2635Cade. So sirs: now go some and pull down the Sauoy:

2636Others to'th Innes of Court, downe with them all.

2637But. I haue a suite vnto your Lordship.

2638Cade. Bee it a Lordshippe, thou shalt haue it for that

2639word.

2640But. Onely that the Lawes of England may come out

2641of your mouth.

2642Iohn. Masse 'twill be sore Law then, for he was thrust

2643in the mouth with a Speare, and 'tis not whole yet.

2644Smith. Nay Iohn, it wil be stinking Law, for his breath

2645stinkes with eating toasted cheese.

2646Cade. I haue thought vpon it, it shall bee so. Away,

2647burne all the Records of the Realme, my mouth shall be

2648the Parliament of England.

2649Iohn. Then we are like to haue biting Statutes

2650Vnlesse his teeth be pull'd out.

2651Cade. And hence-forward all things shall be in Com-

2653Mes. My Lord, a prize, a prize, heeres the Lord Say,

2654which sold the Townes in France. He that made vs pay

2655one and twenty Fifteenes, and one shilling to the pound,

2656the last Subsidie.

2658Cade. Well, hee shall be beheaded for it ten times:

2659Ah thou Say, thou Surge, nay thou Buckram Lord, now

2660art thou within point-blanke of our Iurisdiction Regall.

2661What canst thou answer to my Maiesty, for giuing vp of

2662Normandie vnto Mounsieur Basimecu, the Dolphine of

2663France? Be it knowne vnto thee by these presence, euen

2664the presence of Lord Mortimer, that I am the Beesome

2665that must sweepe the Court cleane of such filth as thou

2666art: Thou hast most traiterously corrupted the youth of

2667the Realme, in erecting a Grammar Schoole: and where-

2668as before, our Fore-fathers had no other Bookes but the

2669Score and the Tally, thou hast caused printing to be vs'd,

2670and contrary to the King, his Crowne, and Dignity, thou

2671hast built a Paper-Mill. It will be prooued to thy Face,

2672that thou hast men about thee, that vsually talke of a

2673Nowne and a Verbe, and such abhominable wordes, as

2674no Christian eare can endure to heare. Thou hast appoin-

2675ted Iustices of Peace, to call poore men before them, a-

2676bout matters they were not able to answer. Moreouer,

2677thou hast put them in prison, and because they could not

2678reade, thou hast hang'd them, when (indeede) onely for

2679that cause they haue beene most worthy to liue. Thou

2680dost ride in a foot-cloth, dost thou not?

2681Say. What of that?

2682Cade. Marry, thou ought'st not to let thy horse weare

2683a Cloake, when honester men then thou go in their Hose

2684and Doublets.

2685Dicke. And worke in their shirt to, as my selfe for ex-

2686ample, that am a butcher.

2687Say. You men of Kent.

2688Dic. What say you of Kent.

2689Say. Nothing but this: 'Tis bona terra, mala gens.

2690Cade. Away with him, away with him, he speaks La-

2691tine.

2692Say. Heare me but speake, and beare mee wher'e you

2693will:

2694Kent, in the Commentaries Caesar writ,

2695Is term'd the ciuel'st place of all this Isle:

2696Sweet is the Covntry, because full of Riches,

2697The People Liberall, Valiant, Actiue, Wealthy,

2698Which makes me hope you are not void of pitty.

2699I sold not Maine, I lost not Normandie,

2700Yet to recouer them would loose my life:

2701Iustice with fauour haue I alwayes done,

2702Prayres and Teares haue mou'd me, Gifts could neuer.

2703When haue I ought exacted at your hands?

2704Kent to maintaine, the King, the Realme and you,

2705Large gifts haue I bestow'd on learned Clearkes,

2706Because my Booke preferr'd me to the King.

2707And seeing Ignorance is the curse of God,

2708Knowledge the Wing wherewith we flye to heauen.

2709Vnlesse you be possest with diuellish spirits,

2710You cannot but forbeare to murther me:

2711This Tongue hath parlied vnto Forraigne Kings

2712For your behoofe.

2713Cade. Tut, when struck'st thou one blow in the field?

2714Say. Great men haue reaching hands: oft haue I struck

2715Those that I neuer saw, and strucke them dead.

2716Geo. O monstrous Coward! What, to come behinde

2717Folkes?

2718Say. These cheekes are pale for watching for your good

2719Cade. Giue him a box o'th' eare, and that wil make 'em

2720red againe.

2721Say. Long sitting to determine poore mens causes,

2722Hath made me full of sicknesse and diseases.

2723Cade. Ye shall haue a hempen Candle then, & the help

2724of hatchet.

2725Dicke. Why dost thou quiuer man?

2726Say. The Palsie, and not feare prouokes me.

2727Cade. Nay, he noddes at vs, as who should say, Ile be

2728euen with you. Ile see if his head will stand steddier on

2729a pole, or no: Take him away, and behead him.

2730Say. Tell me: wherein haue I offended most?

2731Haue I affected wealth, or honor? Speake.

2732Are my Chests fill'd vp with extorted Gold?

2733Is my Apparrell sumptuous to behold?

2734Whom haue I iniur'd, that ye seeke my death?

2735These hands are free from guiltlesse bloodshedding,

2736This breast from harbouring foule deceitfull thoughts.

2737O let me liue.

2738Cade. I feele remorse in my selfe with his words: but

2739Ile bridle it: he shall dye, and it bee but for pleading so

2740well for his life. Away with him, he ha's a Familiar vn-

2741der his Tongue, he speakes not a Gods name. Goe, take

2742him away I say, and strike off his head presently, and then

2743breake into his Sonne in Lawes house, Sir Iames Cromer,

2744and strike off his head, and bring them both vppon two

2745poles hither.

2746All. It shall be done.

2747Say. Ah Countrimen: If when you make your prair's,

2748God should be so obdurate as your selues:

2749How would it fare with your departed soules,

2750And therefore yet relent, and saue my life.

2751Cade. Away with him, and do as I command ye: the

2752proudest Peere in the Realme, shall not weare a head on

2753his shoulders, vnlesse he pay me tribute: there shall not

2754a maid be married, but she shall pay to me her Mayden-

2755head ere they haue it: Men shall hold of mee in Capite.

2756And we charge and command, that their wiues be as free

2757as heart can wish, or tongue can tell.

2758Dicke. My Lord,

2759When shall we go to Cheapside, and take vp commodi-

2760ties vpon our billes?

2761Cade. Marry presently.

2762All. O braue.

2764Cade. But is not this brauer:

2765Let them kisse one another: For they lou'd well

2766When they were aliue. Now part them againe,

2767Least they consult about the giuing vp

2768Of some more Townes in France. Soldiers,

2769Deferre the spoile of the Citie vntill night:

2770For with these borne before vs, in steed of Maces,

2771Will we ride through the streets, & at euery Corner

2772Haue them kisse. Away. Exit