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King Henry the Sixth, IV. vi 

Scales. How now! is Jack Cade slain?

1. Cit. No, my lord, nor likely to be slain;

for they have won the bridge, killing all those

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 shall command;

But I am troubled here with them myself;

The rebels have assay'd to win the Tower.

But get you to Smithfield and gather head,

And thither I will send you Matthew Goffe:

Fight for your king, your country, and your lives;

And so, farewell, for I must hence again.

Cade. Now is Mortimer lord of this city. And

here, sitting upon London-stone, I charge and

command that, of the city's cost, the pissing-

conduit run nothing but claret wine this first

year of our reign. And now, henceforward, it

 10 gather head: collect your forces

 2 London-stone: a Roman milestone in Cannon Street

3, 4 pissing-conduit: a small water fountain 