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  KING RICHARD THE SECOND
  KING RICHARD THE
  SECOND
  William Shakespeare
  1596
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  ACT I。
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  KING RICHARD THE SECOND
  SCENE I。 London。 The palace
  Enter    RICHARD;        JOHN     OF    GAUNT;       with   other   NOBLES        and
  attendants
  KING     RICHARD。        Old   John   of   Gaunt;   time…honoured       Lancaster;
  Hast thou; according to thy oath and band; Brought hither Henry Hereford;
  thy bold son; Here to make good the boist'rous late appeal; Which then our
  leisure    would    not  let  us  hear;  Against    the  Duke    of   Norfolk;   Thomas
  Mowbray?        GAUNT。       I  have;   my    liege。  KING      RICHARD。        Tell   me;
  moreover; hast thou sounded him If he appeal the Duke on ancient malice;
  Or    worthily;   as   a  good    subject   should;    On   some    known     ground    of
  treachery in him? GAUNT。 As near as I could sift him on that argument;
  On     some    apparent    danger    seen   in   him   Aim'd    at  your    Highness…no
  inveterate malice。 KING RICHARD。 Then call them to our presence: face
  to face And frowning brow to brow; ourselves will hear The accuser and
  the accused freely speak。 High…stomach'd are they both and full of ire; In
  rage; deaf as the sea; hasty as fire。
  Enter BOLINGBROKE and MOWBRAY
  BOLINGBROKE。   Many   years   of   happy   days   befall   My   gracious
  sovereign; my most loving liege! MOWBRAY。 Each day still better other's
  happiness Until the heavens; envying earth's good hap; Add an immortal
  title   to   your   crown!   KING   RICHARD。  We   thank   you   both;   yet   one   but
  flatters us; As well appeareth by the cause you come; Namely; to appeal
  each   other   of   high   treason。   Cousin   of   Hereford;   what   dost   thou   object
  Against the Duke of Norfolk; Thomas Mowbray? BOLINGBROKE。 First…
  heaven   be   the   record   to   my   speech!   In   the   devotion   of   a   subject's   love;
  Tend'ring      the  precious     safety   of  my    prince;    And    free   from    other
  misbegotten      hate;   Come     I  appellant    to  this  princely   presence。     Now;
  Thomas Mowbray; do I turn to thee; And mark my greeting well; for what
  I   speak   My   body   shall   make   good   upon   this   earth;   Or   my   divine   soul
  answer it in heaven… Thou art a traitor and a miscreant; Too good to be so;
  and too bad to live; Since the more fair and crystal is the sky; The uglier
  seem the clouds that in it fly。 Once more; the more to aggravate the note;
  With    a  foul   traitor's  name   stuff  I  thy   throat;  And   wish…so    please   my
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  sovereign…ere I move; What my tongue speaks; my right drawn sword may
  prove。 MOWBRAY。 Let not my cold words here accuse my zeal。 'Tis not
  the trial of a woman's war; The bitter clamour of two eager tongues; Can
  arbitrate this cause betwixt us twain; The blood is hot that must be cool'd
  for   this。 Yet   can   I   not   of   such   tame   patience   boast As   to   be   hush'd   and
  nought at   an to say。  First;  the   fair   reverence of   your   Highness   curbs  me
  From   giving   reins   and   spurs   to   my   free   speech;   Which   else   would   post
  until   it  had   return'd    These    terms   of   treason   doubled     down     his  throat。
  Setting aside his high blood's royalty; And let him be no kinsman to my
  liege; I do defy him; and I spit at him; Call him a slanderous coward and a
  villain; Which to maintain; I would allow him odds And meet him; were I
  tied to run afoot Even to the frozen ridges of the Alps; Or any other ground
  inhabitable Where   ever   Englishman   durst   set his   foot。  Meantime   let   this
  defend      my     loyalty…    By    all   my     hopes;    most     falsely    doth    he    lie
  BOLINGBROKE。               Pale    trembling     coward;      there    I  throw     my    gage;
  Disclaiming here the kindred of the King; And lay aside my high blood's
  royalty; Which fear; not reverence; makes thee to except。 If guilty dread
  have left thee so much strength As to take up mine honour's pawn; then
  stoop。 By that and all the rites of knighthood else Will I make good against
  thee;    arm    to   arm;   What     I  have    spoke     or  thou    canst    worst    devise。
  MOWBRAY。 I take it up; and by that sword I swear Which gently laid my
  knighthood        on   my    shoulder     I'll  answer    thee   in   any    fair  degree    Or
  chivalrous   design   of   knightly   trial; And   when   I   mount;   alive   may   I   not
  light   If   I   be   traitor   or   unjustly   fight!   KING   RICHARD。   What   doth   our
  cousin lay  to   Mowbray's charge?   It   must be   great   that can inherit   us   So
  much as of a thought of ill in him。 BOLINGBROKE。 Look what I speak;
  my   life   shall   prove   it   true…   That   Mowbray   hath   receiv'd   eight   thousand
  nobles In name of lendings for your Highness' soldiers; The which he hath
  detain'd   for   lewd   employments   Like   a   false   traitor   and   injurious   villain。
  Besides;   I   say   and    will   in  battle  prove…   Or   here;   or   elsewhere   to     the
  furthest verge That ever was survey'd by English eye… That all the treasons
  for these eighteen years Complotted and contrived in this land Fetch from
  false Mowbray their first head and spring。 Further I say; and further will
  maintain   Upon   his   bad   life   to   make   all   this   good;   That   he   did   plot   the
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  Duke of Gloucester's   death; Suggest his  soon…believing adversaries; And
  consequently; like a traitor coward; Sluic'd out his innocent soul through
  streams   of   blood; Which   blood;   like  sacrificing Abel's;   cries;  Even   from
  the    tongueless      caverns     of  the   earth;    To   me    for   justice    and   rough
  chastisement; And; by the glorious worth of my descent; This arm shall do
  it; or this life be spent。 KING RICHARD。 How high a pitch his resolution
  soars! Thomas   of   Norfolk;   what   say'st   thou   to   this?   MOWBRAY。   O;   let
  my sovereign turn away his face And bid his ears a little while be deaf; Till
  I have told this slander of his blood How God and good men hate so foul a
  liar。 KING RICHARD。 Mowbray; impartial are our eyes and cars。 Were he
  my brother; nay; my kingdom's heir; As he is but my father's brother's son;
  Now by my sceptre's awe I make a vow; Such neighbour nearness to our
  sacred blood Should nothing privilege him nor partialize The unstooping
  firmness of my upright soul。 He is our subject; Mowbray; so art thou: Free
  speech   and   fearless   I   to   thee  allow。   MOWBRAY。 Then;   Bolingbroke;   as
  low   as   to   thy   heart;   Through   the   false   passage   of   thy   throat;   thou   liest。
  Three     parts   of   that  receipt    I  had   for   Calais    Disburs'd    I  duly    to  his
  Highness'      soldiers;    The   other   part   reserv'd    I  by   consent;   For   that   my
  sovereign liege was in my debt Upon remainder of a dear account Since
  last I went to France to fetch his queen: Now swallow down that lie。 For
  Gloucester's death… I slew him not; but to my own disgrace Neglected my
  sworn      duty   in  that   case。   For   you;   my    noble    Lord    of  Lancaster;     The
  honourable   father   to   my  foe;   Once   did   I   lay  an   ambush   for   your   life; A
  trespass     that   doth   vex    my    grieved    soul;   But    ere   I  last  receiv'd    the
  sacrament I did confess it; and exactly begg'd Your Grace's pardon; and I
  hope I had it。 This is my fault。 As for the rest appeal'd; It issues from the
  rancour   of   a   villain;   A   recreant   and   most   degenerate   traitor;   Which   in
  myself   I   boldly   will   defend;   And   interchangeably   hurl   down   my   gage
  Upon   this   overweening   traitor's   foot To   prove   myself   a   loyal   gentleman
  Even   in   the   best   blood   chamber'd   in   his   bosom。   In   haste   whereof;   most
  heartily I pray Your Highness to   assign our trial day。 KING  RICHARD。
  Wrath…kindled gentlemen; be rul'd by me; Let's purge this choler without
  letting blood… This we prescribe; though no physician; Deep malice makes
  too   deep   incision。   Forget;   forgive;   conclude   and   be   agreed:   Our   doctors
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