Speeches (Lines) for Duke of Gloucester
in "Richard III"
Total: 163

1

I,1,2

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;...

2

I,1,50

Upon what cause?

3

I,1,52

Alack, my lord, that fault is none of yours;
He should, for that, commit your godfathers:...

4

I,1,67

Why, this it is, when men are ruled by women:
'Tis not the king that sends you to the Tower:...

5

I,1,81

Humbly complaining to her deity
Got my lord chamberlain his liberty....

6

I,1,93

Even so; an't please your worship, Brakenbury,
You may partake of any thing we say:...

7

I,1,103

Naught to do with mistress Shore! I tell thee, fellow,
He that doth naught with her, excepting one,...

8

I,1,107

Her husband, knave: wouldst thou betray me?

9

I,1,111

We are the queen's abjects, and must obey.
Brother, farewell: I will unto the king;...

10

I,1,119

Well, your imprisonment shall not be long;
Meantime, have patience.

11

I,1,123

Go, tread the path that thou shalt ne'er return.
Simple, plain Clarence! I do love thee so,...

12

I,1,130

As much unto my good lord chamberlain!
Well are you welcome to the open air....

13

I,1,136

No doubt, no doubt; and so shall Clarence too;
For they that were your enemies are his,...

14

I,1,141

What news abroad?

15

I,1,145

Now, by Saint Paul, this news is bad indeed.
O, he hath kept an evil diet long,...

16

I,1,151

Go you before, and I will follow you.
[Exit HASTINGS]...

17

I,2,207

Stay, you that bear the corse, and set it down.

18

I,2,210

Villains, set down the corse; or, by Saint Paul,
I'll make a corse of him that disobeys.

19

I,2,213

Unmanner'd dog! stand thou, when I command:
Advance thy halbert higher than my breast,...

20

I,2,223

Sweet saint, for charity, be not so curst.

21

I,2,243

Lady, you know no rules of charity,
Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.

22

I,2,247

But I know none, and therefore am no beast.

23

I,2,249

More wonderful, when angels are so angry.
Vouchsafe, divine perfection of a woman,...

24

I,2,256

Fairer than tongue can name thee, let me have
Some patient leisure to excuse myself.

25

I,2,260

By such despair, I should accuse myself.

26

I,2,264

Say that I slew them not?

27

I,2,267

I did not kill your husband.

28

I,2,269

Nay, he is dead; and slain by Edward's hand.

29

I,2,274

I was provoked by her slanderous tongue,
which laid their guilt upon my guiltless shoulders.

30

I,2,279

I grant ye.

31

I,2,283

The fitter for the King of heaven, that hath him.

32

I,2,285

Let him thank me, that holp to send him thither;
For he was fitter for that place than earth.

33

I,2,288

Yes, one place else, if you will hear me name it.

34

I,2,290

Your bed-chamber.

35

I,2,292

So will it, madam till I lie with you.

36

I,2,294

I know so. But, gentle Lady Anne,
To leave this keen encounter of our wits,...

37

I,2,301

Your beauty was the cause of that effect;
Your beauty: which did haunt me in my sleep...

38

I,2,307

These eyes could never endure sweet beauty's wreck;
You should not blemish it, if I stood by:...

39

I,2,312

Curse not thyself, fair creature thou art both.

40

I,2,314

It is a quarrel most unnatural,
To be revenged on him that loveth you.

41

I,2,318

He that bereft thee, lady, of thy husband,
Did it to help thee to a better husband.

42

I,2,321

He lives that loves thee better than he could.

43

I,2,323

Plantagenet.

44

I,2,325

The selfsame name, but one of better nature.

45

I,2,327

Here.
[She spitteth at him]...

46

I,2,331

Never came poison from so sweet a place.

47

I,2,334

Thine eyes, sweet lady, have infected mine.

48

I,2,336

I would they were, that I might die at once;
For now they kill me with a living death....

49

I,2,374

Then bid me kill myself, and I will do it.

50

I,2,376

Tush, that was in thy rage:
Speak it again, and, even with the word,...

51

I,2,382

'Tis figured in my tongue.

52

I,2,384

Then never man was true.

53

I,2,386

Say, then, my peace is made.

54

I,2,388

But shall I live in hope?

55

I,2,390

Vouchsafe to wear this ring.

56

I,2,392

Look, how this ring encompasseth finger.
Even so thy breast encloseth my poor heart;...

57

I,2,399

That it would please thee leave these sad designs
To him that hath more cause to be a mourner,...

58

I,2,411

Bid me farewell.

59

I,2,416

Sirs, take up the corse.

60

I,2,418

No, to White-Friars; there attend my coining.
[Exeunt all but GLOUCESTER]...

61

I,3,503

They do me wrong, and I will not endure it:
Who are they that complain unto the king,...

62

I,3,516

To thee, that hast nor honesty nor grace.
When have I injured thee? when done thee wrong?...

63

I,3,531

I cannot tell: the world is grown so bad,
That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch:...

64

I,3,539

Meantime, God grants that we have need of you:
Your brother is imprison'd by your means,...

65

I,3,552

You may deny that you were not the cause
Of my Lord Hastings' late imprisonment.

66

I,3,555

She may, Lord Rivers! why, who knows not so?
She may do more, sir, than denying that:...

67

I,3,562

What, marry, may she! marry with a king,
A bachelor, a handsome stripling too:...

68

I,3,576

What! threat you me with telling of the king?
Tell him, and spare not: look, what I have said...

69

I,3,584

Ere you were queen, yea, or your husband king,
I was a pack-horse in his great affairs;...

70

I,3,590

In all which time you and your husband Grey
Were factious for the house of Lancaster;...

71

I,3,598

Poor Clarence did forsake his father, Warwick;
Yea, and forswore himself,—which Jesu pardon!—

72

I,3,601

To fight on Edward's party for the crown;
And for his meed, poor lord, he is mew'd up....

73

I,3,612

If I should be! I had rather be a pedlar:
Far be it from my heart, the thought of it!

74

I,3,628

Foul wrinkled witch, what makest thou in my sight?

75

I,3,631

Wert thou not banished on pain of death?

76

I,3,638

The curse my noble father laid on thee,
When thou didst crown his warlike brows with paper...

77

I,3,679

Have done thy charm, thou hateful wither'd hag!

78

I,3,698

Margaret.

79

I,3,700

Ha!

80

I,3,702

I cry thee mercy then, for I had thought
That thou hadst call'd me all these bitter names.

81

I,3,706

'Tis done by me, and ends in 'Margaret.'

82

I,3,728

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

83

I,3,730

Yea, and much more: but I was born so high,
Our aery buildeth in the cedar's top,...

84

I,3,762

What doth she say, my Lord of Buckingham?

85

I,3,774

I cannot blame her: by God's holy mother,
She hath had too much wrong; and I repent...

86

I,3,778

But you have all the vantage of her wrong.
I was too hot to do somebody good,...

87

I,3,786

So do I ever:
[Aside]...

88

I,3,796

I do the wrong, and first begin to brawl.
The secret mischiefs that I set abroach...

89

I,3,817

Well thought upon; I have it here about me.
[Gives the warrant]...

90

I,3,828

Your eyes drop millstones, when fools' eyes drop tears:
I like you, lads; about your business straight;...

91

II,1,1170

Good morrow to my sovereign king and queen:
And, princely peers, a happy time of day!

92

II,1,1176

A blessed labour, my most sovereign liege:
Amongst this princely heap, if any here,...

93

II,1,1201

Why, madam, have I offer'd love for this
To be so bouted in this royal presence?...

94

II,1,1212

But he, poor soul, by your first order died,
And that a winged Mercury did bear:...

95

II,1,1262

This is the fruit of rashness! Mark'd you not
How that the guilty kindred of the queen...

96

II,2,1374

Madam, have comfort: all of us have cause
To wail the dimming of our shining star;...

97

II,2,1382

[Aside] Amen; and make me die a good old man!
That is the butt-end of a mother's blessing:...

98

II,2,1405

I hope the king made peace with all of us
And the compact is firm and true in me.

99

II,2,1414

Then be it so; and go we to determine
Who they shall be that straight shall post to Ludlow....

100

II,2,1425

My other self, my counsel's consistory,
My oracle, my prophet! My dear cousin,...

101

III,1,1568

Welcome, dear cousin, my thoughts' sovereign
The weary way hath made you melancholy.

102

III,1,1573

Sweet prince, the untainted virtue of your years
Hath not yet dived into the world's deceit...

103

III,1,1583

My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.

104

III,1,1632

Where it seems best unto your royal self.
If I may counsel you, some day or two...

105

III,1,1648

[Aside] So wise so young, they say, do never
live long.

106

III,1,1651

I say, without characters, fame lives long.
[Aside]...

107

III,1,1665

[Aside] Short summers lightly have a forward spring.

108

III,1,1673

How fares our cousin, noble Lord of York?

109

III,1,1677

He hath, my lord.

110

III,1,1679

O, my fair cousin, I must not say so.

111

III,1,1681

He may command me as my sovereign;
But you have power in me as in a kinsman.

112

III,1,1684

My dagger, little cousin? with all my heart.

113

III,1,1688

A greater gift than that I'll give my cousin.

114

III,1,1690

A gentle cousin, were it light enough.

115

III,1,1693

It is too heavy for your grace to wear.

116

III,1,1695

What, would you have my weapon, little lord?

117

III,1,1697

How?

118

III,1,1709

My lord, will't please you pass along?
Myself and my good cousin Buckingham...

119

III,1,1716

Why, what should you fear?

120

III,1,1720

Nor none that live, I hope.

121

III,1,1729

No doubt, no doubt; O, 'tis a parlous boy;
Bold, quick, ingenious, forward, capable...

122

III,1,1756

Commend me to Lord William: tell him, Catesby,
His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries...

123

III,1,1763

Shall we hear from you, Catesby, ere we sleep?

124

III,1,1765

At Crosby Place, there shall you find us both.

125

III,1,1769

Chop off his head, man; somewhat we will do:
And, look, when I am king, claim thou of me...

126

III,1,1774

And look to have it yielded with all willingness.
Come, let us sup betimes, that afterwards...

127

III,4,1971

My noble lords and cousins all, good morrow.
I have been long a sleeper; but, I hope,...

128

III,4,1978

Than my Lord Hastings no man might be bolder;
His lordship knows me well, and loves me well.

129

III,4,1981

My lord of Ely!

130

III,4,1983

When I was last in Holborn,
I saw good strawberries in your garden there...

131

III,4,1988

Cousin of Buckingham, a word with you.
[Drawing him aside]...

132

III,4,2016

I pray you all, tell me what they deserve
That do conspire my death with devilish plots...

133

III,4,2024

Then be your eyes the witness of this ill:
See how I am bewitch'd; behold mine arm...

134

III,4,2031

If I thou protector of this damned strumpet—
Tellest thou me of 'ifs'? Thou art a traitor:...

135

III,5,2069

Come, cousin, canst thou quake, and change thy colour,
Murder thy breath in the middle of a word,...

136

III,5,2081

He is; and, see, he brings the mayor along.

137

III,5,2084

Look to the drawbridge there!

138

III,5,2086

Catesby, o'erlook the walls.

139

III,5,2088

Look back, defend thee, here are enemies.

140

III,5,2090

Be patient, they are friends, Ratcliff and Lovel.

141

III,5,2094

So dear I loved the man, that I must weep.
I took him for the plainest harmless creature...

142

III,5,2111

What, think You we are Turks or infidels?
Or that we would, against the form of law,...

143

III,5,2122

Yet had not we determined he should die,
Until your lordship came to see his death;...

144

III,5,2137

And to that end we wish'd your lord-ship here,
To avoid the carping censures of the world.

145

III,5,2143

Go, after, after, cousin Buckingham.
The mayor towards Guildhall hies him in all post:...

146

III,5,2169

If you thrive well, bring them to Baynard's Castle;
Where you shall find me well accompanied...

147

III,5,2175

Go, Lovel, with all speed to Doctor Shaw;
[To CATESBY]...

148

III,7,2202

How now, my lord, what say the citizens?

149

III,7,2205

Touch'd you the bastardy of Edward's children?

150

III,7,2224

Ah! and did they so?

151

III,7,2243

What tongueless blocks were they! would not they speak?

152

III,7,2245

Will not the mayor then and his brethren come?

153

III,7,2253

I go; and if you plead as well for them
As I can say nay to thee for myself,...

154

III,7,2315

My lord, there needs no such apology:
I rather do beseech you pardon me,...

155

III,7,2322

I do suspect I have done some offence
That seems disgracious in the city's eyes,...

156

III,7,2327

Else wherefore breathe I in a Christian land?

157

III,7,2352

I know not whether to depart in silence,
Or bitterly to speak in your reproof....

158

III,7,2415

Alas, why would you heap these cares on me?
I am unfit for state and majesty;...

159

III,7,2431

O, do not swear, my lord of Buckingham.

160

III,7,2435

Would you enforce me to a world of care?
Well, call them again. I am not made of stone,...

161

III,7,2451

In saying so, you shall but say the truth.

162

III,7,2456

Even when you please, since you will have it so.

163

III,7,2459

Come, let us to our holy task again.
Farewell, good cousin; farewell, gentle friends.