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" SCRIVENER. Here is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings;
Which in a set hand fairly is engross'd
That it may be to-day read o'er in Paul's.
And mark how well the sequel hangs together:
Eleven hours I have spent to write it over,
For yesternight by Catesby was it sent me;
The precedent was full as long a-doing;
And yet within these five hours Hastings liv'd,
Untainted, unexamin'd, free, at liberty.
Here's a good world the while! Who is so gros
That cannot see this palpable device?
Yet who's so bold but says he sees it not?
Bad is the world; and all will come to nought,
When such ill dealing must be seen in thought. "

William Shakespeare , Richard III


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William Shakespeare quote : SCRIVENER. Here is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings;<br />Which in a set hand fairly is engross'd<br />That it may be to-day read o'er in Paul's.<br />And mark how well the sequel hangs together:<br />Eleven hours I have spent to write it over,<br />For yesternight by Catesby was it sent me;<br />The precedent was full as long a-doing;<br />And yet within these five hours Hastings liv'd,<br />Untainted, unexamin'd, free, at liberty.<br />Here's a good world the while! Who is so gros<br />That cannot see this palpable device?<br />Yet who's so bold but says he sees it not?<br />Bad is the world; and all will come to nought,<br />When such ill dealing must be seen in thought.