North. Read o'er this paper while the glass doth come.[1618]
K. Rich. Fiend, thou torment'st me ere I come to hell![1618][1668]270
Boling. Urge it no more, my Lord Northumberland.[1618]
North. The commons will not then be satisfied.[1618]
K. Rich. They shall be satisfied: I'll read enough,[1618]
 When I do see the very book indeed[1618]
 Where all my sins are writ, and that's myself.[1618]275

Re-enter Attendant, with a glass.[1618][1669]

Give me the glass, and therein will I read.[1618][1670][1671]
 No deeper wrinkles yet? hath sorrow struck[1618][1670]
 So many blows upon this face of mine,[1618][1670]
 And made no deeper wounds? O flattering glass,[1618][1670]
 Like to my followers in prosperity,[1618][1670]280
 Thou dost beguile me! Was this face the face[1618][1672][1673][1674]
 That every day under his household roof[1618][1673]
 Did keep ten thousand men? was this the face[1618][1673][1675][1676]
 That, like the sun, did make beholders wink?[1618][1673][1676]
 Was this the face that faced so many follies,[1618][1673][1677][1678]285
 And was at last out-faced by Bolingbroke?[1618][1678][1679]
 A brittle glory shineth in this face:[1618][1678]
 As brittle as the glory is the face;[1618][1678]

[Dashes the glass against the ground.[1618][1678][1680]

For there it is, crack'd in a hundred shivers.[1618][1678][1681]
 Mark, silent king, the moral of this sport,[1618][1678][1682]290
 How soon my sorrow hath destroy'd my face.[1618]
Boling. The shadow of your sorrow hath destroy'd[1618]
 The shadow of your face.[1618]
K. Rich. Say that again.[1618][1683]
 The shadow of my sorrow! ha! let's see:[1618][1683]
 'Tis very true, my grief lies all within;[1618][1683]295
 And these external manners of laments[1618][1683][1684]
 Are merely shadows to the unseen grief,[1618][1683]
 That swells with silence in the tortured soul;[1618][1683]
 There lies the substance: and I thank thee, king,[1618][1685]
 For thy great bounty, that not only givest[1618][1686]300
 Me cause to wail but teachest me the way[1618]
 How to lament the cause. I'll beg one boon,[1618]
 And then be gone and trouble you no more.[1618]
 Shall I obtain it?[1618]
Boling. Name it, fair cousin.[1618][1687]
K. Rich. 'Fair cousin'? I am greater than a king:[1618][1688]305
 For when I was a king, my flatterers[1618][1689]
 Were then but subjects; being now a subject,[1618][1689]
 I have a king here to my flatterer.[1618][1689]
 Being so great, I have no need to beg.[1618][1689]
Boling. Yet ask.[1618]310
K. Rich. And shall I have?[1618][1690]
Boling. You shall.[1618][1691]
K. Rich. Then give me leave to go.[1618][1692]
Boling. Whither?[1618]
K. Rich. Whither you will, so I were from your sights.[1618][1693]315
Boling. Go, some of you convey him to the Tower.[1618]
K. Rich. O, good! convey? conveyers are you all,[1618][1694][1695]
 That rise thus nimbly by a true king's fall.[1694][1696]

[Exeunt King Richard, some Lords, and a Guard.

Boling. On Wednesday next we solemnly set down[1697]
 Our coronation: lords, prepare yourselves.[1697]320

[Exeunt all except the Bishop of Carlisle, the Abbot of Westminster, and Aumerle.[1698]

Abbot. A woeful pageant have we here beheld.[1699]
Car. The woe's to come; the children yet unborn[1700]
 Shall feel this day as sharp to them as thorn.
Aum. You holy clergymen, is there no plot
 To rid the realm of this pernicious blot?325
Abbot. My lord,[1701]
 Before I freely speak my mind herein,
 You shall not only take the sacrament
 To bury mine intents, but also to effect[1702]
 Whatever I shall happen to devise.330
 I see your brows are full of discontent,
 Your hearts of sorrow and your eyes of tears:[1703]
 Come home with me to supper; and I'll lay[1704]
 A plot shall show us all a merry day.[1704] [Exeunt.

FOOTNOTES:

[1548] Enter....] Ff Q5. Enter Bullingbroke with the Lords to Parliament. Q1. Enter Bull.... Q2 (in margin). Enter B., Aumerle, and others. Q3 Q4.

the Bishop of Carlisle] Carlile Ff Q5.

and another Lord] Omitted in Ff Q5.

[1549] [Enter Bagot. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4. Officers set him to the Bar. Capell.

forth Bagot] Bagot forth Pope (reading as one line Call ... mind).

[1550] Now, Bagot, freely ... mind] now freely speak thy mind. Pope. Now Bagot freely speak. Capell.

[1551] once it hath] it hath once Ff Q5.

deliver'd Ff Q5. delivered Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4.

[1552] Calais] Callice Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4. Callis Ff Q5.

mine] my Ff Q5.

[1553] that you had rather] you rather had Pope. too, you had rather Capell.

[1554] Than] Than to see or Than see proud Keightley conj.

Than ... England] Than Bolingbroke to England should return Seymour conj.

Bolingbroke's] Bullingbrooke F2 F3. Bullingbrook F4. to have Bolingbroke Capell.

[1555] Than ... death.] Arranged as by Capell; as two lines in Qq Ff, ending withal ... death; Hanmer ends the lines adding ... in this ... death.

[1556] withal] om. Pope, who reads 17-19 as two lines, ending adding ... death.

[1557]
Princes and] My Seymour
conj.

[1558] stars] stem Warburton conj.

[1559] him] them Q1. my Q2.

[1560] soil'd] spoyld F2. spoyl'd Q5. spoild F3. spoil'd F4.

[1561] attainder] attainture Capell conj.

[1562] I say] Q1. The rest omit.

liest] liest, Bagot Hanmer.

[1563] will] I'll Rowe (ed. 2).

[1564] heart] hearts Q5.

[1565] sympathy] sympathize F1. sympathies F2 Q5 F3 F4.

[1566] which] Q1. The rest that.

[1567] it twenty times,] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4. it, twenty times Ff Q5.

[1568] live to see that] Q1. live I to see the Q2 Q3 Q4. live to see the Ff Q5.

[1569] Fitzwater] Fitzwaters Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4.

[1570] An if] Edd. (Capell conj.). And if Qq Ff.

[1571] Another Lord. I task ... as you] Omitted in Ff Q5. See note (XXII).

[1572] task the earth] taske the earth Q1. take the earth Q2 Q3 Q4. task thee Capell. take thy oath Johnson conj. task thy heart Steevens conj. take oath S. Walker conj.

[1573] As] Capell. As it Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4.

holloa'd] hollowed Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4.

[1574] sun to sun] Capell. sinne to sinne Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4.

[1575] My lord ... talk] As three lines in Ff Q5, ending Fitzwater ... time ... talk.

[1576] do] om. Pope.

[1577] Aumerle] (Aumerle) Q1.

[1578] 'Tis very true] My Lord, 'Tis very true Ff Q5. My Lord, 'tis true Pope.

[1579] As ... true] As two lines, the first ending heaven, in Ff Q5.

[1580] Surrey] Suerrie Q3.

[1581] Dishonourable ... sword,] As one line in Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4.

[1582] do lie] rest Pope.

[1583] my] Q1 Q3 Q4. mine Q2 Ff Q5.

[1584] live,] live,— Capell.

[1585] my] om. Q1. the Q2.

[1586] As I intend] A I intended F2 F3. As I intended Q5 F4.

[1587] heard] heare Q4.

[1588] Throws down his hood. Grant White (from Holinshed).

[1589] all] om. Seymour conj.

lands and] om. Pope.

he's] he is Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4.

[1590] ne'er] F4. ne're F1 F2 Q5 F3. never Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4.

[1591] Jesu] Jesus Q3 Q4.

[1592] And] Then Pope.

[1593] that] a Q2 Q3 Q4.

[1594] Why, bishop] Why B. Q1 Q2. om. Capell.

[1595] As surely] Q1. As sure Q2 Q3 Q4 Ff Q5. Sure Pope.

[1596] sweet soul] soul Pope.

[1597] In Ff Q5 the lines end soul ... Abraham ... gage.

[1598] good old] good Pope, ending the lines soul ... appealants.

Abraham] father Abraham Keightley conj.

Lords] My lords Capell.

appellants] Q1 Q2 Q4. appeallants Q3. appealants Ff Q5.

[1599] you to] to you Collier MS.

Enter ... attended.] Capell.

Enter Yorke. Qq Ff.

[1600] Scene II. Pope.

[1601] thee] the Q1.

[1602] fourth of that name] of that name the fourth Ff Q5.

[1603] Marry] F3 F4. Mary Qq F1 F2.

[1604] God] Heaven Ff Q5.

[1605] may I] I may Q2 Q3 Q4.

speak,] speak? Hanmer.

[1606] beseeming me] beseems it me Johnson conj.

[1607] that] om. Q2 Q3 Q4.

[1608] noblesse] Q1. The rest noblenesse.

[1609] here] not here Q2 Q3.

[1610] deputy, elect] Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4. deputy elect Ff Q5.

[1611] crowned, planted] crown'd, planted F1. crown'd and planted F2 Q5 F3 F4.

[1612] subject] subjects Q5.

breath] breaths S. Walker conj.

[1613] O, forfend] O, forbid Ff Q5. forbid Seymour conj.

God] om. Pope.

[1614] this] Q1. his Q2 Q3 Q4 Ff Q5.

[1615] you] yon Q1.

raise] reare Ff Q5.

against this] against his Q3 Q4.

[1616] Prevent it] Qq Ff. Prevent Pope.

let] and let Q2 Q3 Q4 F1.

[1617] child, child's] children's Pope.

[1618] May it please you ... true king's fall.] Omitted in Q1 Q2.

[1619] commons'] common Q3 Q4.

[1620] Fetch ... suspicion] Continued to Northumberland, and printed as two lines, the first ending view, in Q3 Q4.

[1621] [Exit.] om. Q3 Q4.

[1622] here are] F1 F2 Q5. are here, are Q3 Q4. are here F3 F4.

[1623] [To Carl. Hanmer.

beholding] beholden Pope.

[1624] little look'd for] look for little Collier MS.

look'd] looke Q3 Q4.

[1625] Re-enter ...] Capell. Enter king Richard. Q3 Q4. Enter Richard and Yorke. Ff Q5.

[1626] Scene III. Pope.

[1627] limbs] limbes Q3 Q4. knee Ff Q5.

[1628] Give sorrow ... twelve] As four lines in Q3 Q4, ending submission ... men ... hail ... twelve.

[1629] tutor] Q3 Q4. tuture F1. returne F2 Q5. return F3 F4.

[1630] well] will F2 Q5 F3 F4.

[1631] sometime] sometimes Q3 Q4.

[1632] God save ... me] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1633] To Henry Bolingbroke] Omitted by Pope.

Henry] Harry Q3 Q4.

[1634] Give ... cousin] Omitted in Q3 Q4.

seize the crown] Seizes the crown. Singer (as a stage direction).

[1635] Here ... yours] As one line in Q3 Q4 Ff Q5.

[1636] Here cousin] Here Pope (reading Here, on ... thine as one line). om. Malone (1821).

[1637] and on ... yours] Q3 Q4. on ... thine Ff Q5.

[1638] Now is ... to thee] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1639] griefs] griefe Q3 Q4.

[1640] tend] 'tend F1.

[1641] Ay, no; no, ay;] I, no no I; Q3 Q4. I, no; no, I: F1 F2 Q5. I no; no, I F3. I no; no I, F4.

[1642] no no,] Q3 Q4. no, no, Ff Q5.

[1643] balm] balme Q3 Q4 F1. blame F2 Q5 F3 F4.

[1644] duty's rites] duties rites Q3 Q4. dutious oathes F1 F2 Q5. dutious oaths F3 F4. duties, rites Collier. duteous rites Id. conj. duties, rights Id. conj. apud Delius.

[1645] manors] F1 F2. manners Q3. mannors Q4 Q5 F4.

[1646] that swear] Q3 Q4. are made Ff Q5.

[1647] Long ... days] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1648] earthy] earthly Q4.

[1649] Harry] Q3 Q4. Henry Ff Q5.

[1650] sunshine] sun-shines Q4.

[1651] [Offering a paper. Capell.

[1652] folly] Q3 Q4. follyes F1 F2 Q5. follies F3 F4.

Gentle] Oh Pope.

[1653] them?] Ff Q5. them, Q3 Q4.

[1654] all] Ff Q5. om. Q3 Q4.

upon] Q3 Q4. upon me Ff Q5.

[1655] bait] bate Q3 Q4.

[1656] you] yon F3.

[1657] deliver'd] deliver Q3. delivered Q4 F4.

[1658] To] Q3 Q4. T' Ff Q5.

[1659] Made] Make Capell.

and sovereignty] Q3 Q4. a soveraigntie F1. a soveraigne F2 Q5. a soveraign F3 F4.

[1660] thou haught] om. Pope.

haught insulting] haught-insulting Ff Q5.

[1661] Nor] Q3 Q4. No, nor Ff Q5.

[1662] mockery king] Q3 Q4. mockerie, king Ff Q5.

[1663] Good ... good] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1664] An if] Theobald. And if Q3 Q4 Ff Q5. Ah if Pope.

word] Ff Q5. name Q3 Q4.

sterling] starling, Q3 Q4.

[1665] hither] hether Q3.

[1666] his] it's Capell conj.

[1667] [Exit ...] Capell.

[1668] torment'st] Rowe. torments Q3 Q4 Ff Q5.

[1669] Re-enter....] Capell. Enter one with a Glasse. Ff Q5. om. Q3 Q4.

[1670] Give me ... prosperity] As four lines in Q3 Q4, ending yet?... this ... woundes?... prosperitie.

[1671] the] that Ff Q5.

and ... read] Omitted in Q3 Q4.

[1672] Thou ... me] Omitted in Q3 Q4.

[1673] Was this ... follies,] As three lines in Q3 Q4, ending his ... men?... follies? See note (XXIII).

[1674] this face] this Q3 Q4.

[1675] keep] feed Capell.

[1676] was ... wink?] Omitted in Q3 Q4.

[1677] Was ... that] Q3 Q4. Is ... which Ff Q5.

[1678] Was this ... sport] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1679] And] Q3 Q4. That Ff Q5.

[1680] [Dashes....] Theobald.

[1681] a hundred] Q3 Q4. an hundred Ff Q5.

[1682] sport] spor Q3 Q4.

[1683] Say ... soul] As five lines in Q3 Q4, ending sorrow; ... griefe ... manners ... unseene, ... soule.

[1684] manners] manner F1.

laments] lament Capell.

[1685] There ... substance] Omitted in Q3 Q4.

[1686] For ... bounty] Omitted in Q3 Q4, reading as one line And I ... givest.

[1687] Shall ... it?] Omitted in Q3 Q4.

fair] my fair Hanmer.

[1688] cousin?] coose, why? Q3 Q4. cousin? why Steevens.

[1689] For ... beg] In Q3 Q4 the lines end subiects ... heere ... beg.

[1690] have?] have it? Q3 Q4.

[1691] You] Ay, you Seymour conj.

[1692] Then] Why then Q3 Q4. Why, pr'ythee Seymour conj.

go] go then Seymour conj.

[1693] sights] sight Pope.

[1694] O, good ... fall] Put in the margin by Pope.

[1695] good!] good: Ff Q5. good Q3 Q4.

convey?] Capell. convey, Q3. convay Q4. convey: Ff Q5.

[1696] [Exeunt ...] Capell.

[1697] On ... yourselves.] Let it be so, and loe on Wednesday next, We solemnly proclaime our coronation, Lords, be ready all. Q1 Q2.

[1698] After this line Johnson inserts Let it be so, and lo be ready all.

Exeunt ...] Exeunt. Manent West. Caleil, Aumerle. Q1 Exeunt. Manet West Carleil, Aumerle. Q2. Exeunt. Manet West., Carleill, Aumerle. Q3 Q4. Exeunt. Ff Q5.

[1699] Scene IV. Pope.

[1700] woe's] woes F1.

[1701] My lord,] My Lo: Q1 Q2. om. Q3 Q4 Ff Q5.

[1702] intents] intent Q4.

also] om. Pope.

[1703] hearts] harts Q1. hart Q2. heart Q3 Q4 Ff Q5.

[1704] and I'll lay A plot shall ... day] Pope. Ile lay a plot, Shall ... day Qq Ff (I'le F4. plot Ff Q5). I will lay A plot shall ... day Malone.