The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
_Cade._ But then are we in order when we are most out
of order. Come, march forward. [_Exeunt._ [bdb183]
SCENE III. _Another part of Blackheath_.
_Alarums to the fight, wherein both the_ STAFFORDS _are slain. Enter_
CADE _and the rest_.
_Cade._ Where’s Dick, the butcher of Ashford? [bdc001]
_Dick._ Here, sir.
_Cade._ They fell before thee like sheep and oxen, and
thou behavedst thyself as if thou hadst been in thine own
slaughter-house: therefore thus will I reward thee, the Lent [bdc005]
shall be as long again as it is; and thou shalt have a license [bdc006]
to kill for a hundred lacking one. [bdc007]
_Dick._ I desire no more.
_Cade._ And, to speak truth, thou deservest no less. This
monument of the victory will I bear [_putting on Sir Humphrey’s [bdc010]
brigandine_]; and the bodies shall be dragged at my
horse heels till I do come to London, where we will have [bdc012]
the mayor’s sword borne before us.
_Dick._ If we mean to thrive and do good, break open [bdc014]
the gaols and let out the prisoners. [bdc015]
_Cade._ Fear not that, I warrant thee. Come, let’s
march towards London. [_Exeunt._
SCENE IV. _London. The palace_.
_Enter the_ KING _with a supplication, and the_ QUEEN _with
Suffolk’s head, the_ DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM _and the_ LORD SAY.
_Queen._ Oft have I heard that grief softens the mind [bdd001]
And makes it fearful and degenerate;
Think therefore on revenge and cease to weep.
But who can cease to weep and look on this?
Here may his head lie on my throbbing breast: ·bdd005·
But where’s the body that I should embrace?
_Buck._ What answer makes your grace to the rebels’
supplication?
_King._ I’ll send some holy bishop to entreat;
For God forbid so many simple souls ·bdd010·
Should perish by the sword! And I myself,
Rather than bloody war shall cut them short, [bdd012]
Will parley with Jack Cade their general:
But stay, I’ll read it over once again.
_Queen._ Ah, barbarous villains! hath this lovely face ·bdd015·
Ruled, like a wandering planet, over me,
And could it not enforce them to relent,
That were unworthy to behold the same?
_King._ Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head.
_Say._ Ay, but I hope your highness shall have his. ·bdd020·
_King._ How now, madam!
Still lamenting and mourning for Suffolk’s death? [bdd022]
I fear me, love, if that I had been dead, [bdd023]
Thou wouldest not have mourn’d so much for me. [bdd024]
_Queen._ No, my love, I should not mourn, but die for thee. [bdd025]
_Enter a_ Messenger.
_King._ How now! what news? why comest thou in such haste?
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