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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9]

Act 5 — fed SCENE IV. Another part of the field.

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Alarum: excursions. Enter NORFOLK and forces fighting; to him CATESBY.

♦ Cate. Rescue, my Lord of Norfolk, rescue, rescue!

The king enacts more wonders than a man,

♦ Daring an opposite to every danger:

His horse is slain, and all on foot he fights,

5 Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death.

♦ Rescue, fair lord, or else the day is lost!

Alarums. Enter KING RICHARD.

K. Rich. A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!

Cate. Withdraw, my lord; I’ll help you to a horse.

K. Rich. Slave, I have set my life upon a cast,

10 And I will stand the hazard of the die.

I think there be six Richmonds in the field;

Five have I slain to-day instead of him.

♦ A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! [Exeunt.

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