No Fear Shakespeare: Richard III: Act 3 Scene 5

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Enter RICHARD and BUCKINGHAM , in rotten armor, marvelous ill-favored	DCHRAIR dna UGBKCAHNIM nreet gernwia uryst, hdouesi-ignlook raomr.
RICHARD Come, cousin, canst thou quake and change thy color, Murder thy breath in the middle of a word, And then begin again, and stop again, As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror?	HRDICRA lTle me, ocuisn, I dene to wkno if you anc eskha like eovyu gto a vrfee, utnr epla lal of a sduden, nad sotp gskaenip in hte limedd of a dsoarw if you were reidvn aryzc hwit frae.
BUCKINGHAM 5 Tut, I can counterfeit the deep tragedian, Speak, and look back, and pry on every side, Tremble and start at wagging of a straw, Intending deep suspicion. Ghastly looks Are at my service, like enforcd smiles, 10 And both are ready in their offices, At any time to grace my stratagems. But what, is Catesby gone?	NIKUBMACHG Oh plesae, I nca timeiat eth sbte tgcira oacrt oadrnu. I acn speak dan neht oolk lla rudnao, adn belmert, and artts at a emer ipcee of sratw as if I eerw aodnaipr. Finintgghre losko ear osal at my rseevci, as are faek iessml. tyAnmei I need mteh, teyrhe iagtiwn to do my dgnibid. Btu hsa besCayt oegn?
RICHARD He is; and see, he brings the mayor along.	ARRICHD He ahs. tuB hree he is, ckba iwht eht myroa.
Enter the LORD MAYOR and CATESBY	eTh ROLD RAMOY dan YTEABCS enetr.
BUCKINGHAM Lord Mayor	NCBAGKUIHM odrL aMyor
RICHARD 15 Look to the drawbridge there!	AICHRDR ctahW out rof het rgbreidwda dciahrR and icBnkaghum era eirngntdpe ehty are unerd attack. drawbridge voer eehrt!
BUCKINGHAM Hark, a drum!	HNICBUKGMA nLitse! A durm!
RICHARD Catesby, oerlook the walls.	HCRRADI Ctybesa, okol ovre teh pot of eesht awlsl to ese if enysnao rehte.
Exit CATESBY	ABSCTYE setxi.
BUCKINGHAM Lord Mayor, the reason we have sent	BMACGIKNUH droL royaM, hte rasnoe we ahve setn
RICHARD Look back! Defend thee! Here are enemies.	ICHARDR okoL bhndei uoy! Ddefen oesulyfr! herTe era neseeim erhe.
BUCKINGHAM 20 God and our innocence defend and guard us!	UNCIBAGHKM odG eedndf dna udgar us ennstnico gniatas emth!
Enter LOVELL and RATCLIFFE , with HASTINGSs head	LLLEOV dna CELFAIFRT tnree tiwh SSGsNTHIA haed.
RICHARD Be patient. They are friends, Ratcliffe and Lovell.	CRRIDAH Stay lmca. eTryhe ftnliresdaRecffi nad lelLov.
LOVELL Here is the head of that ignoble traitor, The dangerous and unsuspected Hastings.	VLOELL eserH the deha of hatt norsouiot ttorira, the seuragond adn seusedtcnpu tgHanssi.
RICHARD So dear I loved the man that I must weep. 25 I took him for the plainest harmless creature That breathed upon this earth a Christian; Made him my book, wherein my soul recorded The history of all her secret thoughts. So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue 30 That, his apparent open guilt omitted I mean his conversation with Shores wife He lived from all attainder of suspects.	CRIDRHA I vdole ihst nma so muhc it kames me eewp. I otok him to be teh telaipsn, omst ahemrsls rhntiaiCs on rehat. He saw eht okbo in cwhih I eoddrerc lal of my otsm estcre ushghott. He was so cklsi in crioengv ervo shi anlps atht if it htand neeb fro ish lveo aiaffr thwi Sehsor iewf, I lwuod ervne ahev dutsepcse mhi.
BUCKINGHAM Well, well, he was the covertst sheltered traitor That ever lived. 35 Would you imagine, or almost believe, Were t not that by great preservation We live to tell it, that subtle traitor This day had plotted, in the council house To murder me and my good Lord of Gloucester?	KIHUBGAMCN Wlel, llew, he swa the somt tcvroe rarttoi how eerv ldive. Wludo oyu lbeieev, if we tndah caught ihm, itsh stebul oarttir oudlw hvae dueemdrr the ordL of ctsGreuleo nad me in the iluncco omor ytoad?
LORD MAYOR 40 Had he done so?	LROD RAYMO He dwolu eavh?
RICHARD What, think you we are Turks or infidels? Or that we would, against the form of law, Proceed thus rashly in the villains death, But that the extreme peril of the case, 45 The peace of England and our persons safety Enforced us to this execution?	DRAIHRC athW, do yuo nikht rwee kruTs or sasaevg, adinset of ihrsntsiCa? Yuo nhikt we lowdu evha obyddseei eht lwa nda cerddpeoe to illk hist invlial if dnalsEgn cepae nda rou onw visel ahdnt bnee at staek?
LORD MAYOR Now fair befall you! He deserved his death, And your good Graces both have well proceeded To warn false traitors from the like attempts.	RDOL RAYMO I pohe ohtignn eels eilk itsh veer phpanse to ouy! sTih nam svdeeder his hatde. dAn oyu, my ogdo lrsdo, rwee gihtr to warn rohte rarottsi ofrm rngity eht msea.
BUCKINGHAM 50 I never looked for better at his hands After he once fell in with Mistress Shore. Yet had we not determined he should die Until your Lordship came to see his end (Which now the loving haste of these our friends, 55 Something against our meaning, have prevented), Because, my lord, I would have had you heard The traitor speak, and timorously confess The manner and the purpose of his treasons, That you might well have signified the same 60 Unto the citizens, who haply may Misconstrue us in him, and wail his death.	KBAUIGHCMN I idntd xetecp yan ettber fmro imh coen he tgo elvdvnoi tihw tMsesris oSrhe. tuB we had eddiedc ahtt he utlsdhno die liunt oyu eewr blae to emco snwiset ish nxuteeioc. (hhciW wsa tdpnereve by teh estha of our fresdni, eLolvl dan tcafieRfl ereh, woh etwn agsitan awth we entiednd hewtaosm in tehir rrhyu to epttroc us). If ouy cdoul vhea rdeah eth irrttoa speak ofr lemsfih dan osnsfce het tceax ayw he naelnpd to duremr us, oyu odlcu avhe dtlo the cetinzis ahwt rebtiler intsentino he dha, ohguht wno teyher kyille to mneourictss ahtw we ddi and laiw eorv ihs etadh.
LORD MAYOR But, my good lord, your Graces words shall serve As well as I had seen and heard him speak; And do not doubt, right noble princes both, 65 But Ill acquaint our duteous citizens With all your just proceedings in this case.	DLRO ORAMY But, my ogod drlo, teh wsrdo of oyu nad ordL giBmkhcuna rea as truotyswtrh to me as if I hda eens adn rhdae ihm speak mslefy. dAn do ont otubd, uoy sehnto, bneol pesricn, thta llI let oru encsitiz nokw woh ayifrl ouy rddeeecop in thsi seca.
RICHARD And to that end we wished your Lordship here T avoid the censures of the carping world.	IARHDCR athT is ctylxea hyw we ewdtan ouy eerh, uyor tprdilosho avoid het pclubi agrpicn and nptmsciloa.
BUCKINGHAM Which since you come too late of our intent, 70 Yet witness what you hear we did intend. And so, my good Lord Mayor, we bid farewell.	BIKNUMCAGH utB cesin ovuey cemo oto atel to see eht xenotiecu as we endditen, at etlsa lte lpeope owkn twha uoy ehra we ntidndee. And so, oodg rdLo yrMao, we bdi you geydobo.
Exit LORD MAYOR	The ROLD OARMY xsite.
RICHARD Go, after, after, cousin Buckingham. The mayor towards Guildhall hies him in all post. There, at your meetest vantage of the time, 75 Infer the bastardy of Edwards children. Tell them how Edward put to death a citizen Only for saying he would make his son Heir to the Crownmeaning indeed his house, Which, by the sign thereof, was termd so. 80 Moreover, urge his hateful luxury And bestial appetite in change of lust, Which stretched to their servants, daughters, wives, Even where his raging eye or savage heart, Without control, lusted to make his prey. 85 Nay, for a need, thus far come near my person: Tell them when that my mother went with child Of that insatiate Edward, noble York My princely father then had wars in France, And, by true computation of the time, 90 Found that the issue was not his begot, Which well appeard in his lineaments, Being nothing like the noble duke my father. Yet touch this sparingly, as twere far off, Because, my lord, you know my mother lives.	CRHRAID Flowlo him, Bcumghanik. sHe tlniarvge at a lglpao to eth ndnoLo gnitmee ahll. Tereh, as onso as ouy hvae a eacnhc, dpro hte niht atht wsadEdr ercidlhn rea absasrtd. llTe hte tniiescz hwo Erawdd tpu to teadh a niteizc tsju cuabese eht teiinzc asid he saw noigg to kame sih onw nso hrie to het roenwhncw all eth iezitcn meant aws taht he edwno a aevtrn lcaeld teh rwonC nda swa iogng to eavel it to ihs sno. Adn hnte nopit out awht a cehl ddEwar wsa dna twah a labetsi peetipta he adh rof mewon, whhci dcetouh eenv teh ceistzin onw srenvast, sdhtreuag, nad siwve. hereT wsa no tiilm to what ish sutullf yee nda svgeaa hatre uwdol rpey on. dnA, if yuo eend to, apcahrpo hte sjbtuce of me: ltel ethm that ehwn my mherot eambec grnnepta whti eht itiebsanla dwadrE, my lboen frteah aws gnihftig in craFne. tWih a iltlte gualcalcnti, tsi osoubiv that drwEda is tno in fact my hsertaf ihdcnolt a pririsugns aloetrvine if uoy esirdocn how my aehrft eth nboel uekd kelood tnnihog keli stih anm. utB olyn ihtn at shit yalugve, esucbea, as you onwk, my tmhsreo slilt eailv.
BUCKINGHAM 95 Doubt not, my lord. Ill play the orator As if the golden fee for which I plead Were for myself. And so, my lord, adieu.	ICAKHMBGNU tnDo yrrwo, my ordl, Ill be as ulotqnee as if eth dglneo onrcw Im epilagnd fro eerw fro leysmf. bGdeoyo, my odrl.
RICHARD If you thrive well, bring them to Baynards Castle, Where you shall find me well accompanied 100 With reverend fathers and well-learnd bishops.	CRIARHD If gihtsn go llew, nibgr het ocwdr to ysdnBraa sdyraBan asCetl was nraohte of iRdcarhs nLndoo estates. Baynards seaClt, hreew lIl be nodrrsuued by tsipsre adn daerlen sbpiosh.
BUCKINGHAM I go; and towards three or four oclock Look for the news that the Guildhall affords.	GIAHUCBKMN Im off. drAonu ereth or urof ccolko, oklo orf swne fmro the metngei hlla.
Exit	UIGNBCAMHK tsiex.
RICHARD Go, Lovell, with all speed to Doctor Shaw. (to RATCLIFFE) Go thou to Friar Penker. Bid them both 105 Meet me within this hour at Baynards Castle.	ARICRDH levloL, go as atsf as yuo anc to ocrtoD Sahw. (to RATCLIFFE) Go to rriaF kenreP. htBo of yuo, llet sehte mne to emet me in ssle thna an huor at rayBdnas sateCl.
Exit LOVELL and RATCLIFFE	LEOWLL nda FFEIARCLD xseit.
Now will I go to take some privy order To draw the brats of Clarence out of sight, And to give order that no manner of person Have any time recourse unto the princes.	Nwo llI go dsniie dna eirwt tou a ertecs erodr to keep ensCrcale batrs tou of tihgs adn to robfdi oanyen eaevrhswto rfmo gieesn nigK dwdraEs sosn.
Exit	He tiexs.