PERSONS REPRESENTED. KING EDWARD THE FOURTH. EDWARD, Prince of Wales, afterwar King Edward V. RICHARD, Duke of York. GEORGE, Duke of Clarence. RICHARD, Duke of Gloster, afterwards King Richard III. A young Son of Clarence. Sons to the King. Brothers to the King. HENRY, Earl of Richmond, afterwards King Henry VII. THOMAS ROTHERAM, Archbishop of York. JOHN MORTON, Bishop of Ely. Duke of Buckingham. Duke of Norfolk: Earl of Surrey, his Son. EARL RIVERS, Brother to King Edward's Queen. Marquis of Dorset, and LORD GREY, her Sons. Earl of Oxford. LORD HASTINGS. LORD STANLEY. LORD LOVEL SIR THOMAS VAUGHAN. SIR RICHARD RATCLIFF. SIR WILLIAM CATESBY. SIR JAMES TYRREL. SIR JAMES BLOUNT. SIR WALTER HERBERT. SIR ROBERT BRAKENBURY, Lieutenant of The Tower. ELIZABETH, Queen of King Edward IV. MARGARET, Widow of King Henry VI. Duchess of York, Mother to King Edward IV., Clarence, and Gloster. LADY ANNE, Widow of Edward, Prince of Wales, Son to King Henry VI.; afterwards married to the Duke of Gloster. A young Daughter of Clarence. Lords, and other Attendants, two Gentlemen, a Pursuivant, Scrivener, Citizens, Murderers, Messengers, Ghosts, Soldiers, &c. SCENE. England. KING RICHARD THE THIRD. ACT I. SCENE I. London. A Street. Enter GLOSTER. Gloster. Now is the winter of our discontent Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths; To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I,-that am not shaped for sportive tricks, And, therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair, well-spoken days,- By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, Of Edward's heirs the murderer shall be. Dive, thoughts, down to my soul! here Clarence comes. Enter CLARENCE, guarded, and BRAKENBURY. Brother, good day. What means this armed guard, That waits upon your grace? Clar. His majesty, Tendering my person's safety, hath appointed This conduct to convey me to the Tower. Glo. Upon what cause? Clar. Because my name is-George. Glo. Alack, my lord, that fault is none of yours; He should, for that, commit your godfathers. O, belike, his majesty hath some intent, That you shall be new christened in the Tower. As yet I do not. But, as I can learn, And, for my name of George begins with G, These, as I learn, and such like toys as these, Have moved his highness to commit me now. Glo. Why, this it is, when men are ruled by women. 'Tis not the king that sends you to the Tower; Was it not she, and that good man of worship, That made him send lord Hastings to the Tower; |