Richard II Quotes

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AS - Level English Literature - Richard II Flashcards on Richard II Quotes, created by Leon Hughes on 09/03/2016.
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"High-stomached are they... In rage..." - Richard II - "High-stomached are they both and full of ire In rage, deaf as the sea, hasty as fire" - Richard II - 1:1
"My body shall make good...Or my divine..." - Henry Bollingbroke - "My body shall make good upon this earth Or my divine soul answer it in heaven" - Henry Bollingbroke - 1:1
"My right drawn..." - Henry Bollingbroke - "My right drawn sword may prove" - Henry Bollingbroke - 1:1
"Sluiced out his innocent... Which blood..." - Henry Bollingbroke - "Sluiced out his innocent soul through streams of blood Which blood, like sacrificing Abel's, cries" - Henry Bollingbroke - 1:1
"Were he my..." - Richard II - "Were he my brother, nay, my kingdom's heir" - Richard II - 1:1
"Free speech and..." - Richard II - "Free speech and fearless I to thee allow" - Richard II - 1:1
"A recreant and..." - Thomas Mowbray - "A recreant and most degenerate traitor" - Thomas Mowbray - 1:1
"lions make..." - Richard II - "lions make leopards tame" - Richard II - 1:1
"O God defend my..." - Henry Bollingbroke - "O God defend my soul from such deep sin!" - Henry Bollingbroke - 1:1
"Or seven fair branches..." - Duchess of Gloucester - "Or seven fair branches springing from one root" - Duchess of Gloucester - 1:2
"by the Destinies..." - Duchess of Gloucester - "by the Destinies cut" - Duchess of Gloucester - 1:2
"God's is the..." - John of Gaunt - "God's is the quarrel" - John of Gaunt - 1:2
"Let heaven revenge for... An angry..." - John of Gaunt - "Let heaven revenge, for I may never lift An angry arm against His minister" - John of Gaunt - 1:2
"Desolate, desolate..." - Duchess of Gloucester - "Desolate, desolate, will I hence and die" - Duchess of Gloucester - 1:2
"Marshal, demand of... The cause..." - Richard II - "Marshal, demand of yonder champion The cause of his arrival here in arms" - Richard II - 1:3
"That vow a..." - Henry Bollingbroke - "That vow a long and weary pilgrimage" - Henry Bollingbroke - 1:3
"We will descend..." -Richard II - "We will descend and fold him in our arms" - Richard II - 1:3
"O thou, the earthly author..." - Henry Bollingbroke - "O thou, the early author of my blood" - Henry Bollingbroke - 1:3
"Be swift like..." "Fall like..." - John of Gaunt - "Be swift like lightning in the execution" "Fall like amazing thunder" - John of Gaunt - 1:3
"Stay the King hath..." - The Lord Marshal - "Stay, the King hath thrown his warder down" - The Lord Marshal - 1:3
"For our eyes do..." - Richard II - "For our eyes do hate the dire aspect" - Richard II - 1:3
"Your will..." - Henry Bollingbroke - "Your will be done" - Henry Bollingbroke - 1:3
"That sun that warms..." - Henry Bollingbroke - "That sun that warms you here, shall shine on me" - Henry Bollingbroke - 1:3
"speechless death... robs my tongue from breathing native breath" - Thomas Mowbray - "speechless death... robs my tongue from breathing native breath" - Thomas Mowbray - 1:3
"And all too soon..." - Thomas Mowbray - "And all too soon (I fear) the King shall rue" - Thomas Mowbray - 1:3
"Such is the breath..." - Thomas Mowbray - "Such is the breath of kings" - Thomas Mowbray - 1:3
"You urged me as..." - John of Gaunt - "You urged me as a judge...bid me argue like a father" - John of Gaunt - 1:3
"enforcèd..." - Henry Bollingbroke - "enforcèd pilgrimage" - Henry Bollingbroke - 1:3
"Think not the King...But..." - John of Gaunt - "Think not the King did banish thee But thou the King" - John of Gaunt - 1:3
"O, who can hold... By thinking..." - Henry Bollingbroke - "O, who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucaus?" - Henry Bollingbroke - 1:3
"How he did seem to dive..." - Richard II - "How he did seem to dive into their hearts" - Richard II - 1:4
"As were our England in... And he our subject's..." - Richard II - "As were our England in reversion his And he our subject's next degree in hope" - Richard II - 1:4
"enforced to farm..." - Richard II - "enforced to farm our royal realm" - Richard II - 1:4
"Now put it, God... To help him to..." - Richard II - "Now put it, God, in the physician's mind To help him to his grave immediately" - Richard II - 1:4
"My death's sad..." - John of Gaunt - "My death's sad tale may yet undeaf his ear" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"The tongues of dying..." - John of Gaunt - "The tongues of dying men Enforce attention" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"a prophet..." - John of Gaunt - "a prophet new-inspired" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"insatiate..." - John of Gaunt - "insatiate cormorant" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"this seat of... this other..." - John of Gaunt - "this seat of Mars This other Eden, demi-paradise" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"this little..." - John of Gaunt - "this little world" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"Inky...and..." - John of Gaunt - "Inky blots and rotten parchment" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"O, how that name..." - John of Gaunt - "O, how that name befits my composition" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"For sleeping... - John of Gaunt - "For sleeping England long time have I watched" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"I mock my...to..." - John of Gaunt - "I mock my name, great King, to flatter thee" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"Thy sick bed is..." - John of Gaunt - "Thy sick bed is no lesser than thy land" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"thy anointed..." - John of Gaunt - "thy anointed body to the cure" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"Landlord of..." - John of Gaunt - "Landlord of England art thou now, not King" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"Thou a...(at Gaunt)" - Richard II - "Thou a lunatic lean-witted fool" - Richard II - 2:1
"like a..." - John of Gaunt - "like a pelican" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
(In response to Gaunt's death) - Richard II - "So much for that" - Richard II - 2:1
"In war was never...In peace was never..." - Duke of York - "In war was never lion raged more fierce In peace was never gentle lamb more mild" - Duke of York - 2:1
"his noble hand Did..." - Duke of York - "his noble hand Did win what he did spend" - Duke of York -
"this teeming..." - John of Gaunt - "this teeming womb of Kings" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"Think what you will..." - Richard II - "Think what you will, we seize into our hands ... his money and his lands" - Richard II - 2:1
"Richly in both..." - Earl of Northumberland - "Richly in both, if Justice had her right" - Earl of Northumberland - 2:1
"and quite lost..." - Lord Ross - "and quite lost their hearts" - Lord Ross - 2:1
"More hath he spent..." - Earl of Northumberland - "More hath he spent in peace than they in wars" - Earl of Northumberland - 2:1
"The King's grown..." - Lord Willoughby - "The King's grown bankrupt like a broken man" - Lord Willoughby - 2:1
"Reproach and..." - Earl of Northumberland - "Reproach and dissolution hangeth over him" - Earl of Northumberland - 2:1
(The army that Henry has accumulated in Brittany) - Earl of Northumberland - "With eight tall ships and three thousand men of war" - Earl of Northumberland - 2:1
"the... crown" - Earl of Northumberland - "the blemished crown" - Earl of Northumberland - 2:1
"To please the King..." - Queen Isabella - "To please the King I did; to please myself I cannot do it" - Queen Isabella - 2:2
(what Queen Isabella calls Richard) - Queen Isabella - "my sweet Richard" - Queen Isabella - 2:2
"ripe in..." - Queen Isabella - "ripe in Fortune's womb" - Queen Isabella - 2:2
"Each substance of..." - Bushy - "Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows" - Bushy - 2:2
"I cannot... 'tis..." - Queen Isabella - "I cannot name, 'tis nameless woe" - Queen Isabella - 2:2
"thou art the... (speaking to Green)" - Queen Isabella - "thou art the midwife to my woe" - Queen Isabella - 2:2
"Comfort's in...and we are..." - Duke of York - "Comfort's in heaven, and we are on the earth" - Duke of York - 2:2
"what a tide..." - Duke of York - "what a tide of woes" - Duke of York - 2:2
"A thousand..." - John of Gaunt - "A thousand flatterers sit within thy crown" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"My heart this..." - Henry Bolingbroke - "My heart this covenant makes, my hand thus seals it" - Henry Bolingbroke - 2:3
"Your presence..." - Lord Ross - "Your presence makes us rich" - Lord Ross - 2:3
"my answer is to..." - Henry Bolingbroke - "my answer is to 'Lancaster'" - Henry Bolingbroke - 2:3
"Show me thy...and not thy..." "Show me thy humble heart and not thy knee" - Duke of York - 2:3
"My...(what Henry calls York on seeing him after he marches to Berkley Castle)" "My gracious uncle -" - Henry Bolingbroke - 2:3
"that word...In an...(in response to Henry's greeting)" - Duke of York - "that word 'grace' In an ungracious mouth is but profane" - Duke of York - 2:3
"What would... (question to Gaunt over the action that Henry should have take)" - Henry Bolingbroke - "What would you have me to do?" - Henry Bolingbroke - 2:3
"I challenge..." - Henry Bolingbroke - "I challenge law" - Henry Bolingbroke - 2:3
"therefore personally I lay..." - Henry Bolingbroke - "therefore personally I lay my claim To my inheritance of free descent" - Henry Bolingbroke - 2:3
"Base men by his..." - Lord Willoughby - "Base men by his endowment are made great" - Lord Willoughby - 2:3
"The caterpillars of..." - Henry Bolingbroke - "The caterpillars of the commonwealth" - Henry Bolingbroke - 2:3
"I have sworn to weed..." - Henry Bolingbroke - "I have sworn to weed and pluck away" - Henry Bolingbroke - 2:3
"With eager feeding..." - John of Gaunt - "With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder" - John of Gaunt - 2:1
"for how art thou a..." - Duke of York - "for how art thou a King But by fair sequence and succession?" - Duke of York - 2:1
"You pluck a..." - Duke of York - "You pluck a thousand dangers on your head" - Duke of York - 2:1
"a prince by..." - Henry Bolingbroke - "a prince by fortune of my birth Near to the King in blood" - Henry Bolingbroke - 3:1
"the bitter..." - Henry Bolingbroke - "the bitter bread of banishment" - Henry Bolingbroke - 3:1
"I see thy glory..." - Earl of Salisbury - "I see thy glory, like a shooting star Fall to the base earth" - Earl of Salisbury - 2:4
"you've misled..." - Henry Bolingbroke - "you've misled a prince" - Henry Bolingbroke - 3:1
"I weep for...(On returning to England)" - Richard II - "I weep for joy To stand upon my kingdom once again" - Richard II - 3:2
"When they from thy bosom..." - Richard II - "When they from thy bosom pluck a flower Guard it, I pray thee, with a lurking adder" - Richard II - 3:2
"This traitor Bolingbroke Shall..." - Richard II - "This traitor Bolingbroke... Shall see us rising in our throne, the east, His treasons will sit blushing in his face" - Richard II - 3:2
"Not all the water in..." - Richard II - "Not all the water in the rough sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king" - Richard II - 3:2
"Comfort, my liege, remember..." - Duke of Aumerle - "Comfort, my liege, remember who you are" - Duke of Aumerle - 3:2
"Am I not King? Awake..." - Richard II - "Am I not King? Awake, thou coward majesty! Thou sleep'st" - Richard II - 3:2
"Snakes, in my... Three..." - Richard II - "Snakes in my heart-blood warmed, that sting my heart! Three Judases" - Richard II - 3:2
"Our lands, our lives and all..." - Richard II - "Our lands, our lives and all are Bolingbroke's" - Richard II - 3:2
"the hollow crown That..." - Richard II - "the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps Death his court" - Richard II - 3:2
"there I'll pine... A king, woe's..." - Richard II - "there I'll pine away: A king, woe's slave, shall kingly woe obey" - Richard II - 3:2
"From Richard's... to..." - Richard II - "From Richard's night to Bolingbroke's fair day" - Richard II - 3:2
"On flourishing branch of..." - Duchess of Gloucester - "One flourishing branch of his most royal root... Is hacked down" - Duchess of Gloucester - 1:2
"met with the fall..." - Gardener - "met with the fall of leaf" - Gardener - 3:4
"Thou... (addressing the gardener)" - Queen Isabelle - "Thou old Adam's likeness" - Queen Isabelle - 3:4
"I weep for... To stand..." - Richard II - "I weep for joy To stand upon my kingdom once again" - Richard II - 3:2
"Not all the water in... Can..." - Richard II - "Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king" - Richard II - 3:2
"Our lands, our..." - Richard II - "Our lands, our lives and all are Bolingbroke's" - Richard II - 3:2
"I live with bread..." - Richard II - "I live with bread like you" - Richard II - 3:2
"he the fire, I'll..." - Henry - "he the fire, I'll be the yielding water" - Henry - 3:3
"No head of blood and bone Can..." - Richard II - "No head of blood and bone Can gripe the sacred handle of our sceptre Unless he do profane, steal or usurp" - Richard II - 3:3
"their fortunes both..." - Gardener - "their fortunes both are weighed" - Gardener - 3:4
"plume-plucked Richard, who..." - York - "plume-plucked Richard, who, with wilting soul Adopts thee heir" - York - 4:1
"Ascend his throne..." - York - "Ascend his throne, descending now from him" - York - 4:1
"What subject can give..." - Carlisle "What subject can give sentence on his King?" - Carlisle 4:1
"steward" - Carlisle "steward" - Carlisle
"the blood of English..." - Carlisle "the blood of English shall manure the ground" - Carlisle 4:1
"The field of..." - Carlisle "The field of Golgotha" - Carlisle
"they not sometimes cry..." - Richard "they not sometimes cry 'All hail' to me So Judas did to Christ" - Richard
"this golden crown like..." - Richard "this golden crown like a deep well" - Richard
"With mine own tears..." - Richard "With mine own tears I wash away my balm" - Richard II 4:1
"a king of..." - Isabella "a king of beasts?" - Isabella
"weep the fire..." - Richard "weep the fire out" - Richard
"Thus play I in one person..." - Richard "Thus play I in one person many people And none contended" - Richard
"I wasted..." - Richard "I wasted time" - Richard
"mount my..." - Richard "mount my soul" - Richard V:V
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