Richard III by William Shakespeare
Act 3 - Scene 6
The same.
Scrivener : This is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings;
[p]Which in a set
hand fairly is engross'd,
[p]That it may be this day read over in
Paul's.
[p]And mark how well the sequel hangs together:
[p]Eleven
hours I spent to write it over,
[p]For yesternight by Catesby was it
brought me;
[p]The precedent was full as long a-doing:
[p]And yet
within these five hours lived Lord Hastings,
[p]Untainted, unexamined,
free, at liberty
[p]Here's a good world the while! Why who's so
gross,
[p]That seeth not this palpable device?
[p]Yet who's so blind,
but says he sees it not?
[p]Bad is the world; and all will come to
nought,
[p]When such bad dealings must be seen in thought.
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