Act III. Scene VI. The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. Craig, W.J., ed. 1914. The Oxford Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Oxford Shakespeare. 1914.

The Tragedy of King Richard the Third

Act III. Scene VI.

The Same. A Street.

Enter a Scrivener.
Scriv. Here is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings;
Which in a set hand fairly is engross’d,	4
That it may be to-day read o’er in Paul’s:
And mark how well the sequel hangs together.
Eleven hours I have spent to write it over,
For yesternight by Catesby was it sent me.	8
The precedent was full as long a-doing;
And yet within these five hours Hastings liv’d,
Untainted, unexamin’d, free, at liberty.
Here’s a good world the while! Who is so gross	12
That cannot see this palpable device?
Yet who so bold but says he sees it not?
Bad is the world; and all will come to naught,
When such ill dealing must be seen in thought. [Exit.	16