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	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
RICHMOND God and your arms be praised, victorious friends! The day is ours; the bloody dog is dead.	RICHMOND God and your arms be praised, victorious friends! The day is ours; the bloody dog is dead.
STANLEY (offering him the crown) Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee. 5 Lo, here this long-usurpèd 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.	STANLEY (offering him the crown) Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee. Lo, here this long-usurpèd 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.
RICHMOND Great God of heaven, say amen to all! 10 But tell me, is young George Stanley living?	RICHMOND Great God of heaven, say amen to all! But tell me, is young George Stanley living?
STANLEY He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town, Whither, if it please you, we may now withdraw us.	STANLEY He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town, Whither, if it please you, we may now withdraw us.
RICHMOND What men of name are slain on either side?	RICHMOND What men of name are slain on either side?
STANLEY John Duke of Norfolk, Walter, Lord Ferrers, 15 Sir Robert Brakenbury, and Sir William Brandon.	STANLEY John Duke of Norfolk, Walter, Lord Ferrers, Sir Robert Brakenbury, and Sir William Brandon.
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 ta'en the sacrament, 20 We will unite the white rose and the red.	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 ta'en the sacrament, We will unite the white rose and the red.
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 brother’s 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 God’s 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 land’s increase, 40 That would with treason wound this fair land’s peace. Now civil wounds are stopped, peace lives again. That she may long live here, God say amen.	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. The brother blindly shed the brother’s 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. O, now let Richmond and Elizabeth, The true succeeders of each royal house, By God’s fair ordinance conjoin together, And let their heirs, God, if thy will be so. Enrich the time to come with smooth-faced peace, 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 land’s increase, That would with treason wound this fair land’s peace. Now civil wounds are stopped, peace lives again. That she may long live here, God say amen.
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Original Text	Modern Text
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	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
RICHMOND God and your arms be praised, victorious friends! The day is ours; the bloody dog is dead.	RICHMOND God and your arms be praised, victorious friends! The day is ours; the bloody dog is dead.
STANLEY (offering him the crown) Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee. 5 Lo, here this long-usurpèd 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.	STANLEY (offering him the crown) Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee. Lo, here this long-usurpèd 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.
RICHMOND Great God of heaven, say amen to all! 10 But tell me, is young George Stanley living?	RICHMOND Great God of heaven, say amen to all! But tell me, is young George Stanley living?
STANLEY He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town, Whither, if it please you, we may now withdraw us.	STANLEY He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town, Whither, if it please you, we may now withdraw us.
RICHMOND What men of name are slain on either side?	RICHMOND What men of name are slain on either side?
STANLEY John Duke of Norfolk, Walter, Lord Ferrers, 15 Sir Robert Brakenbury, and Sir William Brandon.	STANLEY John Duke of Norfolk, Walter, Lord Ferrers, Sir Robert Brakenbury, and Sir William Brandon.
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 ta'en the sacrament, 20 We will unite the white rose and the red.	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 ta'en the sacrament, We will unite the white rose and the red.
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 brother’s 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 God’s 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 land’s increase, 40 That would with treason wound this fair land’s peace. Now civil wounds are stopped, peace lives again. That she may long live here, God say amen.	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. The brother blindly shed the brother’s 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. O, now let Richmond and Elizabeth, The true succeeders of each royal house, By God’s fair ordinance conjoin together, And let their heirs, God, if thy will be so. Enrich the time to come with smooth-faced peace, 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 land’s increase, That would with treason wound this fair land’s peace. Now civil wounds are stopped, peace lives again. That she may long live here, God say amen.
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