But where, to-morrow ?-Well, all's one for that.- Nor. Six or seven thousand is their utmost power. : [Exeunt. Enter, on the other Side of the Field, RICHMOND, Sir WILLIAM BRANDON, OXFORD, and other Lords. Some of the Soldiers pitch RICHMOND's Tent. standard. Richm. The weary sun hath made a golden set, 7 5 sound direction:] True judgment; tried military skill. Limit - i. e. appoint. keeps his regiment ;] i. e. remains with it. His regiment lies half a mile at least 8 Sweet Blunt, make some good means to speak with him, And give him from me this most needful note. gentlemen, Let us consult upon to-morrow's business; Come, [They withdraw into the Tent. Enter, to his Tent, King RICHARD, Norfolk, RATCLIFF, and CATESBY. K. Rich. What is't o'clock ? Cate. It's nine o'clock". K. Rich. It's supper time, my lord; I will not sup to-night. Give me some ink and paper.― And all my armour laid into my tent? Cate. It is, my liege; and all things are in readiness. K. Rich. Good Norfolk, hie thee to thy charge; Use careful watch, choose trusty sentinels. Nor. I go, my lord. K. Rich. Stir with the lark to-morrow, gentle Nor folk. Nor. I warrant you, my lord. K. Rich. Ratcliff, Rat. My lord? [Exit. 8 make some good means -] i. e. adopt some convenient measure. • It's nine o'clock.] I think, we ought to read-sir instead of nine, as in the quarto edition. A supper at so late an hour as nine o'clock, in the year 1485, would have been a prodigy. STEEVENS. Mr. Malone reads six, and "full supper time." K. Rich. Send out a pursuivant at arms To Stanley's regiment; bid him bring his power : [TO CATESBY. Saddle white Surrey for the field to-morrow.- Rat. My lord? K. Rich. Saw'st thou the melancholy lord Northumberland? Rat. Thomas the earl of Surrey, and himself, Much about cock-shut time, from troop to troop, Went through the army, cheering up the soldiers. K. Rich. I am satisfied t. wine: I have not that alacrity of spirit, Give me a bowl of Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have.— Rat. It is, my lord. K. Rich. Bid my guard watch §; leave me. About the mid of night, come to my tent, And help to arm me.-Leave me, I say. [King RICHARD retires into his Tent. Exeunt RATCLIFF and CATESBY. Give me a watch :] A watch has many significations, but I should believe that it means in this place not a sentinel, which would be regularly placed at the king's tent; nor an instrument to measure time, which was not used in that age; but a watchlight, a candle to burn by him; the light that afterwards burnt blue. JOHNSON. 3 1 2 Look that my staves-] Staves are the wood of the lances. the melancholy lord Northumberland?] Richard calls him melancholy, because he did not join heartily in his cause. 4 cock-shut time,] i. e. twilight. "So, I am satisfied.”—MAlone. + "Set it down.”—Malone. "Ratcliff, bid my," &c.-MALONE. censured in his first edition. A reading which he RICHMOND'S Tent opens, and discovers him and his Officers, &c. Enter STANLEY. Stan. Fortune and victory sit on thy helm! Richm. All comfort that the dark night can afford, Be to thy person, noble father-in-law ! Tell me, how fares our loving mother? Stan. I, by attorney, bless thee from thy mother, Farewell: The leisure and the fearful time And ample interchange of sweet discourse, 5 by attorney,] By deputation. 6 mortal-staring war.] I suppose, by mortal-staring war is meant-war that looks big, or stares fatally on its victims. 7 I, as I may, STEEVENS. With best advantage will deceive the time,] I will take the best opportunity to elude the dangers of this conjuncture. I'll strive, with troubled thoughts, to take a nap; [Exeunt Lords, &c. with STANLEY. [Sleeps. The Ghost of Prince EDWARD, Son to HENRY the Sixth, rises between the two Tents. Ghost. Let me sit heavy on thy soul to-morrow! [To King RICHARD. Think, how thou stab'dst me in my prime of youth At Tewksbury; Despair therefore, and die!— Be cheerful, Richmond; for the wronged souls Of butcher'd princes fight in thy behalf: King Henry's issue, Richmond, comforts thee. The Ghost of King HENRY the Sixth rises. Ghost. When I was mortal, my anointed body [To King RICHARD. By thee was punched full of deadly holes : [TO RICHMOND. 8 peise me down to-morrow,] To peize, i. e. down, from peser, French. to weigh |