From Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Oxford 1911)/Volume 4/The Tragedy of King Richard the Second by Oxford 1911

: We are amaz'd; and thus long :have we stood :To watch the fearful bending of thy knee, :Because we thought ourself thy lawful king; :And if we be, how dare thy joints forget :To pay their awful duty to our presence? :If we be not, show us the hand of God :That hath dismiss'd us from our stewardship; :For well we know no hand of blood and bone :Can gripe the sacred handle of our sceptre, :Unless he do profane, steal, or usurp. :And though you think that all, as you have done, :Have torn their souls by turning them from us, :And we are barren and bereft of friends, :Yet know-my master, God omnipotent, :Is mustering in his clouds on our behalf :Armies of pestilence; and they shall strike :Your children yet unborn and unbegot, :That lift your vassal hands against my head :And threat the glory of my precious crown. :Tell Bolingbroke,—for yond methinks he stands,— :That every stride he makes upon my land :Is dangerous treason; he is come to open :The purple testament of bleeding war; :But ere the crown he looks for live in peace, :Ten thousand bloody crowns of mothers' sons :Shall ill become the flower of England's face, :Change the complexion of her maid-pale peace :To scarlet indignation, and bedew :Her pastures' grass with faithful English blood.

King Richard Monologue from Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Oxford 1911)/Volume 4/The Tragedy of King Richard the Second

Rehearse King Richard's monologue