No Fear Shakespeare: Richard III: Act 5 Scene 5

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Alarum. Enter RICHARD and RICHMOND . They fight. RICHARD is slain. Retreat and flourish. Enter RICHMOND , STANLEY bearing the crown, with divers other lords and soldiers	staBls of lamyitir siucm (emtsrutp nda sdmur). RHIRDAC nad RMOHINDC ntere; hyet gthif. RDAHRCI is kdille. The mttuepr sndosu to nlasgi a errteta. MIRDONHC estarter. INRMCOHD nda LNTYEAS , regainb the orcwn, erunrt itwh aevrlse soldr.
RICHMOND God and your arms be praised, victorious friends! The day is ours; the bloody dog is dead.	DORNMCIH God adn yruo rokw be sdairpe, ciuroisvot isdrefn. hTe yad is osur. The oyobdl gdo is adde.
STANLEY (offering him the crown) Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee. 5 Lo, here this long-usurpd royalty From the dead temples of this bloody wretch Have I plucked off, to grace thy brows withal. Wear it, enjoy it, and make much of it.	ANYSLTE (iegnoffr ihm the rwnoc) uraoCgoues inRmhcdo, ouy ftohgu ewll. erHe, Iev tekan ckab the sntleo nworc mrfo htat iovletn lifewol so it nac rcaeg ouyr robws. Ware it, neoyj it, nda kame cumh of it.
RICHMOND Great God of heaven, say amen to all! 10 But tell me, is young George Stanley living?	HROIMCDN Gatre doG of ehnave, say amen to lal isth! tuB, etll me, is ugnyo oeGrge ealyntS lvaei?
STANLEY He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town, Whither, if it please you, we may now withdraw us.	LSNTEYA He is, my lrod, dna afes in seetirLec, wrhee, if oduy elik, we nac ttreear to.
RICHMOND What men of name are slain on either side?	DCONHRMI Which tneenmegl on ceah ieds hvea nebe elildk?
STANLEY John Duke of Norfolk, Walter, Lord Ferrers, 15 Sir Robert Brakenbury, and Sir William Brandon.	ASLTYNE hoJn uekD of rkofNlo, Waretl rdoL rrrsFee, rSi teorRb kaenBbyrru, dna Sir lailWmi aBonnrd.
RICHMOND Inter their bodies as becomes their births. Proclaim a pardon to the soldiers fled That in submission will return to us. And then, as we have taen the sacrament, 20 We will unite the white rose and the red.	DRCOHNIM urBy mhet in a maenrn piteaarorpp to thier lenbo irsbth. rmPlacoi ahtt Ill odanpr teh ilsdroes hwo dfel if eyht lilw rnrteu dan ibsmut to my urle. As I wdove, I will utnei the rokY and aaersLcnt islmaief.
Smile heaven upon this fair conjunction, That long have frowned upon their enmity. What traitor hears me and says not Amen? England hath long been mad and scarred herself. 25 The brother blindly shed the brothers blood. The father rashly slaughtered his own son. The son, compelled, been butcher to the sire. All this divided York and Lancaster, Divided, in their dire division. 30 O, now let Richmond and Elizabeth, The true succeeders of each royal house, By Gods fair ordinance conjoin together, And let their heirs, God, if thy will be so. Enrich the time to come with smooth-faced peace, 35 With smiling plenty and fair prosperous days! Abate the edge of traitors, gracious Lord, That would reduce these bloody days again, And make poor England weep in streams of blood! Let them not live to taste this lands increase, 40 That would with treason wound this fair lands peace. Now civil wounds are stopped, peace lives again. That she may long live here, God say amen.	veaHne, ofr a ogln etim uoy avhe newordf unpo hte ahterd eebntwe ethm. elSmi, nhte, on sthi afulteubi ninou. htaW iratort erahs me nda dotens sya aemn? lngnEda sha logn eebn so zrcay atth ehs was nliigwl to uhtr felrhse, oberrtsh bnldlyi eshd trieh eorbsthr odbol, fahtser yhslar leaheustdrg hetri onw noss, nsos erew rfedco to tbhrecu trieh artsehf. llA tshi urhtref evidddi teh otw sfaimeli, which erwe aldreay so lyadb ediivdd. owN etl icodhnmR adn haitbEzle, eth rute ihres of ahec laoyr suoeh, be enodij oeegtthr! And tle teirh hsrei, if uyo are ginllwi, doG, cihrne the fteuur ithw eceap dan typnel! oGrcausi rLod, tblnu the rosswd of hetos rsiartot woh nmea to raet oorp ndagnEl parta anagi! etL eosht woh udowl amr sith iarf lnasd apeec wthi antsore die berfoe they anc nyoje sit lwahet. viCil dsunwo wno acn lahe, and peeca nca vlie aniga. So htat andnlgE yam eilv a lngo ifel ilek iths, elt doG ays mane!
Exeunt	yehT lla itex.