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Scene V IT
Alarum. Enter King Richard and Richmond; they fight. Richard is slain,
then, retreat being sounded [exit Richmond; Richard’s body is carried off].
Flourish. Enter Richmond, Stanley Earl of Derby bearing the crown, with
other Lords [and Soldiers].
RICHMOND
God, and your arms, be prais’d, victorious friends:
The day is ours; the bloody dog is dead.
ST ANLEY
Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee!
[Presenting the crown] Lo, here, this long-usurped royalty
From the dead temples of this bloody wretch [5]
Have I pluck’d off to grace thy brows withal.
Wear it, enjoy it, and make much of it.
RICHMOND
Great God of Heaven, say Amen to all!
But tell me, is young George Stanley living?
ST ANLEY
He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town, [10]
Whither, if it please you, we may now withdraw us.
RICHMOND
What men of name are slain on either side?
ST ANLEY
John, Duke of Norfolk; Walter, Lord Ferrers;
Sir Robert Brakenbury, and Sir William Brandon.
RICHMOND
Inter their bodies as become their births. [15]
Proclaim a pardon to the soldiers fled
That in submission will return to us;
And then, as we have ta’en the sacrament,
