The Shakespearean Plays of Edwin Booth Author:William Shakespeare General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1899 Original Publisher: The Penn publishing company Subjects: Drama / General Drama / American Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Drama / Shakespeare Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / Shakespeare No... more »tes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Hast. I 'll have this crown of mine cut from my shoulders Ere I will see the crown so foul misplaced, But canst thou guess that he doth aim at it ? " Catesby. Ay, on my life; and looks to find you forward Upon his party for the gain thereof; And thereupon he sends you this good news, That this same very day your enemies, The kindred of the queen, must die, at Pomfret. Hast. Indeed I am no mourner for that news, Because they have been still mine enemies; But, that I 'll give my voice on Richard's side, To bar my master's heirs in true descent, God knows I will not do it, to the death. Catesby. Heaven keep your lordship in that gracious mind! Hast. But I shall laugh at this a twelvemonth hence, That they who brought me in my master's hate, I live to look upon their tragedy. I tell thee, Catesby -- Catesby. What, my lord ? Hast. Ere a fortnight make me older, I 'll send some packing that yet think not on it. Catesby. T is a vile thing to die, my gracious lord, When men are unprepared and look not for it. Hast. O, monstrous, monstrous, and so falls it out. With Rivers, Vaughan, Grey ! And so 't will do With some men else, who think themselves as safe As thou and I; who as thou knowest are dear To princely Richard and to Buckingham. Catesby. The princes both make high account of you; [Aside. ...« less