Question

Which lines in this excerpt from the play support April’s claim? RICHARD III (Duke of Gloucester): No doubt, no doubt; and so shall Clarence too; For they that were your enemies are his, And have prevail'd as much on him as you. LORD HASTINGS: More pity that the eagle should be mew'd, While kites and buzzards prey at liberty RICHARD III (Duke of Gloucester): What news abroad? LORD HASTINGS: No news so bad abroad as this at home; The King is sickly, weak and melancholy, And his physicians fear him mightily. RICHARD III (Duke of Gloucester): Now, by Saint Paul, this news is bad indeed. O, he hath kept an evil diet long, And overmuch consumed his royal person: 'Tis very grievous to be thought upon. What, is he in his bed? LORD HASTINGS: He is. RICHARD III (Duke of Gloucester): Go you before, and I will follow you. [Exit HASTINGS] He cannot live, I hope; and must not die Till George be pack'd with post-horse up to heaven. I'll in, to urge his hatred more to Clarence, With lies well steel'd with weighty arguments; And, if I fall not in my deep intent, Clarence hath not another day to live: Which done, God take King Edward to his mercy, And leave the world for me to bustle in! For then I'll marry Warwick's youngest daughter. What though I kill'd her husband and her father? The readiest way to make the wench amends Is to become her husband and her father: The which will I; not all so much for love As for another secret close intent, By marrying her which I must reach unto. But yet I run before my horse to market: Clarence still breathes; Edward still lives and reigns: When they are gone, then must I count my gains

Answer 1

Lord hasting: No news so bad abroad as this at home;
The King is sickly, weak and melancholy,
And his physicians fear him mightily.