{"id":4127,"date":"2014-08-21T12:54:28","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T16:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=4127"},"modified":"2014-08-21T21:42:35","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T01:42:35","slug":"richard-iii-act-4-scene-3-first-folio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=4127","title":{"rendered":"Richard III; Act 4, Scene 3: First Folio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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

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306 \u00a0 Looke what is done, cannot be now amended:
\n307 \u00a0 Men\u00a0shall deale vnaduisedly\u00a0sometimes,
\n308 \u00a0 Which after-houres giues leysure to repent.
\n309 \u00a0 If I did take the Kingdome from your Sonnes,
\n310 \u00a0 To make amends, Ile giue it to your daughter:
\n311 \u00a0 If I haue kill’d the issue of your wombe,
\n312 \u00a0 To quicken your encrease, I will beget
\n313 \u00a0 Mine yssue of your blood, vpon your Daughter:
\n314 \u00a0 A Grandams name is little lesse in loue,
\n315 \u00a0 Then is the doting Title of a Mother;
\n316 \u00a0 They are as Children but one\u00a0steppe below,
\n317 \u00a0 Euen of your mettall, of your very blood:
\n318 \u00a0 Of all one paine,\u00a0saue for a night of groanes
\n319 \u00a0 Endur’d of her, for whom you bid like\u00a0sorrow.
\n320 \u00a0 Your Children were vexation to your youth,
\n321 \u00a0 But mine\u00a0shall be a comfort to your Age,
\n322 \u00a0 The losse you haue, is but a Sonne being King,
\n323 \u00a0 And by that losse, your Daughter is made Queene.
\n324 \u00a0 I cannot make you what amends I would,
\n325 \u00a0 Therefore accept\u00a0such kindnesse as I can.
\n326 \u00a0 Dorset<\/em>\u00a0your Sonne, that with a fearfull\u00a0soule
\n327 \u00a0 Leads discontented\u00a0steppes in Forraine\u00a0soyle,
\n328 \u00a0 This faire Alliance, quickly\u00a0shall call home
\n329 \u00a0 To high Promotions, and great Dignity.
\n330 \u00a0 The King that calles your beauteous Daughter Wife,
\n331 \u00a0 Familiarly\u00a0shall call thy\u00a0Dorset<\/em>, Brother:
\n332 \u00a0 Againe\u00a0shall you be Mother to a King:
\n333 \u00a0 And all the Ruines of distressefull Times,
\n334 \u00a0 Repayr’d with double Riches of Content.
\n335 \u00a0 What? we haue many goodly dayes to\u00a0see:
\n336 \u00a0 The liquid drops of Teares that you haue\u00a0shed,
\n337 \u00a0 Shall come againe, transform’d to Orient Pearle,
\n338 \u00a0 Aduantaging their Loue, with interest
\n339 \u00a0 Often-times double gaine of happinesse.
\n340 \u00a0 Go then (my Mother) to thy Daughter go,
\n341 \u00a0 Make bold her bashfull yeares, with your experience,
\n342 \u00a0 Prepare her eares to heare a Woers Tale.
\n343 \u00a0 Put in her tender heart, th’aspiring Flame
\n344 \u00a0 Of Golden Soueraignty: Acquaint the Princesse
\n345 \u00a0 With the\u00a0sweet\u00a0silent houres of Marriage ioyes:
\n346 \u00a0 And when this Arme of mine hath chastised
\n347 \u00a0 The petty Rebell, dull-brain’d\u00a0Buckingham<\/em>,
\n348 \u00a0 Bound with Triumphant Garlands will I come,
\n349 \u00a0 And leade thy daughter to a Conquerors bed:
\n350 \u00a0 To whom I will retaile my Conquest wonne,
\n351 \u00a0 And\u00a0she\u00a0shalbe\u00a0sole Victoresse,\u00a0C\u00e6sars C\u00e6sar<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, in the Folio this scene is Act 4, Scene 3. \u00a0In modern versions it is Act 4, Scene 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Richard III\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Act IV, Scene iv\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 King Richard (This text is featured in our\u00a0interview with Drew Cortese) Click here\u00a0to\u00a0open a\u00a0scanned version. Click here\u00a0to\u00a0open up the\u00a0modern version. Click here to open the\u00a0Drew Cortese cut. 306 \u00a0 Looke what is done, cannot be now amended: 307<\/p>\n [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4127","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-line-bottom","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2Frfq-14z","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4127"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4156,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4127\/revisions\/4156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}