"What? Think you we are Turks or infidels? Or that we would, against the form of law, proceed thus rashly in villain's death, but that the extreme peril of the case, the peace of England, and our person's safety, enforced us to this execution" (scene 5)
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Richard almost seems to be mocking the very idea of Hastings death for the very reason he said not to end a man's life is the reason to which he did
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What, do you think we’re Turks or savages, instead of Christians? You think we would have disobeyed the law and proceeded to kill this villain if England’s peace and our own lives hadn’t been at stake?