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Speeches (Lines) for Third Citizen
in "Richard III"

Total: 9

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# Act, Scene, Line
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Speech text

1

II,3,1438

(stage directions). [Enter another Citizen]

Third Citizen. Neighbours, God speed!


2

II,3,1440

First Citizen. Give you good morrow, sir.

Third Citizen. Doth this news hold of good King Edward's death?


3

II,3,1442

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

Third Citizen. Then, masters, look to see a troublous world.


4

II,3,1444

First Citizen. No, no; by God's good grace his son shall reign.

Third Citizen. Woe to the land that's govern'd by a child!


5

II,3,1451

First Citizen. So stood the state when Henry the Sixth
Was crown'd in Paris but at nine months old.

Third Citizen. Stood the state so? No, no, good friends, God wot;
For then this land was famously enrich'd
With politic grave counsel; then the king
Had virtuous uncles to protect his grace.


6

II,3,1456

First Citizen. Why, so hath this, both by the father and mother.

Third Citizen. Better it were they all came by the father,
Or by the father there were none at all;
For emulation now, who shall be nearest,
Will touch us all too near, if God prevent not.
O, full of danger is the Duke of Gloucester!
And the queen's sons and brothers haught and proud:
And were they to be ruled, and not to rule,
This sickly land might solace as before.


7

II,3,1465

First Citizen. Come, come, we fear the worst; all shall be well.

Third Citizen. When clouds appear, wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall, the winter is at hand;
When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
Untimely storms make men expect a dearth.
All may be well; but, if God sort it so,
'Tis more than we deserve, or I expect.


8

II,3,1474

Second Citizen. Truly, the souls of men are full of dread:
Ye cannot reason almost with a man
That looks not heavily and full of fear.

Third Citizen. Before the times of change, still is it so:
By a divine instinct men's minds mistrust
Ensuing dangers; as by proof, we see
The waters swell before a boisterous storm.
But leave it all to God. whither away?


9

II,3,1480

Second Citizen. Marry, we were sent for to the justices.

Third Citizen. And so was I: I'll bear you company.


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