Page 1213 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1
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KING RICHARD
Richmond! When last I was at Exeter,
The Mayor in courtesy show’d me the castle,
And call’d it Rougemont, at which name I started,
Because a bard of Ireland told me once
I should not live long after I saw ‘Richmond’. [105]
BUCKINGHAM
My lord -
KING RICHARD
Ay - what’s o’clock?
BUCKINGHAM
I am thus bold to put your Grace in mind
Of what you promis’d me.
KING RICHARD
Well, but what’s o’clock? [110]
BUCKINGHAM
Upon the stroke of ten.
KING RICHARD
Well, let it strike.
BUCKINGHAM
Why let it strike?
KING RICHARD
Because that like a jack thou keep’st the stroke
Betwixt thy begging and my meditation. [115]
I am not in the giving vein today.
BUCKINGHAM
May it please you to resolve me in my suit?
KING RICHARD
Thou troublest me; I am not in the vein.
