# Result number

Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.

Character Indicates who said the line. If it's a play or sonnet, the character name is "Poet."

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1

Richard II
[V, 4]

(stage directions)

2734

[Enter EXTON and Servant]

2

Richard II
[V, 5]

Keeper

2853

My lord, I dare not: Sir Pierce of Exton, who
lately came from the king, commands the contrary.

3

Richard II
[V, 5]

(stage directions)

2859

[Enter EXTON and Servants, armed]

4

Richard II
[V, 5]

King Richard II

2860

How now! what means death in this rude assault?
Villain, thy own hand yields thy death's instrument.
[Snatching an axe from a Servant and killing him]
Go thou, and fill another room in hell.
[He kills another. Then Exton strikes him down]
That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire
That staggers thus my person. Exton, thy fierce hand
Hath with the king's blood stain'd the king's own land.
Mount, mount, my soul! thy seat is up on high;
Whilst my gross flesh sinks downward, here to die.

5

Richard II
[V, 6]

(stage directions)

2912

[Enter EXTON, with persons bearing a coffin]

6

Richard II
[V, 6]

Henry IV

2917

Exton, I thank thee not; for thou hast wrought
A deed of slander with thy fatal hand
Upon my head and all this famous land.