Richard III
Act V, Scene 4
Another part of Bosworth Field.
A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!
Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1830
- Alarum. Excursions. Enter Norfolk and forces
- fighting; to him Catesby.
Catesby
1 - 6- Rescue, my Lord of Norfolk, rescue, rescue!
- The King enacts more wonders than a man,
- Daring an opposite to every danger.
- His horse is slain, and all on foot he fights,
- Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death.
- Rescue, fair lord, or else the day is lost!
- Alarums. Enter King Richard.
King Richard III
7- A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!
Catesby
8- Withdraw, my lord, I’ll help you to a horse.
King Richard III
9 - 13- Slave, I have set my life upon a cast,
- And I will stand the hazard of the die.
- I think there be six Richmonds in the field;
- Five have I slain today in stead of him.
- A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!
- Exeunt.
I think there be six Richmonds in the field
Malcolm Charles Salaman, Charles Holme, 1916