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The second Part of Henry the Sixt.
By such a lowly Vassall as thy selfe.
Thy words moue Rage, and not remorse in me:
I go of Message from the Queene to France:
I charge thee waft me safely crosse the Channell.
Thy words moue Rage, and not remorse in me:
I go of Message from the Queene to France:
I charge thee waft me safely crosse the Channell.
Lieu.
Water: W. Come Suffolke, I must waft thee to thy death.
Water: W. Come Suffolke, I must waft thee to thy death.
Suf.
Pine gelidus timor occupant artus, it is thee I feare.
Pine gelidus timor occupant artus, it is thee I feare.
Wal.
Thou shalt haue cause to feare before I leaue thee.
What, are ye danted now? Now will ye stoope.
Thou shalt haue cause to feare before I leaue thee.
What, are ye danted now? Now will ye stoope.
1.Gent.
My gracious Lord intreat him, speak him fair.
My gracious Lord intreat him, speak him fair.
Suf.
Suffolkes Imperiall tongue is sterne and rough:
Vs'd to command, vntaught to pleade for fauour.
Farre be it, we should honor such as these
With humble suite: no, rather let my head
Stoope to the blocke, then these knees bow to any,
Saue to the God of heauen, and to my King:
And sooner dance vpon a bloody pole,
Then stand vncouer'd to the Vulgar Groome.
True Nobility, is exempt from feare:
More can I beare, then you dare execute.
Suffolkes Imperiall tongue is sterne and rough:
Vs'd to command, vntaught to pleade for fauour.
Farre be it, we should honor such as these
With humble suite: no, rather let my head
Stoope to the blocke, then these knees bow to any,
Saue to the God of heauen, and to my King:
And sooner dance vpon a bloody pole,
Then stand vncouer'd to the Vulgar Groome.
True Nobility, is exempt from feare:
More can I beare, then you dare execute.
Lieu.
Hale him away, and let him talke no more:
Come Souldiers, shew what cruelty ye can.
Hale him away, and let him talke no more:
Come Souldiers, shew what cruelty ye can.
Suf.
That this my death may neuer be forgot.
Great men oft dye by vilde Bezonions.
A Romane Sworder, and Bandetto slaue
Murder'd sweet Tully. Brutus Bastard hand
Stab'd Iulius Cæsar. Sauage Islanders
Pompey the Great, and Suffolke dyes by Pyrats.
Exit Water with Suffolke.
That this my death may neuer be forgot.
Great men oft dye by vilde Bezonions.
A Romane Sworder, and Bandetto slaue
Murder'd sweet Tully. Brutus Bastard hand
Stab'd Iulius Cæsar. Sauage Islanders
Pompey the Great, and Suffolke dyes by Pyrats.
Exit Water with Suffolke.
Lieu.
And as for these whose ransome we haue set,
It is our pleasure one of them depart:
Therefore come you with vs, and let him go.
Exit Lieutenant, and the rest.
And as for these whose ransome we haue set,
It is our pleasure one of them depart:
Therefore come you with vs, and let him go.
Exit Lieutenant, and the rest.
Manet the first Gent.Enter Walter with the body.
Wal.
There let his head, and liuelesse bodie lye,
Exit Walter.Vntill the Queene his Mistris bury it.
There let his head, and liuelesse bodie lye,
Exit Walter.Vntill the Queene his Mistris bury it.
1.Gent.
O barbarous and bloudy spectacle,
His body will I beare vnto the King:
If he reuenge it not, yet will his Friends,
So will the Queene, that liuing, held him deere.
O barbarous and bloudy spectacle,
His body will I beare vnto the King:
If he reuenge it not, yet will his Friends,
So will the Queene, that liuing, held him deere.
Enter Beuis, and Iohn Holland.
Beuis.
Come and get thee a sword, though made of a
Lath, they haue bene vp these two dayes.
Come and get thee a sword, though made of a
Lath, they haue bene vp these two dayes.
Hol.
They haue the more neede to sleepe now then.
They haue the more neede to sleepe now then.
Beuis.
I tell thee, Iacke Cade the Cloathier, meanes to
dresse the Common-wealth and turne it, and set a new
nap vpon it.
I tell thee, Iacke Cade the Cloathier, meanes to
dresse the Common-wealth and turne it, and set a new
nap vpon it.
Hol.
So he had need, for 'tis thred-bare. Well, I say,
it was neuer merrie world in England, since Gentlemen
came vp.
So he had need, for 'tis thred-bare. Well, I say,
it was neuer merrie world in England, since Gentlemen
came vp.
Beuis.
O miserable Age: Vertue is not regarded in
Handy-crafts men.
O miserable Age: Vertue is not regarded in
Handy-crafts men.
Hol.
The Nobilitie thinke scorne to goe in Leather Aprons.
The Nobilitie thinke scorne to goe in Leather Aprons.
Beuis.
Nay more, the Kings Councell are no good Workemen.
Nay more, the Kings Councell are no good Workemen.
Hol.
True: and yet it is said, Labour in thy Vocation: which
is as much to say, as let the Magistrates be labouring
men; and therefore should we be Magistrates.
True: and yet it is said, Labour in thy Vocation: which
is as much to say, as let the Magistrates be labouring
men; and therefore should we be Magistrates.
Beuis.
Thou hast hit it: for there's no better signe of a
braue minde, then a hard hand.
Thou hast hit it: for there's no better signe of a
braue minde, then a hard hand.
Hol.
I see them, I see them: There's Bests Sonne, the
Tanner of Wingham.
I see them, I see them: There's Bests Sonne, the
Tanner of Wingham.
Beuis.
Hee shall haue the skinnes of our enemies, to
make Dogges Leather of.
Hee shall haue the skinnes of our enemies, to
make Dogges Leather of.
Hol.
And Dicke the Butcher.
And Dicke the Butcher.
Beuis.
Then is sin strucke downe like an Oxe, and iniquities
throate cut like a Calfe.
Then is sin strucke downe like an Oxe, and iniquities
throate cut like a Calfe.
Hol.
And Smith the Weauer.
And Smith the Weauer.
Beu.
Argo, their thred of life is spun.
Argo, their thred of life is spun.
Hol.
Come, come, let's fall in with them.
Come, come, let's fall in with them.
Drumme. Enter Cade, Dicke Butcher, Smith the Weauer,
and a Sawyer, with infinite numbers.
and a Sawyer, with infinite numbers.
Cade.
Wee Iohn Cade, so tearm'd of our supposed Father.
Wee Iohn Cade, so tearm'd of our supposed Father.
But.
Or rather of stealing a Cade of Herrings.
Or rather of stealing a Cade of Herrings.
Cade.
For our enemies shall faile before vs, inspired
with the spirit of putting down Kings and Princes. Command
silence.
For our enemies shall faile before vs, inspired
with the spirit of putting down Kings and Princes. Command
silence.
But.
Silence.
Silence.
Cade.
My Father was a Mortimer.
My Father was a Mortimer.
But.
He was an honest man, and a good Bricklayer.
He was an honest man, and a good Bricklayer.
Cade.
My mother a Plantagenet.
My mother a Plantagenet.
Butch.
I knew her well, she was a Midwife.
I knew her well, she was a Midwife.
Cade.
My wife descended of the Lacies.
My wife descended of the Lacies.
But.
She was indeed a Pedlers daughter, & sold many Laces.
She was indeed a Pedlers daughter, & sold many Laces.
Weauer.
But now of late, not able to trauell with her
furr'd Packe, she washes buckes here at home.
But now of late, not able to trauell with her
furr'd Packe, she washes buckes here at home.
Cade.
Therefore am I of an honorable house.
Therefore am I of an honorable house.
But.
I by my faith, the field is honourable, and there
was he borne, vnder a hedge: for his Father had neuer a
house but the Cage.
I by my faith, the field is honourable, and there
was he borne, vnder a hedge: for his Father had neuer a
house but the Cage.
Cade.
Valiant I am.
Valiant I am.
Weauer.
A must needs, for beggery is valiant.
A must needs, for beggery is valiant.
Cade.
I am able to endure much.
I am able to endure much.
But.
No question of that: for I haue seene him whipt
three Market dayes together.
No question of that: for I haue seene him whipt
three Market dayes together.
Cade.
I feare neither sword, nor fire.
I feare neither sword, nor fire.
Wea.
He neede not feare the sword, for his Coate is of
proofe.
He neede not feare the sword, for his Coate is of
proofe.
But.
But me thinks he should stand in feare of fire, being
burnt i'th hand for stealing of Sheepe.
But me thinks he should stand in feare of fire, being
burnt i'th hand for stealing of Sheepe.
Cade.
Be braue then, for your Captaine is Braue, and
Vowes Reformation. There shall be in England, seuen
halfe peny Loaues sold for a peny: the three hoop'd pot,
shall haue ten hoopes, and I wil make it Fellony to drink
small Beere. All the Realme shall be in Common, and in
Cheapside shall my Palfrey go to grasse: and when I am
King, as King I will be.
Be braue then, for your Captaine is Braue, and
Vowes Reformation. There shall be in England, seuen
halfe peny Loaues sold for a peny: the three hoop'd pot,
shall haue ten hoopes, and I wil make it Fellony to drink
small Beere. All the Realme shall be in Common, and in
Cheapside shall my Palfrey go to grasse: and when I am
King, as King I will be.
All.
God saue your Maiesty.
God saue your Maiesty.
Cade.
I thanke you good people. There shall bee no
mony, all shall eate and drinke on my score, and I will
apparrell them all in one Liuery, that they may agree like
Brothers, and worship me their Lord.
I thanke you good people. There shall bee no
mony, all shall eate and drinke on my score, and I will
apparrell them all in one Liuery, that they may agree like
Brothers, and worship me their Lord.
But.
The first thing we do, let's kill all the Lawyers.
The first thing we do, let's kill all the Lawyers.
Cade.
Nay, that I meane to do. Is not this a lamentable
thing, that of the skin of an innocent Lambe should
be made Parchment; that Parchment being scribeld ore,
should vndoe a man. Some say the Bee stings, but I say,
'tis the Bees waxe: for I did but seale once to a thing, and
I was neuer mine owne man since. How now? Who's there?
Nay, that I meane to do. Is not this a lamentable
thing, that of the skin of an innocent Lambe should
be made Parchment; that Parchment being scribeld ore,
should vndoe a man. Some say the Bee stings, but I say,
'tis the Bees waxe: for I did but seale once to a thing, and
I was neuer mine owne man since. How now? Who's there?
Enter a Clearke.
Weauer.
The Clearke of Chartam: hee can write and
reade, and cast accompt.
The Clearke of Chartam: hee can write and
reade, and cast accompt.
Cade.
O monstrous.
O monstrous.
Wea.
We tooke him setting of boyes Copies.
We tooke him setting of boyes Copies.
Cade.
