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King Henry the Sixth, IV. ii

Mich. Fly, fly, fly! Sir Humphrey Stafford

and his brother are hard by, with the king's

forces.

Cade. Stand, villain, stand, or I'll fell thee

down. He shall be encountered with a man as

good as himself: he is but a knight, is a'?

Mich. No.

Cade. To equal him, I will make myself a

knight presently. [Kneels.] Rise up Sir John

Mortimer. [Rises.] Now have at him.

Staf. Rebellious hinds, the filth and scum of Kent,

Mark'd for the gallows, lay your weapons down;

Home to your cottages, forsake this groom:

The king is merciful, if you revolt.

Bro. But angry, wrathful, and inclin'd to blood,

If you go forward: therefore yield, or die.

Cade. As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not:

It is to you, good people, that I speak,

O'er whom, in time to come I hope to reign;

For I am rightful heir unto the crown.

Staf. Villain! thy father was a plasterer;

And thou thyself a shearman, art thou not?

Cade. And Adam was a gardener.

Bro. And what of that?

Cade. Marry, this: Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March,

Married the Duke of Clarence' daughter, did he not?

Staf. Ay, sir.

Cade. By her he had two children at one birth.

 130 No: i.e. he is no more

137 revolt: i.e. forsake Cade

145 shearman: one who shears cloth 