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King Henry the Sixth, IV. vii

for he was thrust in the mouth with a spear,

and 'tis not whole yet.

Smith. [Aside.] Nay, John, it will be stink-

ing law; for his breath stinks with eating

toasted cheese.

Cade. I have thought upon it; it shall be so.

Away! burn all the records of the realm: my

mouth shall be the parliament of England.

Holl. [Aside.] Then we are like to have

biting statutes, unless his teeth be pulled out.

Cade. And henceforward all things shall be

in common.

Mess. My lord, a prize, a prize! here's the

Lord Say, which sold the towns in France; he

that made us pay one-and-twenty fifteens, and

one shilling to the pound, the last subsidy.

Cade. Well, he shall be beheaded for it ten

times. Ah! thou say, thou serge, nay, thou

buckram lord; now art thou within point-

blank of our jurisdiction regal. What canst

thou answer to my majesty for giving up of

Normandy unto Monsieur Basimecu, the Dau-

phin of France? Be it known unto thee by

these presence, even the presence of Lord Mor-

timer, that I am the besom that must sweep

the court clean of such filth as thou art. Thou

hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of

the realm in erecting a grammar-school; and

 23 which France; cf. n.

24 one-and-twenty fifteens; cf. n.

27, 28 say serge  buckram: various kinds of cloth

31 Basimecu: obscene term of derision

33 these presence: humorous error for 'these presents'

34 besom: broom 