But 'twas thy heavenly face that fet me on. [She lets fall the fword. Take up the fword again, or take up me. Anne. Arife, diffembler; though I wish thy death, I will not be thy executioner. Glo. Then bid me kill myself, and I will do it. Glo. That was in thy rage: Speak it again, and, even with the word, Glo. Then never man was true. Anne. To take is not to give. [She puts on the ring Glo. Look, how this ring encompaffeth thy finger, Even fo thy breaft encloseth my poor heart; Wear both of them, for both of them are thine. And if thy poor devoted fervant may But beg one favour at thy gracious hand, Glo. That it may please you leave thefe fad defigus 7 Where -Crosby-place:] A houfe near Bishopfgate-fireet, belong ing to the duke of Glofter. JOHNSON. Crofty-Place is now Crefby-fquare in Bishopfgate-ftreet; part of the Where-after I have folemnly interr'd, Anne. With all my heart; and much it joys me too, To fee you are become fo penitent. 8 Treffel, and Berkley, go along with me. Anne. 'Tis more than you deferve: But, fince you teach me how to flatter you [Exeunt two, with lady Anne. Glo. Take up the corfe, firs. Gen. Towards Chertfey, noble lord? Glo. No, to White-Fryars; there attend my coming. [Exeunt the reft, with the corfe. Was ever woman in this humour woo'd Was ever woman in this humour won? I'll have her, but I will not keep her long. What! I, that kill'd her husband, and his father, To take her in her heart's extremeft hate; With curfes in her mouth, tears in her eyes, The bleeding witnefs of her hatred by; With God, her confcience, and these bars against me, But the plain devil, and diffembling looks, Hath fhe forgot already that brave prince, the house is yet remaining, and is a meeting place for a prefbyterian congregation. Sir J. HAWKINS. 8 Imagine, I have faid farewel already.] Cibber, who altered Rich. III. for the ftage, was fo thoroughly convinced of the ri diculouinefs and improbability of this fcene, that he thought himfelf obliged to make Treffel fay: When future chronicles shall speak of this, They will be thought romance, not biflory. STEEVENS, Ed Edward, her lord, whom I, fome three months fince, 9 Fram'd in the prodigality of nature, Young, valiant, wife, and, no doubt, right royal', The fpacious world cannot again afford : That cropp'd the golden prime of this fweet prince, On me, whofe all not equals Edward's moiety? I do mistake my perfon all this while : 9 Fram'd in the prodigality of nature,] i. e. when nature was in a prodigal or lavish mood. WARBURTON. I and, no doubt, right royal,-] Of the degree of royalty belonging to Henry the fixth there could be no doubt, nor could Richard have mentioned it with any fuch hefitation; he could not indeed very properly allow him royalty. I believe we should read: and, no doubt, right loyal. That is, true to her bed. He enumerates the reasons for which she should love him. He was young, wife, and valiant; these were apparent and indisputable excellencies. He then mentions another not lefs likely to endear him to his wife, but which he had lefs opportunity of knowing with certainty, and, no doubt right loyal. JOHNSON. Richard is not speaking of king Henry, but of Edward his fon, whom he means to reprefent as full of all the noble properties of a king. No doubt, right royal, may, however, be ironically spoken, alluding to the incontinence of Margaret, his mother. STEEVENS. Shine out, fair fun, 'till I have bought a glass, SCENE III. The palace. [Exit. Enter the Queen, Lord Rivers her brother, and Lord Grey her fon. Riv. Have patience, madam; there's no doubt, his majesty Will foon recover his accuftom'd health. Grey. In that you brook it ill, it makes him worfe: Therefore, for God's fake, entertain good comfort, And chear his grace with quick and merry words. Queen. If he were dead, what would betide of me? Grey. No other harm, but lofs of fuch a lord. Queen. The lofs of fuch a lord includes all harms. Grey. The heavens have blefs'd you with a goodly fon, To be your comforter, when he is gone. Queen. Ah, he is young; and his minority 2 Enter Buckingham, and Stanley. Grey. Here come the lords of Buckingham and Stanley. Buck. 2 It is determin'd, not concluded yet:] Determin'd fignifies the final conclufion of the will: concluded, what cannot be altered by reason of fome act, consequent on the final judgment. WARBURTON. 3 Here come the lords of Buckingham and Derby.] This is a blun Buck. Good time of day unto your royal grace! Stanley. God make your majefty joyful as you have been! Queen. The countefs Richmond, good my lord of To your good prayer will scarcely say—amen. Stanley. I do befeech you, either not believe Bear with her weakness, which, I think, proceeds Stanley. But now the duke of Buckingham, and I, Are come from vifiting his majesty. Queen. What likelihood of his amendment, lords? Buck. Madam, good hope; his grace speaks chearfully. Queen. God grant him health! Did you confer with him? Buck. Ay, madam : he defires to make atonement Between the duke of Glofter and your brothers, der of inadvertence, which has run through the whole chain of impreffions. It could not well be original in Shakespeare, who was moft minutely intimate with his hiftory, and the intermarriages of the nobility. The perfon here called Derby, was Thomas lord Stanley, lord steward of king Edward the fourth's houfhold. But this Thomas lord Stanley was not created earl of Derby till after the acceffion of Henry the feventh; and accordingly, afterwards, in the fourth and fifth acts of this play, before the battle of Bofworth-field, he is every where called lord Stanley. This fufficiently justifies the change I have made in his title. THEOBALD. * Ay, madam: he defires to make atonement] Thus all the old editions that I have feen; but Mr. Pope altered it thus : "Madam, we did; he feeks to make atonement; and has been followed by fucceeding editors, STEEVENS. And |