Literature/William Shakespeare/Richard II

Richard II

William Shakespeare, c. 1595

Act VScene IV

Another room in the Castle

Enter Exton and a Servant.

Exton

Didst thou not mark the King, what words he spake:“Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?”Was it not so?

Servant

These were his very words.

Exton

“Have I no friend?” quoth he. He spake it twiceAnd urged it twice together, did he not?

Servant

He did.

Exton

And speaking it, he wishtly looked on me,As who should say “I would thou wert the manThat would divorce this terror from my heart”,Meaning the king at Pomfret. Come, let’s go.I am the King’s friend, and will rid his foe.

Exeunt.