| William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Oxford Shakespeare. 1914. | | | |
| The Tragedy of King Richard the Second | | | | Act V. Scene IV. |
| | Another Room in the Castle. | |
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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? | 5 |
| Serv. Those were his very words. | |
| Exton. ‘Have I no friend?’ quoth he: he spake it twice, | |
| And urg’d it twice together, did he not? | |
| Serv. He did. | |
| Exton. And speaking it, he wistly looked on me, | 10 |
| As who should say, ‘I would thou wert the man | |
| That 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. | | | |
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