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| Enter Buckingham with Halberds, led | Enter Buckingham with halberds and the Sheriff, led | halberd (n.) person armed with a halberd | R3 V.i.1.1 | |
| to Execution. | to execution | | R3 V.i.1.2 | |
| Buc. | BUCKINGHAM | | | |
| Will not King Richard let me speake with him? | Will not King Richard let me speak with him? | | R3 V.i.1 | |
| Sher. | SHERIFF | | | |
| No my good Lord, therefore be patient. | No, my good lord; therefore be patient. | | R3 V.i.2 | |
| Buc. | BUCKINGHAM | | | |
| Hastings, and Edwards children, Gray & Riuers, | Hastings, and Edward's children, Grey and Rivers, | | R3 V.i.3 | |
| Holy King Henry, and thy faire Sonne Edward, | Holy King Henry and thy fair son Edward, | | R3 V.i.4 | |
| Vaughan, and all that haue miscarried | Vaughan, and all that have miscarried | miscarry (v.)come to harm, perish, meet death | R3 V.i.5 | |
| By vnder-hand corrupted foule iniustice, | By underhand corrupted foul injustice, | | R3 V.i.6 | |
| If that your moody discontented soules, | If that your moody discontented souls | moody (adj.)angry, wrathful, rancorous, sullen | R3 V.i.7 | |
| Do through the clowds behold this present houre, | Do through the clouds behold this present hour, | | R3 V.i.8 | |
| Euen for reuenge mocke my destruction. | Even for revenge mock my destruction! | | R3 V.i.9 | |
| This is All-soules day (Fellow) is it not? | This is All Souls' Day, fellow, is it not? | | R3 V.i.10 | |
| Sher. | SHERIFF | | | |
| It is. | It is. | | R3 V.i.11 | |
| Buc. | BUCKINGHAM | | | |
| Why then Al-soules day, is my bodies doomsday | Why, then All Souls' Day is my body's doomsday. | doomsday (n.)death-day, day of judgement | R3 V.i.12 | |
| This is the day, which in King Edwards time | This is the day which in King Edward's time | | R3 V.i.13 | |
| I wish'd might fall on me, when I was found | I wished might fall on me when I was found | | R3 V.i.14 | |
| False to his Children, and his Wiues Allies. | False to his children and his wife's allies; | false (adj.)disloyal, faithless, inconstant, unfaithful | R3 V.i.15 | |
| This is the day, wherein I wisht to fall | This is the day wherein I wished to fall | | R3 V.i.16 | |
| By the false Faith of him whom most I trusted. | By the false faith of him whom most I trusted; | | R3 V.i.17 | |
| This, this All-soules day to my fearfull Soule, | This, this All Souls' Day to my fearful soul | | R3 V.i.18 | |
| Is the determin'd respit of my wrongs: | Is the determined respite of my wrongs. | respite (n.)extent of time, time-scale | R3 V.i.19 | |
| | determined (adj.)appointed, given a limit | | |
| That high All-seer, which I dallied with, | That high All-seer which I dallied with | | R3 V.i.20 | |
| Hath turn'd my fained Prayer on my head, | Hath turned my feigned prayer on my head | feigned (adj.)sham, pretended, spurious | R3 V.i.21 | |
| And giuen in earnest, what I begg'd in iest. | And given in earnest what I begged in jest. | | R3 V.i.22 | |
| Thus doth he force the swords of wicked men | Thus doth He force the swords of wicked men | | R3 V.i.23 | |
| To turne their owne points in their Masters bosomes. | To turn their own points in their masters' bosoms; | | R3 V.i.24 | |
| Thus Margarets curse falles heauy on my necke: | Thus Margaret's curse falls heavy on my neck: | | R3 V.i.25 | |
| When he (quoth she) shall split thy heart with sorrow, | ‘ When he,’ quoth she, ‘ shall split thy heart with sorrow, | quoth (v.)said | R3 V.i.26 | |
| Remember Margaret was a Prophetesse: | Remember Margaret was a prophetess.’ | | R3 V.i.27 | |
| Come leade me Officers to the blocke of shame, | – Come lead me, officers, to the block of shame. | | R3 V.i.28 | |
| Wrong hath but wrong, and blame the due of blame. | Wrong hath but wrong, and blame the due of blame. | blame (n.)blameworthiness, culpability, guilt | R3 V.i.29 | |
| Exeunt Buckingham with Officers. | Exeunt Buckingham with officers | | R3 V.i.29 | |