Act 5, Scene 4

Modern spelling. Stage directions omitted.

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EXTON

not mark the King, what words he spake:
“Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?”
Was it not so?

SERVANT

These were his very words.

EXTON

“Have I no friend?” quoth he. He spake it twice
And urged it twice together, did he not?

SERVANT

He did.

EXTON

And speaking it, he wishtly looked on me,
As who should say “I would wert the man
That would divorce this terror from my heart”,
Meaning the king at Pomfret. Come, let’s go.
I am the King’s friend, and will rid his foe.

All of Richard II

Act 1

Act 1, Scene 1 Act 1, Scene 2 Act 1, Scene 3 Act 1, Scene 4,

Act 2

Act 2, Scene 1 Act 2, Scene 2 Act 2, Scene 3 Act 2, Scene 4,

Act 3

Act 3, Scene 1 Act 3, Scene 2 Act 3, Scene 3 Act 3, Scene 4,

Act 4

Act 4, Scene 1,

Act 5

Act 5, Scene 1 Act 5, Scene 2 Act 5, Scene 3 Act 5, Scene 4 Act 5, Scene 5 Act 5, Scene 6

Open Richard II in the 1623 First Folio. See its words in the cloud.

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