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Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast,
Ready with every nod to tumble down.

      — King Richard III, Act III Scene 4

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KEYWORD: ay

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1

Richard III
[I, 4]

Both

1001

Ay, ay.

2

Richard III
[I, 4]

Both

1062

Ay, so we will.

3

Richard III
[I, 4]

First Murderer

1068

Ay, millstones; as be lesson'd us to weep.

4

Richard III
[II, 1]

Marquis of Dorset

1209

Ay, my good lord; and no one in this presence
But his red colour hath forsook his cheeks.

5

Richard III
[II, 2]

Duchess of York

1302

Ay, boy.

6

Richard III
[II, 3]

First Citizen

1434

Ay, that the king is dead.

7

Richard III
[II, 3]

Second Citizen

1441

Ay, sir, it is too true; God help the while!

8

Richard III
[II, 4]

Duke of York

1491

Ay, mother; but I would not have it so.

9

Richard III
[II, 4]

Duke of York

1493

Grandam, one night, as we did sit at supper,
My uncle Rivers talk'd how I did grow
More than my brother: 'Ay,' quoth my uncle
Gloucester,
'Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace:'
And since, methinks, I would not grow so fast,
Because sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste.

10

Richard III
[II, 4]

Queen Elizabeth

1537

Ay me, I see the downfall of our house!
The tiger now hath seized the gentle hind;
Insulting tyranny begins to jet
Upon the innocent and aweless throne:
Welcome, destruction, death, and massacre!
I see, as in a map, the end of all.

11

Richard III
[III, 1]

Prince Edward

1670

Ay, brother, to our grief, as it is yours:
Too late he died that might have kept that title,
Which by his death hath lost much majesty.

12

Richard III
[III, 2]

Sir William Catesby

1823

Ay, my good lord.

13

Richard III
[III, 2]

Sir William Catesby

1827

Ay, on my life; and hopes to find 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.

14

Richard III
[IV, 2]

Sir James Tyrrel

2664

Ay, my lord;
But I had rather kill two enemies.

15

Richard III
[IV, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

2707

Ay, what's o'clock?

16

Richard III
[IV, 4]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

2953

Ay, I thank God, my father, and yourself.

17

Richard III
[IV, 4]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

3233

Ay, if the devil tempt thee to do good.

18

Richard III
[IV, 4]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

3235

Ay, if yourself's remembrance wrong yourself.

19

Richard III
[IV, 4]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

3314

Ay, ay. thou wouldst be gone to join with Richmond:
I will not trust you, sir.

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