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Come, bring forth the prisoners.
Come, bring out the prisoners.
Sir Richard Ratcliff, let me tell thee this: To-day shalt thou behold a subject die For truth, for duty, and for loyalty.
Sir Richard Ratcliff, listen to me: Today, you will see a man die For truth, duty, and loyalty.
God keep the prince from all the pack of you! A knot you are of damned blood-suckers!
God protect the prince from all of you! You are all a bunch of cursed bloodsuckers!
You live that shall cry woe for this after.
You will live to regret this later.
Dispatch; the limit of your lives is out.
Hurry up; your lives are running out.
O Pomfret, Pomfret! O thou bloody prison, Fatal and ominous to noble peers! Within the guilty closure of thy walls Richard the second here was hack’d to death; And, for more slander to thy dismal seat, We give thee up our guiltless blood to drink.
Oh Pomfret, Pomfret! Oh, you bloody prison, Deadly and ominous to noble men! Inside your guilty walls, Richard the second was hacked to death; And to add more shame to your dreadful name, We give you our innocent blood to drink.
Now Margaret’s curse is fall’n upon our heads, For standing by when Richard stabb’d her son.
Now Margaret’s curse has come upon us, For standing by when Richard killed her son.
Then cursed she Hastings, then cursed she Buckingham, Then cursed she Richard. O, remember, God To hear her prayers for them, as now for us And for my sister and her princely sons, Be satisfied, dear God, with our true blood, Which, as thou know’st, unjustly must be spilt.
Then she cursed Hastings, cursed Buckingham, Cursed Richard. Oh, God, remember her prayers For them, as now for us And for my sister and her royal sons. Be satisfied, dear God, with our true blood, Which, as you know, must be shed unjustly.
Make haste; the hour of death is expiate.
Hurry up; the time of death is here.
Come, Grey, come, Vaughan, let us all embrace: And take our leave, until we meet in heaven.
Come, Grey, come, Vaughan, let’s embrace: And say goodbye, until we meet in heaven.