Act 5, Scene 4

Original Text

SCENE IV. Another room in the Castle. Enter 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?

Modern English

*Another room in the Castle. Exton enters with a Servant.* EXTON. Did you notice what the King said? "Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?" Were those his words? SERVANT. Those were his exact words.

Original Text

SERVANT. These were his very words. EXTON. “Have I no friend?” quoth he. He spake it twice And urged it twice together, did he not?

Modern English

EXTON. "Have I no friend?" he said. He said it twice and repeated the question, didn't he? SERVANT. He did.

Original Text

SERVANT. He did.

Modern English

EXTON. And as he said it, he looked directly at me, as if to say, "I wish you were the man who would cut this terror out of my heart" — meaning the king imprisoned at Pomfret. Come, let's go. I am the King's friend, and I'll get rid of his enemy. *They exit.*

Richard II

Act 5, Scene 4

Act 5, Scene 4