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My foot shall fight with all the strength thou hast;

And if mine arm be heaved in the air

Thy grave is digg'd already in the earth.

As for words, whose greatness answers words,

Let this my sword report what speech forbears.

Cade. By my valour, the most complete

champion that ever I heard! Steel, if thou turn

the edge, or cut not out the burly-boned clown

in chines of beef ere thou sleep in thy sheath, I

beseech Jove on my knees, thou mayst be turned

to hobnails.

O, I am slain! Famine and no other hath slain

me: let ten thousand devils come against me, and

give me but the ten meals I have lost, and I'ld defy

them all. Wither, garden; and be henceforth a

burying-place to all that do dwell in this house,

because the unconquered soul of Cade is fled.

Iden. Is 't Cade that I have slain, that monstrous traitor?

Sword, I will hallow thee for this thy deed,

And hang thee o'er my tomb when I am dead:

Ne'er shall this blood be wiped from thy point,

But thou shalt wear it as a herald's coat,

To emblaze the honour that thy master got.

Cade. Iden, farewell; and be proud of thy

victory. Tell Kent from me, she hath lost her

best man, and exhort all the world to be

cowards; for I, that never feared any, am van-

quished by famine, not by valour.

Iden. How much thou wrong'st me, heaven be my judge.

Die, damned wretch, the curse of her that bare thee!

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