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Richard the Third, III. i
57

ACT THIRD

Scene One

[The Same. A Street]

The Trumpets sound. Enter young Prince [of Wales], the Dukes of Gloucester and Buckingham, Lord Cardinal [Bourchier, Catesby], with Others.

Buck. Welcome, sweet prince, to London, to your chamber.

Rich. Welcome, dear cousin, my thoughts' sovereign;
The weary way hath made you melancholy.

Prince. No, uncle; but our crosses on the way 4
Have made it tedious, wearisome, and heavy:
I want more uncles here to welcome me.

Rich. Sweet prince, the untainted virtue of your years
Hath not yet div'd into the world's deceit: 8
No more can you distinguish of a man
Than of his outward show; which, God he knows,
Seldom or never jumpeth with the heart.
Those uncles which you want were dangerous; 12
Your Grace attended to their sugar'd words,
But look'd not on the poison of their hearts:
God keep you from them, and from such false friends!

Prince. God keep me from false friends! but they were none. 16

Rich. My lord, the Mayor of London comes to greet you.


Scene One S. d. Cardinal; cf. n.
1 chamber: royal residence
4 crosses: vexations
11 jumpeth: agrees
16 Cf. n.