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Richard the Third, V. iv 

K. Rich. A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!

Cate. Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a horse.

K. Rich. Slave! I have set my life upon a cast,

And I will stand the hazard of the die.

T think there be six Richmonds in the field;

Five have I slain to-day, instead of him.—

A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!

[Exeunt.]

Richm. God and your arms be prais'd, victorious friends:

The day is ours, the bloody dog is dead.

Der. Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee!

Lo! here, this long-usurped royalty

From the dead temples of this bloody wretch

Have I pluck'd off, to grace thy brows withal:

Wear it, [enjoy it,] and make much of it.

Richm. Great God of heaven, say amen to all!

But, tell me, is young George Stanley living?

Der. He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town;

Whither, if you please, we may withdraw us.

Richm. What men of name are slain on either side?

Der. John Duke of Norfolk, Walter Lord Ferrers,

Sir Robert Brakenbury, and Sir William Brandon.

Richm. Inter their bodies as become their births:

 7 Cf. n.

9 cast: i.e. of the dice, a gambler's chance

10 hazard: chance

11 six Richmonds; cf. n.

16 acquit: acquitted

17 royalty; cf. n.

27 Brandon; cf. n.

