QUEEN ELIZABETH And only in that safety died her brothers.
KING RICHARD III Lo, at their births good stars were opposite.
QUEEN ELIZABETH No, to their lives bad friends were contrary.
KING RICHARD III All unavoided is the doom of destiny.
QUEEN ELIZABETH True, when avoided grace makes destiny:
My babes were destined to a fairer death,
If grace had bless'd thee with a fairer life.
KING RICHARD III You speak as if that I had slain my cousins.
QUEEN ELIZABETH Cousins, indeed; and by their uncle cozen'd
Of comfort, kingdom, kindred, freedom, life.
Whose hand soever lanced their tender hearts,
Thy head, all indirectly, gave direction:
No doubt the murderous knife was dull and blunt
Till it was whetted on thy stone-hard heart,
To revel in the entrails of my lambs.
But that still use of grief makes wild grief tame,
My tongue should to thy ears not name my boys
Till that my nails were anchor'd in thine eyes;
And I, in such a desperate bay of death,
Like a poor bark, of sails and tackling reft,
Rush all to pieces on thy rocky bosom.
KING RICHARD III Madam, so thrive I in my enterprise
And dangerous success of bloody wars,
As I intend more good to you and yours,
Than ever you or yours were by me wrong'd!
QUEEN ELIZABETH What good is cover'd with the face of heaven,
To be discover'd, that can do me good?
KING RICHARD III The advancement of your children, gentle lady.
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