The Tragedy of King Richard II Author:William Shakespeare Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: What you will have, I'll give, and willing too; For do we must what force will have us do. Set on towards London, cousin, is it so ? Bolinghroke. Yea, my goo... more »d lord. King Richard. Then I must not say no. [Flourish. Exeunt. SCENE IV. Langley. The DUKE OF YORK'S garden. Enter the QUEEN and two Ladies. Queen. What sport shall we devise here in this garden, To drive away the heavy thought of care ? Lady. Madam, we'll play at bowls. Queen. 'Twill make me think the world is full of rubs, And that my fortune runs against the bias. Lady. Madam, we'll dance. Queen. My legs can keep no measure in delight, When my poor heart no measure keeps in grief: Therefore, no dancing, girl; some other sport. Lady. Madam, we'll tell tales. 10 Queen. Of sorrow or of joy ? Lady. Of either, madam. Queen. Of neither, girl: For if of joy, being altogether wanting, It doth remember me the more of sorrow; Or if of grief, being altogether had, It adds more sorrow to my want of joy: For what I have I need not to repeat; And what I want it boots not to complain. Lady. Madam, I 'll sing. Queen. 'Tis well that thou hast cause; But thou shouldst please me better, wouldst thou weep. 20 Lady. I could weep, madam, would it do you good. Queen. And I could sing, would weeping do me good, And never borrow any tear of thee. Enter a Gardener, and two Servants. But stay, here come the gardeners: Let's step into the shadow of these trees. My wretchedness unto a row of pins, They'll talk of state; for every one doth so Against a change; woe is forerun with woe. [Queen and Ladies retirr. Gardener. Go, bind thou up yon dangling apricocks. Which, like unruly children, make their sire 30 Stoop with oppression of their prodigal weight: Give some supportance to...« less