Richard is now in the presence of the king. The king does not plan on killing Richard, but he wants to make sure everyone knows who is in control. Richard is paraded around and put on display for the public to see his capture and to confess that his is an imposter.
"The appetite was keenest in London; and many tawdry masque and mime was put in motion, to deck the streets through which the defeated youth was to pass. Vainly; he entered London at night, and was conducted privately to Westminster" (429).
"As it was, the corse in the grass-grown grave was not more bereft of intercourse with the sunny world, than the caged Duke of York. From his windows, he looked upona deserted court-yard; in his rides, purposely directed to unfrequnted sponts, he now and then saw a few human beings--such name could be hardly bestowed on his stony-faced, stony-hearted guards" (430).
Description: The image shows the Westminster palace as it would have looked during the Tudor reign.
