Until a power be rais'd to put them down. 2. Mar. Ah! were the Duke of Suffolk now alive, Thefe Kentish rebels fhould be soon appeas'd. K. Henry. Lord Say, the traitors hate thee, Therefore away with us to Killingworth. Say. So might your Grace's perfon be in danger: The fight of me is odious in their eyes; And therefore in this city will I stay, Enter another Mesenger. 2 Meff. Jack Cade hath gotten London bridge, The citizens fly him, and forfake their houses; The rafcal people thirsting after prey, Join with the traitor; and they jointly fwear Buck. Then linger not, my Lord; away, take horse. cour us. 2 Mar. My hope is gone, now Suffolk is deceas'd. K. Henry. Farewell, my Lord; truft not to Kentifh rebels. Buck. Truft no body, for fear you be betray'd. [Exeunt. SCENE V. Changes to London. Enter Lord Scales upon the Tower walking. Then enter two or three Citizens below. Scales. How now? is Jack Cade flain? 1 Cit No, my Lord, nor like to be flain: for they have won the bridge, killing all thofe that withstand them. The Lord Mayor craves aid of your Honour from the tower to defend the city from the rebels. Scales. Such aid as I can spare, you fhall command; But Ian troubled here with them myself. The rebels have affay'd to win the Tower; But get you into Smithfield, gather head, And thither will I fend you Matthew Goff. Fight for your King, your country, and your lives ; And to farewell, for I must hence again, [Exeunt. SCENE changes to Cannon Street. Enter Jack Cade and the reft, and frikes his staff on London-flone. Cade Now is Mortimer Lord of this city; and here fitting upon London ftone, I charge and command that of the city's coft the piffing conduit run nothing but claret wine the first year of our reign. And now henceforward it fhall be treason for any that calls me other than Lord Mortimer. Enter a Soldier running. Sol. Jack Cade, Jack Cade! Cade Knock him down there. [They kill him. Wear. If this fellow be wife, he'll never call you Jack Cade more; I think he hath a very fair warning. Dick. My Lord, there's an army gathered together in Smithfield. Cade. Come then, let's go fight with them: but first go and fet London bridge on fire, and if you can, burn down the Tower too. Come, let's a way. [Exeunt omnes. SCENE changes to Smithfield: Alarum. Matthew Goff is flain, and all the reft, then enter Jack Cade with his company. Cade. So, Sirs. Now go fome and pull down the Sa voy; others to the inns of courts, down with them all. Dick. I have a fuit unto your Lordship. Cade. Be it a Lordship, thou fhalt have it for that word. Dick. Only that the laws of England may come out of your mouth John. Mafs, 'twill be fore law then; for he was thrust in the mouth with a fpear, and 'tis not whole yet, Smith. Nay, John, it will be ftinking law, for his breath ftinks with eating toasted cheese. Cade. I have thought upon it, it fhall be fo. Away, burn all the records of the realm; my mouth shall be the parliament of England. John. Then we are like to have biting ftatutes, unlefs his teeth be pull'd out. Cade. And henceforward all things fhall be in com mon. SCENE Vi. Enter a Meffenger. Me. My Lord, a prize, a prize! here's the Lord Say which fold the towns in France; he that made us. pay one and twenty fifteens and one thilling to the pound, the laft fubfidy. Enter George with the Lord Say: Cade. Well, he shall be beheaded for it ten times Ah, thou Say, thou ferge, nay, thou buckram Lord, now art thou within point-blank of our jurisdiction regal. What can't thou answer to my Majefty for giving up of Normandy unto Monfieur Bafimecu*, the Dauphin of France? Be it known unto thee by these prefeats, even the prefence of Lord Mortimer, that I am the befom that must sweep the court clean of fuch filth as thou art. Thou haft most traiterously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar fchool; and whereas before our forefathers had no other books but the icore and the tally, thou haft caufed printing to be us'd; and, contrary to the King, his crown and dig. nity, thou haft built a paper-mill. It will be proved to thy face that thou haft men about thee, that ufually talk of a noun and a verb, and fuch abominable word's as no Christian ear can endure to hear. Thou haft appointed juftices of the peace to call poor men before them, about matters they were not able to answer. Moreover, thou haft put them in prifon; and because they cou'd not read, thou haft hang'd them; when, indeed, only for that caufe they have been most worthy to live. Thou doft ride on a foot cloth, doft thou not? Say. What of that? Cade. Marry, thou ought'st not to let thy horfe wear a cloak, when honester men than thou go in their hofe and doublets. Dick. And work in their shirt too; as myfelf, for ex ample, that am a butcher, Say. You men of Kent Dick. What fay you of Kent? He means to fay, Baifez ma queüic. Say. Nothing but this: 'Tis bona terra, mala gens. Cade. Away with him, away with him, he speaks Latin. Say. Hear me but speak, and bear me where you Kent, in the commentaries Cæfar writ, Is term'd the civil'ft place of all this ifle; Sweet is the country, beauteous, full of riches; [will. Prayers and tears have mov'd me, gifts cou'd never : Cade. Tut, when ftruck'ft thou one blow in the field? Say. Great men have reaching hands; oft have I Those that I never faw, and ftruck them dead. [ftruck George. O monftrous. coward! what, to come be-hind folks? Say. Thefe cheeks are pale with watching for your good. Cade. Give him a box o'th'ear, and that will make 'em red again. Say. Long fitting to determine poor mens' caufes, Hath made me full of fickness and diseases.. Cade. Ye fhall have a hempen caudle then, and the help of a hatchet. Dick. Why doft thou quiver, man? Say. The pally, and not fear, provokes me.. Cade. Nay, he nods at us, as who fhould fay, I'll be even with you. I'll fee if his head will stand stea-dier on a pole or no: take him away, and behead him... Say. Tell me, wherein have I offended moft? Have I affected wealth or honour? speak. Whom have I injur'd that ye feek my death? Go, Cade. I feel remorse in myself with his words; but I'll bridle it; he shall die, an' it be but for pleading fo well for his life. Away with him, he has a familiar under his tongue, he peaks not o' God's name. take him away, I fay, and strike off his head prefently; and then break into his fon-in-law's house, Sir James Cromer, and strike of his head, and bring them both upon two poles hither. All. It fhall be done. Say. Ah, countrymen, if when you make your God fhould be fo obdurate as yourselves, How would it fare with your departed fouls? [prayers, Cade. Away with him, and do as I command ye. [Exeunt fome with Lord Say.] The proudest Peer of the realm fhall not wear a head on his fhoulders, unless he pay me tribute; there fhall not a maid be married, but The fhall pay me her maidenhead ere they have it; men fhall hold of me in capite. And we charge and command, that their wives be as free as heart can wish, or tongue can tell. Dick. My Lord, when fhall we go to Cheapfide, and take up commodities upon our bills? Cade. Marry, prefently. All. O brave! Enter one with the heads. Cade. But is not this braver? Let them kiss one another; for they lov'd well when they were alive. Now part them again, left they confult about the giving up of fome more towns in France. Soldiers, defer the spoil of the city until night; for with thefe borne before us, inftead of maces, will we ride through the streets, and at every corner have them kiss. Away. · [Exeunt. |