In the play Richard II, the character Willoughby uses "benevolences" to extort money.

Date
2023
Type
Website
Source
William Shakespeare
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

William Shakespeare, Richard II - Act 2, scene 1, Folger Shakespeare Library, accessed September 11, 2023

Scribe/Publisher
Folger Shakespeare Library
People
William Shakespeare
Audience
Internet Public
Transcription

WILLOUGHBY

And daily new exactions are devised,

As blanks, benevolences, and I wot not what.

But what i’ God’s name doth become of this?

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