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T Y RREL

 James Tyrrel, and your most obedient subject.

KING RICHARD

 Art thou indeed?

T Y RREL

          Prove me, my gracious lord.

KING RICHARD

 Dar’st thou resolve to kill a friend of mine?

T Y RREL

 Please you; but I had rather kill two enemies. [70]

KING RICHARD

 Why then thou hast it; two deep enemies,
 Foes to my rest, and my sweet sleep’s disturbers,
 Are they that I would have thee deal upon.
 Tyrrel, I mean those bastards in the Tower.

T Y RREL

 Let me have open means to come to them, [75]
 And soon I’ll rid you from the fear of them.

KING RICHARD

 Thou sing’st sweet music. Hark, come hither, Tyrrel:
 Go by this token. Rise, and lend thine ear.

                                                                   He whispers in his ear.
 There is no more but so: say it is done,
 And I will love thee, and prefer thee for it. [80]

T Y RREL                                               Exit.

 I will dispatch it straight.

                                    Enter Buckingham.

BUCKINGHAM

 My lord, I have consider’d in my mind
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