![]() ![]() Gaunt passes away soon thereafter, and Richard takes over the estate which legally should have been inherited by Bolingbroke.īolingbroke meanwhile has organized an army and sailed northward. He therefore goes to visit Gaunt, who tells Richard that his "fierce blaze of riot cannot last" (2.1.33). Richard quickly calculates that he can seize Gaunt's estates to finance his war. ![]() One of Richard's allies, Bushy, tells him that John of Gaunt is near dying. However, because he lacks money, Richard tells his men to start issuing forced loans on the nobles, and he also sells his right to tax. ![]() Mowbray leaves, and Richard then quickly reduces Bolingbroke's sentence to only six years in an effort to make John of Gaunt happier.Īfter Bolingbroke is gone, Richard starts to prepare his army for a war with Ireland. He orders Mowbray to be permanently banished from England, and banishes Bolingbroke for ten years. The ceremony is halted and Richard takes over. He symbolically allows his warder (a staff representing that he is king) fall to the ground. On the day of the trial, Richard allows the ceremony to proceed right up until the noblemen actually start fighting. ![]() Instead, Richard agrees to let them hold a medieval trial by combat in which the two men will fight to see who is right. He attempts to make the two noblemen make peace, but is unable to control them. Richard II opens with Mowbray and Bolingbroke accusing each other of treason in front of Richard. ![]()
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