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Here did she fall a tear; here, in this place,

I'll set a bank of rue, sour herb of grace;

Rue, even for ruth, here shortly shall be seen,

In the remembrance of a weeping queen.

Exeunt.

 

Boling. Call forth Bagot.

Now, Bagot, freely speak thy mind;

What thou dost know of noble Gloucester's death,

Who wrought it with the king, and who perform'd

The bloody office of his timeless end.

Bagot. Then set before my face the Lord Aumerle.

Boling. Cousin, stand forth, and look upon that man.

Bagot. My lord Aumerle, I know your daring tongue

Scorns to unsay what once it hath deliver'd.

In that dead time when Gloucester's death was plotted,

 104 fall: let drop

105 rue: a garden plant, 'herb of grace'

106 ruth: pity

 1–90 cf. n.

4 wrought: cf. n.

5 office: duty

timeless: untimely

