...Richard's opening soliloquy: . . . cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them . . . therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined...

...begot ¡ Not Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deformed , unfinished , sent before my time 20 Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And...dogs bark at me as I halt by them: Why, I in this weak-piping time of peace Have no delight to pass away the time, 25 Unless to spy my shadow in the...

...curtaiVd of this fair proportion, cut short Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, deceptive Deformed, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing...shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity: describe at length And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken...

...illustrate his argument. As the story goes, Richard III was "cheated of feature by disembling nature, deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time into this...unfashionable, that dogs bark at me as I halt by them." For this reason, Richard wreaked havoc on the world. As Shakespeare said, "[S]ince I cannot prove a...

...curtailed of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce...shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. (1.1.16-27) 'Descanting', a musical term, signifying that Richard boasts of his ability to counterpoint...

...ambling nymph; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature. Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this...by them Why, I. in this weak piping time of peace ... (1.1.1-24) 4 The cylinder runs out at this point, and the moment it records disappears back into...

...breathing world scarce half made upAnd that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me, as 1 halt by them Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace....Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity. (1, 1 14-27) Richard's ugliness places him, on the one hand, in the line of the tradition...

...ambling nymph; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this...unfashionable, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them; . . . since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove...

...ambling nymph; I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this...unfashionable That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them 326 And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined...

...curtailed of this fair proportion. Cheated of feature by this dissembling nature, Deformed, unf)nished, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce...unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them — ..." I.ittle pointed out this passage in presenting his paper and documented a high association...