{"id":3481,"date":"2014-08-21T12:56:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T16:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=3481"},"modified":"2014-08-21T21:41:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T01:41:01","slug":"richard-iii-act-iv-scene-iv-drew-cortese-cut","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=3481","title":{"rendered":"Richard III; Act IV, Scene iv Drew Cortese Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard III\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Act IV, Scene iv\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 King Richard<\/strong><\/p>\n

(This text is featured in our\u00a0interview with Drew Cortese<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Look what is done cannot be now amended.
\nIf I did take the kingdom from your sons,
\nTo make amends I\u2019ll give it to your daughter.
\nIf I have killed the issue of your womb,
\nTo quicken your increase I will beget
\nMine issue of your blood upon your daughter.
\nYour children were vexation to your youth,
\nBut mine shall be a comfort to your age.
\nThe loss you have is but a son being king,
\nAnd by that loss your daughter is made queen.
\nAgain shall you be mother to a king,
\nAnd all the ruins of distressful times
\nRepaired with double riches of content.
\nWhat, we have many goodly days to see!
\nThe liquid drops of tears that you have shed
\nShall come again, transformed to orient pearl,
\nAdvantaging their love with interest
\nOf ten times double gain of happiness.
\nGo then, my mother; to thy daughter go.
\nMake bold her bashful years with your experience;
\nPrepare her ears to hear a wooer\u2019s tale;
\nPut in her tender heart th\u2019 aspiring flame
\nOf golden sovereignty; acquaint the Princess
\nWith the sweet silent hours of marriage joys;
\nAnd when this arm of mine hath chastis\u00e8d
\nThe petty rebel, dull-brained Buckingham
\nBound with triumphant garlands will I come
\nAnd lead thy daughter to a conqueror\u2019s bed,
\nTo whom I will retail my conquest won,
\nAnd she shall be sole victoress, Caesar\u2019s Caesar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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