V The Tower-walls.
[Enter GLOUCESTER and BUCKINGHAM, in rotten armour,
marvellous ill-favoured]
GLOUCESTER Come, cousin, canst thou quake, and change thy colour,
Murder thy breath in the middle of a word,
And then begin again, and stop again,
As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror?
BUCKINGHAM Tut, I can counterfeit the deep tragedian;
Speak and look back, and pry on every side,
Tremble and start at wagging of a straw,
Intending deep suspicion: ghastly looks
Are at my service, like enforced smiles;
And both are ready in their offices,
At any time, to grace my stratagems.
But what, is Catesby gone?
GLOUCESTER He is; and, see, he brings the mayor along.
[Enter the Lord Mayor and CATESBY]
BUCKINGHAM Lord mayor,--
GLOUCESTER Look to the drawbridge there!
BUCKINGHAM Hark! a drum.
GLOUCESTER Catesby, o'erlook the walls.
BUCKINGHAM Lord mayor, the reason we have sent--
GLOUCESTER Look back, defend thee, here are enemies.
BUCKINGHAM God and our innocency defend and guard us!
GLOUCESTER Be patient, they are friends, Ratcliff and Lovel.
[Enter LOVEL and RATCLIFF, with HASTINGS' head]
LOVEL Here is the head of that ignoble traitor,
The dangerous and unsuspected Hastings.
GLOUCESTER So dear I loved the man, that I must weep.
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