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petition of what thou hast marr'd;

efore I let thee go.

not banished on pain of death? 15

pain in banishment

ld me here by my abode.

on thou owest to me,-
m,- all of you allegiance:
nave, by right is yours;
es you usurp are mine.

my noble father laid on thee,
-own his warlike brows with paper,
s drew'st rivers from his eyes;
nem, gavest the duke a clout
less blood of pretty Rutland ;-
om bitterness of soul

thee, are all fall'n upon thee; hath plagued thy bloody deed.16 is God, to right the innocent.

Ou" is old language for "what doest thou." Here it have you in this place?" See As You Like It, Ze, in the line before, is high-born.

O France after the battle of Hexham, in 1464, and mation prohibiting any of his subjects from aiding ng her, should she attempt to revisit England. She

is the foulest deed to slay that babe,
erciless that e'er was heard of!
themselves wept when it was reported.
1 but prophesied revenge for it.
imberland, then present, wept to see it.
at! were you snarling all before I came,
each other by the throat,
your hatred now on me?

1 curse prevail so much with Heaven,
ath, my lovely Edward's death,
loss, my woeful banishment,
swer for that peevish brat?

e the clouds and enter Heaven?
way, dull clouds, to my quick curses!
var, by surfeit die your King,
er, to make him a king!
that now is Prince of Wales,
son, that was Prince of Wales,
by like untimely violence!

for me that was a queen,
like my wretched self!

live to wail thy children's loss;

- as I see thee now,

ghts, as thou art stall'd in mine!
opy days before thy death;
lengthen'd hours of grief,
her, wife, nor England's Queen!-
et, you were standers-by,

, Lord Hastings, when my son
bloody daggers: God, I pray Him,
live his natural age,

u may

Glos. Have

hag!
Q. Mar. An
hear me

If Heaven have
Exceeding thos
0, let them 17 k
And then hurl d
On thee, the tro
The worm of co
Thy friends sus
And take deep

No sleep close
Unless it be wh
Affrights thee w
Thou elvish-ma
Thou that wast

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grievous plague in store I can wish upon thee, till thy sins be ripe, heir indignation

of the poor world's peace! nce still be-gnaw thy soul ! For traitors while thou livest, rs for thy dearest friends! at deadly eye of thine, me tormenting dream hell of ugly devils ! abortive, rooting hog! 18 I in thy nativity

and the son of Hell! heavy mother's womb! f thy father's loins!

thou detested

mercy, then; for I did think

wen, the latter being a collective noun.

in allusion to hin

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t call'd me all these bitter names.

ny, so I did; but look'd for no reply. the period to my curse!

one by me, and ends in - Margaret.

is have you breathed your curse against your

or painted Queen, vain flourish of my fortune! ou sugar on that bottled spider,19

veb ensnareth thee about?

u whett'st a knife to kill thyself.

me that thou shalt wish for me

urse that poisonous bunch-back'd toad. -boding woman, end thy frantic curse, m thou move our patience.

ul shame upon you! you have all moved mine.
ou well served, you would be taught your duty.
› serve me well, you all should do me duty,
› your queen, and you my subjects:
ll, and teach yourselves that duty!
e not with her; she is lunatic.

ace, master marquess, you are malapert:
'stamp of honour is scarce current :
ung nobility could judge

lose it, and be miserable!

I high have many blasts to shake them;

, they dash themselves to pieces.

counsel, marry: — learn it, learn it, marquess.

ches you, my lord, as much as me.

d much more; but I was born so high:

ichard's form and venom. A bottled spider is a large, ›posed to contain venom in proportion to its size.

Our eyrie 21 buil
And dallies with
Q. Mar. An
Witness my son,

Whose bright ou
Hath in eternal
Your eyrie build
O God, that see
As it was won w
Riv. Peace, I
Q. Mar. Urg
Uncharitably wit
And shamefully
My charity is ou
And in that shar
Buck. Have
Q. Mar. O
In sign of league
Now fair befall t

Thy garments ar

Nor thou within

Buck. Nor n
The lips of those
Q. Mar. I'll
And there awak
0 Buckingham,

21 Eyrie for broo
hawks; though in 1
Its etymology is from
22 "Outrage is th
is all the life nermin

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in the cedar's top,

wind, and scorns the Sun.

ns the Sun to shade ;-alas! alas !

7 in the shade of death;

ning beams thy cloudy wrath

ness folded up.

n our eyrie's nest :

do not suffer it;

lood, lost be it so !

e, for shame, if not for charity.

ither charity nor shame to me: e have you dealt,

ou my hopes are butcher'd.

e, life my shame; 22

ill live my sorrow's rage!

ely Buckingham, I'll kiss thy hand,

1 amity with thee:

and thy noble House !

t spotted with our blood, compass of my curse.

e here; for curses never pass
t breathe them in the air.

believe but they ascend the sky,
d's gentle-sleeping peace.
heed of yonder dog!

his word properly signified a brood of eagles or

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