Whom their o'er-cloyed country vomits forth If we be conquer'd, let men conquer us, And not these bastard Bretagnes; whom our fa thers Have in their own land beaten, bobb'd, and thump'd, Fight, gentlemen of England! fight, bold yeomen! Enter a Messenger. What says lord Stanley? will he bring his power? Mes. My lord, he doth deny to come. K. Rich. Off instantly with his son George's head. Nor. My lord, the enemy is pass'd the marsh; After the battle let George Stanley die. K. Rich. A thousand hearts are great within my bosom: Advance our standards, set upon our foes; SCENE IV. Alarum. ANOTHER PART OF THE FIELD. Excursions. Enter Norfolk, and forces; to him Catesby. Cates. Rescue, my lord of Norfolk, rescue, rescue! The king enacts more wonders than a man, Daring an opposite to every danger; His horse is slain, and all on foot he fights, Alarum. Enter King Richard. K. Rich. A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! Cates. Withdraw, my lord, I'll help you to a horse. K. Rich. Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die: I think, there be six Richmonds in the field; A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! [Exeunt. Alarums. Enter King Richard and Richmond; and exeunt fighting. Retreat, and flourish. Then enter Richmond, Stanley bearing the crown, with divers other Lords, and Forces. Richm. God, and your arms, be prais'd, victorious friends; The day is ours, the bloody dog is dead. Stan. Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee! Lo, here, this long-usurped royalty, From the dead temples of this bloody wretch Richm. Great God of heaven, say, amen, to all! But, tell me first, is young George Stanley living? Stan. He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town; Whither, if it please you, we may now withdraw us. Richm. What men of name are slain on either side? Stan. John duke of Norfolk, Walter lord Fer rers, Sir Robert Brakenbury, and sir William Brandon. Richm. Inter their bodies as becomes their births. Proclaim a pardon to the soldiers fled, That in submission will return to us; And then, as we have ta'en the sacrament, O, now, let Richmond and Elizabeth, peace! Now civil wounds are stopp'd, peace lives again; That she may long live here, God say—Amen! [Exeunt. |