Page 1232 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1

KING RICHARD

Now by my George, my Garter, and my crown -

ELIZABET H

Profan’d, dishonour’d, and the third usurp’d.

KING RICHARD

I swear -

ELIZABET H

By nothing, for this is no oath:
Thy George, profan’d, hath lost his holy honour;
Thy Garter, blemish’d, pawn’d his knightly virtue; [370]
Thy crown, usurp’d, disgrac’d his kingly glory.
If something thou wouldst swear to be believ’d,
Swear then by something that thou hast not wrong’d.

KING RICHARD

Now, by the world -

ELIZABET H

’Tis full of thy foul wrongs.

KING RICHARD

My father’s death -

ELIZABET H

Thy life hath it dishonour’d. [375]

KING RICHARD

Then by my self -

ELIZABET H

Thy self is self-misus’d.

KING RICHARD

Why then, by God -

ELIZABET H