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And thou usurp'st my father's right and mine.

K. Edw. Take that, the likeness of this railer here.

Rich. Sprawl'st thou? take that, to end thy agony.

Clar. And there's for twitting me with perjury. Clar. stabs him.

Queen. O, kill me too!

Rich. Marry, and shall.

K. Edw. Hold, Richard, hold! for we have done too much.

Rich. Why should she live, to fill the world with words?

K. Edw. What! doth she swoon? use means for her recovery.

Rich. Clarence, excuse me to the king, my brother; I'll hence to London on a serious matter: Ere ye come there, be sure to hear some news.

Clar. What? what?

Rich. Tower! the Tower!

Queen. O Ned, sweet Ned! speak to thy mother, boy! Canst thou not speak? O traitors! murtherers! They that stabb'd Cæsar shed no blood at all, Did not offend, nor were not worthy blame, If this foul deed were by, to equal it: He was a man; this, in respect, a child; And men ne'er spend their fury on a child. What's worse than murtherer, that I may name it? No, no, my heart will burst, an if I speak: And I will speak, that so my heart may burst. Butchers and villains! bloody cannibals!  39 Sprawl'st: twitchest in death-agony 42 Marry shall: I will, forsooth 48 be sure: expect 55 equal: compare with 56 in respect: compared with him 