Page 1250 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1

GHOST OF HENRY [Exit.]
[Exit.]
to King Richard
When I was mortal, my anointed body [125]
By thee was punched full of deadly holes.
Think on the Tower and me: despair and die;
Harry the Sixth bids thee despair and die!

To Richmond
Virtuous and holy, be thou conqueror:
Harry, that prophesied thou shouldst be King, [130]
Doth comfort thee in thy sleep. Live and flourish!

Enter the ghost of Clarence.

GHOST OF CLARENCE

to King Richard
Let me sit heavy in thy soul tomorrow -
I, that was wash’d to death with fulsome wine,
Poor Clarence, by thy guile betray’d to death -
Tomorrow in the battle think on me, [135]
And fall thy edgeless sword; despair and die.

To Richmond
Thou offspring of the House of Lancaster,
The wronged heirs of York do pray for thee.
Good angels guard thy battle; live and flourish.

Enter the ghosts of Rivers, Grey, Vaughan.

GHOST OF RIVERS

[to King Richard]
Let me sit heavy in thy soul tomorrow, [140]
Rivers that died at Pomfret: despair and die.

GHOST OF GREY

[to King Richard]
Think upon Grey, and let thy soul despair.

GHOST OF VAUGHAN

[to King Richard]
Think upon Vaughan, and with guilty fear