Shakespeare's carved saints.

From: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 | Date: March 22, 2005| Author: Harmon, A.G. | Copyright information

Following a scene in which Henry Bolingbroke shows largesse to those who have plotted against his life and preceding a scene in which Bolingbroke's men deprive Richard II of his own, occurs a short exchange between Sir Piers Exton and a servant: 

    EXTON. Didst thou not mark the king, what words he spake? 
    "Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?" 
    Was it not so? (1)

In the ensuing scene, after Richard's loyal groom leaves, he rallies the c...

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