TPTT The Tragedy of King Richard the Second: ACT II
Introduction
ACT I
ACT II
SCENE I. Ely House.
SCENE II. The palace.
SCENE III. Wilds in Gloucestershire.
SCENE IV. A camp in Wales.
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
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SCENE IV. A camp in Wales.
Enter EARL OF SALISBURY and a Welsh Captain
Captain
      My lord of Salisbury, we have stay'd ten days,
      And hardly kept our countrymen together,
      And yet we hear no tidings from the king;
      Therefore we will disperse ourselves: farewell.
EARL OF SALISBURY
5     Stay yet another day, thou trusty Welshman:
      The king reposeth all his confidence in thee.
Captain
      'Tis thought the king is dead; we will not stay.
      The bay-trees in our country are all wither'd
      And meteors fright the fixed stars of heaven;
10    The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth
      And lean-look'd prophets whisper fearful change;
      Rich men look sad and ruffians dance and leap,
      The one in fear to lose what they enjoy,
      The other to enjoy by rage and war:
15    These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.
      Farewell: our countrymen are gone and fled,
      As well assured Richard their king is dead.
Exit
EARL OF SALISBURY
      Ah, Richard, with the eyes of heavy mind
      I see thy glory like a shooting star
20    Fall to the base earth from the firmament.
      Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west,
      Witnessing storms to come, woe and unrest:
      Thy friends are fled to wait upon thy foes,
      And crossly to thy good all fortune goes.
Exit
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