To take her in her heart's extremeft hate; Hath fhe forgot already that brave prince, Edward, her lord, whom I, fóme three months fince, Stabb'd in my angry mood at Tewksbury? A fweeter and a lovelier gentleman, Fram'd in the prodigality of nature, Young, valiant, wife, and, no doubt, right royal, The spacious world cannot again afford: That cropp'd the golden prime of this fweet prince, On me, whofe all not equals Edward's moiety? Fram'd in the prodigality of nature,] i. e. when nature was in a prodigal or lavish mood. WARBURTON. ?and, no doubt, right royal,-] Of the degree of royalty belonging to Henry the fixth there could be no doubt, nor could Richard have mentioned it with any fuch hesitation; he could not indeed very properly allow him royalty. I believe we should read: and, no doubt, right loyal, That is, true to her bed. He enumerates the reafons for which the fhould love him. He was young, wife, and valiant; thefe were apparent and indifputable excellencies. He then mentions another not lefs likely to endear him to his wife, but which he had lefs opportunity of knowing with certainty, and, no doubt right loyal. JOHNSON. Richard is not fpeaking of king Henry, but of Edward his fon, whom he means to reprefent as full of all the noble properties of a king. No doubt, right royal, may, however, be ironically Spoken, alluding to the incontinence of Margaret, his mother.. STREVENS. My My dukedom to a beggarly denier 3, [Exit. Enter the Queen, Lord Rivers her brother, and Lord Grey her fon. Riv. Have patience, madam; there's no doubt, his majesty Will foon recover his accuftom'd health. Grey. In that you brook it ill, it makes him worse: Therefore, for God's fake, entertain good comfort, And chear his grace with quick and merry words. 3 Queen. If he were dead, what would betide of me? Grey. No other harm, but lofs of fuch a lord. Queen. The lofs of fuch a lord includes all harms. -a beggarly denier,] A denier is the twelfth part of a French fous, and appears to have been the ufual request of a beggar. So, in the Cunning Northerne Beggar, b. 1. an ancient ballad: "For ftill will I cry, good your Worship, good Sir, "Bestow one poor denier, Sir." STEEVENS. レ Grey. The heavens have bless'd you with a goodly fon, To be your comforter, when he is gone. Is you. Riv. Is it concluded, he fhall be protector? Queen. It is determin'd, not concluded yet: But fo it must be, if the king mifcarry. Enter Buckingham, and Stanley. Grey. Here come the lords of Buckingham and Stanley 5. Buck. Good time of day unto your royal grace! Stanley. God make your majefty joyful as you have been! Queen. The countess Richmond, good my lord of To your good prayer will scarcely say-amen. Stanley. I do befeech you, either not believe It is determin'd, not concluded yet :] Determin'd fignifies the final conclufion of the will: concluded, what cannot be altered by reason of fome act, confequent on the final judgment. WARBURTON. 5 Here come the lords of Buckingham and Derby.] This is a blunder of inadvertence, which has run through the whole chain of impreffions. It could not well be original in Shakspeare, who was moft minutely intimate with his hiftory, and the intermarriages of the nobility. The perfon here called Derby, was Thomas lord Stanley, lord fteward of king Edward the fourth's houfhold. But this Thomas lord Stanley was not created earl of Derby till after the acceffion of Henry the feventh; and accordingly, afterwards, in the fourth and fifth acts of this play, before the battle of Bofworth-field, he is every where called lord Stanley. This fufficiently justifies the change I have made in his title. THEOBALD. Or, if she be accus'd on true report, Bear with her weakness, which, I think, proceeds Stanley. But now the duke of Buckingham, and I, Queen. What likelihood of his amendment, lords? Buck. Madam, good hope; his grace speaks chearfully. Queen. God grant him health! Did you confer Buck. Ay, madam: he defires to make atonement I fear, our happiness is at the height. Enter Glofter, Haftings, and Dorfet. Glo. They do me wrong, and I will not endure Who are they, that complain unto the king, Ay, madam: be defires to make atonement] Thus all the old editions that I have feen; but Mr. Pope altered it thus: "Madam, we did; he feeks to make atonement;' and has been followed by fucceeding editors. STEEVENS. The 4to. of 1613, reads: 7 MALONE. "Madam we did.". 1 I must be held a rancorous enemy. Cannot a plain man live, and think no harm, Grey. To whom in all this prefence speaks your grace? Glo. To thee, that hast nor honesty, nor grace. But you must trouble him with lewd complaints. Glo. I cannot tell ;-The world is grown fo bad, That wrens may prey where eagles dare not perch: Since every Jack became a gentleman, There's many a gentle perfon made a Jack. Queen. Come, come, we know your meaning, brother Glofter; You envy my advancement, and my friends: Glo. Meantime, God grants that we have need of you: Our brother is imprison'd by your means, Myfelf difgrac'd, and the nobility Held in contempt; while great promotions Are daily given, to enoble those That scarce, fome two days fince, were worth a noble. 8. 8 Of your ill-will, &c.] This line is reftored from, the firft edition. POPE, Queen |