RICHARD in his tent.-The ghost of PRINCE EDWARD, son to HENRY VI., rises.

"GHOST. Let me sit heavy on thy soul to-morrow! Think how thou stabb'dst me in my prime of youth At Tewksbury. Despair therefore, and die!

(The ghost of KING HENRY VI. rises.) GHOST. Harry the Sixth bids thee despair and die! (The ghost of CLARENCE rises.)

GHOST. To-morrow in the battle think on me, And fall thy edgeless sword. Despair and die!

(The ghosts of RIVERS, GREY, and VAUGHAN rise.)

RIV. Let me sit heavy on thy soul to-morrowRivers, that died at Pomfret! Despair and die! GREY. Think upon Grey, and let thy soul despair! VAUGHAN. Think upon Vaughan, and with guilty fear Let fall thy lance! Despair and die!

(The ghost of HASTINGS rises.) GHOST. Think on Lord Hastings, and despair and die! (The ghosts of the two young PRINCES rise.) GHOSTS. Thy nephews' souls bid thee despair and die! (The ghost of QUEEN ANNE rises.) To-morrow in the battle think on me,

GHOST.

And fall thy edgeless sword. Despair and die!

(The ghost of BUCKINGHAM rises.)

GHOST. O, in the battle think on Buckingham,
And die in terror of thy guiltiness!

Dream on, dream on, of bloody deeds and death:
Fainting, despair; despairing, yield thy breath!

RICH. Give me another horse,-bind up my wounds,-"

ACT V. S. 3.

XII.

STANLEY crowning RICHMOND in Bosworth Field.

"STAN. Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee!

Lo! here this long-usurped royalty

From the dead temples of this bloody wretch
Have I pluck'd off, to grace thy brows withal:
Wear it, enjoy it, and make much of it."