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Bolingbroke is outwardly straightforward, a bluff and hearty figure. Commentators use such adjectives as matter-of-fact, cool, level-headed, practical, resolute, pragmatic, vigorous, uncomplicated. Compared to Richard, he uses few words. Exiled, Gaunt asks him ‘To what purpose dost thou hoard thy words?’ and he replies ‘I have too few to take my leave of you’ [i iii 253, 255]. During the deposition Richard addresses his as ‘silent king’ [iv i 2891.
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Page, M. (1987). Bolingbroke and York. In: Richard II. Text and Performance. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08144-8_3
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