SCENE VI. The same. The Life and Death of Richard the Third  Shakespeare homepage  |  Richard III  | Act 3, Scene 6 

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 Enter a Scrivener, with a paper in his hand  Scrivener  This is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings; 

 Which in a set hand fairly is engross'd, 

 That it may be this day read over in Paul's. 

 And mark how well the sequel hangs together: 

 Eleven hours I spent to write it over, 

 For yesternight by Catesby was it brought me; 

 The precedent was full as long a-doing: 

 And yet within these five hours lived Lord Hastings, 

 Untainted, unexamined, free, at liberty 

 Here's a good world the while! Why who's so gross, 

 That seeth not this palpable device? 

 Yet who's so blind, but says he sees it not? 

 Bad is the world; and all will come to nought, 

 When such bad dealings must be seen in thought. 



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