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Butch. [Aside.] Or rather, of stealing a cade

of herrings.

Cade. For our enemies shall fall before us,

inspired with the spirit of putting down kings

and princes,—Command silence.

Butch. Silence!

Cade. My father was a Mortimer,—

Butch. [Aside.] He was an honest man, and a

good bricklayer.

Cade. My mother a Plantagenet,—

Butch. [Aside.] I knew her well; she was a

midwife.

Cade. My wife descended of the Lacies,—

Butch. [Aside.] She was, indeed, a pedlar's

daughter, and sold many laces.

Weav. [Aside.] But now of late, not able to

travel with her furred pack, she washes bucks

here at home.

Cade. Therefore am I of an honourable

house.

Butch. [Aside.] Ay, by my faith, the field is

honourable; and there was he born, under a

hedge; for his father had never a house but the

cage.

Cade. Valiant I am.

Weav. [Aside.] A' must needs, for beggary

is valiant.

Cade. I am able to endure much.

Butch. [Aside.] No question of that, for I have

seen him whipped three market-days together.

Cade. I fear neither sword nor fire.

 36 cade: barrel (containing 600 herrings)

38 For: because

fall: pun on Latin 'cado' meaning fall

48 Lacies: family name of the Earls of Lincoln

52 furred pack: waterproof pack, made of skin with the hair outward

washes bucks: takes in washing

59 cage: lock-up

61 A’ must needs: he must be 