Both Uses of
guile
in
The Life and Death of King Richard III
- When I have most need to employ a friend,
And most assured that he is a friend,
Deep, hollow, treacherous, and full of guile,
Be he unto me!
Scene 2.1 *guile = cunning (shrewd, clever) and deceitful
- I that was wash'd to death with fulsome wine, Poor Clarence, by thy guile betray'd to death!†
Scene 5.3
Definition:
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(guile) cunning (shrewdness and cleverness) and deceitful