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| Enter Sir Richard Ratcliffe, with Halberds, carrying | Enter Sir Richard Ratcliffe, with halberds, carrying | halberd (n.)person armed with a halberd | R3 III.iii.1.1 |
| the Nobles to death at Pomfret. | Rivers, Grey, and Vaughan to death at Pomfret | Pomfret (n.)Pontefract, West Yorkshire; site of a castle in which Richard II was imprisoned; later, a Lancastrian stronghold | R3 III.iii.1.2 |
| Riuers. | RIVERS | | |
| Sir Richard Ratcliffe, let me tell thee this, | Sir Richard Ratcliffe, let me tell thee this: | | R3 III.iii.1 |
| To day shalt thou behold a Subiect die, | Today shalt thou behold a subject die | | R3 III.iii.2 |
| For Truth, for Dutie, and for Loyaltie. | For truth, for duty, and for loyalty. | | R3 III.iii.3 |
| Grey. | GREY | | |
| God blesse the Prince from all the Pack of you, | God bless the Prince from all the pack of you! | pack (n.)gang, group, circle, confederacy | R3 III.iii.4 |
| | bless (v.)
old form: blesse guard, protect, safeguard | |
| A Knot you are, of damned Blood-suckers. | A knot you are of damned bloodsuckers. | knot (n.)company, band, assembly | R3 III.iii.5 |
| Vaugh. | VAUGHAN | | |
| You liue, that shall cry woe for this heere-after. | You live that shall cry woe for this hereafter. | | R3 III.iii.6 |
| Rat. | RATCLIFFE | | |
| Dispatch, the limit of your Liues is out. | Dispatch! The limit of your lives is out. | limit (n.)prescribed time, fixed period | R3 III.iii.7 |
| | dispatch, despatch (v.)hurry up, be quick | |
| Riuers. | RIVERS | | |
| O Pomfret, Pomfret! O thou bloody Prison! | O Pomfret, Pomfret! O thou bloody prison, | | R3 III.iii.8 |
| Fatall and ominous to Noble Peeres: | Fatal and ominous to noble peers! | | R3 III.iii.9 |
| Within the guiltie Closure of thy Walls, | Within the guilty closure of thy walls | closure (n.)enclosure, bound, limit | R3 III.iii.10 |
| Richard the Second here was hackt to death: | Richard the Second here was hacked to death; | | R3 III.iii.11 |
| And for more slander to thy dismall Seat, | And, for more slander to thy dismal seat, | slander (n.)dishonour, disgrace, disrepute | R3 III.iii.12 |
| | seat (n.)situation, position, location | |
| | dismal (adj.)
old form: dismall sinister, ominous, malign | |
| Wee giue to thee our guiltlesse blood to drinke. | We give to thee our guiltless blood to drink. | | R3 III.iii.13 |
| Grey. | GREY | | |
| Now Margarets Curse is falne vpon our Heads, | Now Margaret's curse is fallen upon our heads, | | R3 III.iii.14 |
| When shee exclaim'd on Hastings, you, and I, | When she exclaimed on Hastings, you, and I, | exclaim on / upon (v.)
old form: exclaim'd accuse, blame, denounce [loudly] | R3 III.iii.15 |
| For standing by, when Richard stab'd her Sonne. | For standing by when Richard stabbed her son. | | R3 III.iii.16 |
| Riuers. | RIVERS | | |
| Then curs'd shee Richard, / Thencurs'd shee Buckingham, | Then cursed she Richard, then cursed she Buckingham, | | R3 III.iii.17 |
| Then curs'd shee Hastings. Oh remember God, | Then cursed she Hastings. O, remember, God, | | R3 III.iii.18 |
| To heare her prayer for them, as now for vs: | To hear her prayers for them, as now for us! | | R3 III.iii.19 |
| And for my Sister, and her Princely Sonnes, | And for my sister and her princely sons, | | R3 III.iii.20 |
| Be satisfy'd, deare God, with our true blood, | Be satisfied, dear God, with our true blood, | | R3 III.iii.21 |
| Which, as thou know'st, vniustly must be spilt. | Which, as Thou know'st, unjustly must be spilt. | | R3 III.iii.22 |
| Rat. | RATCLIFFE | | |
| Make haste, the houre of death is expiate. | Make haste. The hour of death is expiate. | expiate (adj.)reached, fully arrived | R3 III.iii.23 |
| Riuers. | RIVERS | | |
| Come Grey, come Vaughan, let vs here embrace. | Come, Grey; come, Vaughan; let us here embrace. | | R3 III.iii.24 |
| Farewell, vntill we meet againe in Heauen. | Farewell, until we meet again in heaven. | | R3 III.iii.25 |
| Exeunt. | Exeunt | | R3 III.iii.25 |