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saying, and was ferried into the Abbey of Chertsey in Surrey, and there without pompe interred."[1]
Shakespeare represents the universal opinion of the time regarding Henry's murder.
Gloucester. Clarence, excuse me to the King my brother
I'll hence to London, on a serious matter
Ere ye come there, be sure to hear some news.
Clarence. What? What?
Gloucester.
The Tower, the Tower!
then in the prison:
Enter Gloucester.
Gloucester. Good day, my lord! What at your book so hard?
Then when Gloucester had dismissed the lieutenant King Henry says:
- So flies the reckless shepherd from the wolf:
- So first the harmless sheep doth yield his fleece,
- And next his throat unto the butcher's knife.
- What scene of death hath Roscius now to act?
Then, after some words, Henry asks:
But wherefore dost thou come? Is't for my life?
Gloucester. Think'st thou, I am an executioner?- ↑ Speed, The Historie of Great Britaine.