First folio
| Modern text
| Definitions
| Key line
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| Alarum, excursions. Enter Catesby. | Alarum: excursions. Enter Catesby | | R3 V.iv.1 | |
| Cat. | CATESBY | | | |
| Rescue my Lord of Norfolke, / Rescue, Rescue: | Rescue, my Lord of Norfolk, rescue, rescue! | | R3 V.iv.1 | |
| The King enacts more wonders then a man, | The King enacts more wonders than a man, | enact (v.) bring about, accomplish, perform | R3 V.iv.2 | |
| Daring an opposite to euery danger: | Daring an opposite to every danger. | | R3 V.iv.3 | |
| His horse is slaine, and all on foot he fights, | His horse is slain, and all on foot he fights, | | R3 V.iv.4 | |
| Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death: | Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death. | | R3 V.iv.5 | |
| Rescue faire Lord, or else the day is lost. | Rescue, fair lord, or else the day is lost! | | R3 V.iv.6 | |
| Alarums. Enter Richard. | Alarums. Enter King Richard | | R3 V.iv.7 | |
| Rich. | KING RICHARD | | | |
| A Horse, a Horse, my Kingdome for a Horse. | A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! | | R3 V.iv.7 | |
| Cates. | CATESBY | | | |
| Withdraw my Lord, Ile helpe you to a Horse | Withdraw, my lord. I'll help you to a horse. | | R3 V.iv.8 | |
| Rich. | KING RICHARD | | | |
| Slaue, I haue set my life vpon a cast, | Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, | slave (n.)fellow, rascal, rogue, villain | R3 V.iv.9 | |
| | cast (n.)throw [of dice], stroke | | |
| And I will stand the hazard of the Dye: | And I will stand the hazard of the die. | hazard (n.)[gambling] chance, fortune; throw [of dice] | R3 V.iv.10 | |
| | die (n.)one of a pair of dice | | |
| I thinke there be sixe Richmonds in the field, | I think there be six Richmonds in the field; | field (n.)field of battle, battleground, field of combat | R3 V.iv.11 | |
| Fiue haue I slaine to day, in stead of him. | Five have I slain today instead of him. | | R3 V.iv.12 | |
| A Horse, a Horse, my Kingdome for a Horse. | A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! | | R3 V.iv.13 | |
| Exeunt | | R3 V.iv.13 | |