Speeches (Lines) for First Murderer
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Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). I do the wrong, and first begin to brawl.
First Murderer. We are, my lord; and come to have the warrant
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Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). Well thought upon; I have it here about me.
First Murderer. Tush!
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Richard III (Duke of Gloucester). Your eyes drop millstones, when fools' eyes drop tears:
First Murderer. We will, my noble lord. |
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(stage directions). [Enter the two Murderers] First Murderer. Ho! who's here? |
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Sir Robert Brakenbury. In God's name what are you, and how came you hither? First Murderer. I would speak with Clarence, and I came hither on my legs. |
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Sir Robert Brakenbury. I am, in this, commanded to deliver
First Murderer. Do so, it is a point of wisdom: fare you well. |
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Second Murderer. What, shall we stab him as he sleeps? First Murderer. No; then he will say 'twas done cowardly, when he wakes. |
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Second Murderer. When he wakes! why, fool, he shall never wake till
First Murderer. Why, then he will say we stabbed him sleeping. |
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Second Murderer. The urging of that word 'judgment' hath bred a kind
First Murderer. What, art thou afraid? |
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Second Murderer. Not to kill him, having a warrant for it; but to be
First Murderer. I thought thou hadst been resolute. |
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Second Murderer. So I am, to let him live. First Murderer. Back to the Duke of Gloucester, tell him so. |
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Second Murderer. I pray thee, stay a while: I hope my holy humour
First Murderer. How dost thou feel thyself now? |
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Second Murderer. 'Faith, some certain dregs of conscience are yet
First Murderer. Remember our reward, when the deed is done. |
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Second Murderer. 'Zounds, he dies: I had forgot the reward. First Murderer. Where is thy conscience now? |
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Second Murderer. In the Duke of Gloucester's purse. First Murderer. So when he opens his purse to give us our reward,
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Second Murderer. Let it go; there's few or none will entertain it. First Murderer. How if it come to thee again? |
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Second Murderer. I'll not meddle with it: it is a dangerous thing: it
First Murderer. 'Zounds, it is even now at my elbow, persuading me
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Second Murderer. Take the devil in thy mind, and relieve him not: he
First Murderer. Tut, I am strong-framed, he cannot prevail with me,
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Second Murderer. Spoke like a tail fellow that respects his
First Murderer. Take him over the costard with the hilts of thy
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Second Murderer. O excellent devise! make a sop of him. First Murderer. Hark! he stirs: shall I strike? |
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George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence). You scarcely have the hearts to tell me so,
First Murderer. Offended us you have not, but the king. |
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George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence). Are you call'd forth from out a world of men
First Murderer. What we will do, we do upon command. |
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Second Murderer. And that same vengeance doth he hurl on thee,
First Murderer. And, like a traitor to the name of God,
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Second Murderer. Whom thou wert sworn to cherish and defend. First Murderer. How canst thou urge God's dreadful law to us,
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George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence). Alas! for whose sake did I that ill deed?
First Murderer. Who made thee, then, a bloody minister,
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George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence). My brother's love, the devil, and my rage. First Murderer. Thy brother's love, our duty, and thy fault,
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George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence). Tell him, when that our princely father York
First Murderer. Ay, millstones; as be lesson'd us to weep. |
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George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence). O, do not slander him, for he is kind. First Murderer. Right,
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Second Murderer. Why, so he doth, now he delivers thee
First Murderer. Make peace with God, for you must die, my lord. |
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George Plantagenet (Duke of Clarence). Relent, and save your souls. First Murderer. Relent! 'tis cowardly and womanish. |
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Second Murderer. Look behind you, my lord. First Murderer. Take that, and that: if all this will not do,
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(stage directions). [Re-enter First Murderer] First Murderer. How now! what mean'st thou, that thou help'st me not?
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(stage directions). [Exit] First Murderer. So do not I: go, coward as thou art.
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