The Tragedy of Richard the Third: ACT III
Introduction ACT I ACT II ACT III SCENE I. London. A street. SCENE II. Before Lord Hastings' house. SCENE III. Pomfret Castle. SCENE IV. The Tower of London. SCENE V. The Tower-walls. SCENE VI. The same. SCENE VII. Baynard's Castle. ACT IV ACT V About the Play Feedback			Search: All the plays Hamlet Coriolanus Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Richard II Richard III Titus Andronicus Antony and Cleopatra Timon of Athens Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry the Fifth Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry VIII King John Pericles Troilus and Cressida All's Well... As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Cymbeline A Midsummer... Love's Labour's Lost Measure for Measure The Merry Wives... Much Ado about Nothing The Merchant of Venice Twelfth Night The Taming of... The Tempest The Two Gentlemen... The Winter's Tale    for: SCENE VI. The same. Enter a Scrivener, with a paper in his hand Scrivener       This is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings;       Which in a set hand fairly is engross'd,       That it may be this day read over in Paul's.       And mark how well the sequel hangs together: 5     Eleven hours I spent to write it over,       For yesternight by Catesby was it brought me;       The precedent was full as long a-doing:       And yet within these five hours lived Lord Hastings,       Untainted, unexamined, free, at liberty 10    Here's a good world the while! Why who's so gross,       That seeth not this palpable device?       Yet who's so blind, but says he sees it not?       Bad is the world; and all will come to nought,       When such bad dealings must be seen in thought. Exit Return to top of page ... or ... Go to next scene