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The Cambridge Shakespeare Vo lu me 5
Wi lli am Sh akes p eare E di ted b y Wi lli a m George Cl ark E di ted by Wi lli am Al d is Wrigh t
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THE
WORKS
OF
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
THE WORKS OF
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE EDITED BY
WILLIAM GEORGE CLARK, M.A. FELLOW AND TUTOR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, AND PUBLIC ORATOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE;
AND WILLIAM ALDIS WRIGHT, M.A. LIBRARIAN OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
VOLUME V.
and are to he sold at his shofifie vnder | Saint Peters Church in I Cornwaly 1595. |
A unique copy of this edition is in the Bodleian Library (Malone, 876). Although printed in 8vo. we have quoted it as Q19 in order to avoid introducing a new notation. The second edition (Q2) was printed in 1600, with the following title: The I True Tragedie of | Richarde Duke of | Yorke, and the death of good | King Henrie the sixt: | With the whole contention betweene the two | Houses, Lancaster and Yorke; as it was | sundry times a6led by the Right | Honourable the Earle | of Pembrooke his | seruantes. | Printed at London by JV. IV. for Thomas Millington, | and are to be sold at his shoppe vnder Saint I Peters Church in Cornewall. | 1600. | Copies of this edition are in the Duke of Devonshire's Library, the Bodleian (Malone, 36), and the British Museum. In Malone's Shakespeare (ed. 1790, Vol. I. P t I. pr. 235), among the 'Dramatick Pieces on which plays were formed by Shakespeare,' an edition of The True Tragedy is mentioned, bearing date ' 1600, V. S. for Thomas Mil-
lington/ but in a note to the ' Third Part of King Henry
PREFA CE.
xi
VI.' (Vol. VI. p. 261) he confesses, ' I have never seen the quarto copy of the Second part of The whole Contention, &c. printed by Valentine Simmes for Thomas Millington, 1600;' and it is extremely doubtful whether such a one exists. A copy of The True Tragedy, and not, as stated in Bohn's Lowndes, of The First Part of the Contention, 1
printed by W. W. 1600, was sold at Rhodes's sale in 1825 (No. 2113). The only authority therefore for the existence of an edition of The First Part of the Contention, printed by W. W. in 1600, is the MS. title-page of Malone's copy in the Bodleian Library. Capell merely quotes it on the authority of Pope, and all that Pope says in the Table at the end of his first edition, after giving the title of The i Whole Contention printed in 1619, is, Since Printed under the same Title by W. W. for Tho. Millington, with the true Tragedy of Richard D. of York, and the Death of good King Henry the 6th, aed\ sterv*d FjF 2 . starv\i FjF 4 .
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OF
[ACT I.
W e shall begin our ancient bickerings. Lordings, farewell; and say, when I a m gone, 140 I prophesied France will be lost ere long. [Exit. Car. So, there goes our prote6lor in a rage. Tis known to you he is mine enemy, Nay, more, an enemy unto you all, A n d no great friend, I fear me, t o the king. 145 Consider, lords, he is the next of blood, A n d heir apparent to the English crown: H a d H e n r y got an empire b y his marriage, A n d all the wealthy kingdoms of the west, i,"o There's reason he should be displeased a t it. Look to it, lords; let not his smoothing words Bewitch your hearts; be wise and circumspe6l. W h a t though the common people favour him, Calling him i Humphrey, the good D u k e of Gloucester/ Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice, 155 * Jesu maintain your royal excellence!' With ' God preserve the good Duke H u m p h r e y ! ' I fear me, lords, for all this flattering gloss, H e will be found a dangerous prote6lor. Buck. W h y should he, then, protect our sovereign, 160 H e being of age to govern of himself ? Cousin of Somerset, join you with me, And all together, with the Duke of Suffolk, We'll quickly hoise Duke H u m p h r e y from his seat. Car. This weighty business will not brook delay; ifi;, I'll to the Duke of Suffolk presently. [Exit. Som. Cousin of Buckingham, though Humphrey's pride And greatness of his place be grief to us, Yet let us watch the haughty cardinal: His insolence is more intolerable 170 Than all the princes in the land beside: If Gloucester be displaced, he'll be proteftor. Buck. Or thou or I, Somerset, will be protector, 149. 163. Ff
*
west] east Warburton. all together] Rowe. alto-'dJwr
164. hoise] l:oysc¥i. hoist Theobald.
heave (Qq).
T73. Or thou or / , Somerset,] Or
SCENE
i.J
KING
HENRY
IJ
VI
5
Despite Duke Humphrey or the cardinal. [Exeunt Buckingham and Somerset. Sal Pride went before, ambition follows him. 175 While these do labour for their own preferment, Behoves it us to labour for the realm. I never saw but Humphrey Duke of Gloucester Did bear him like a noble gentleman. Oft have I seen the haughty cardinal, 180 More like a soldier than a man o' the church, As stout and proud as he were lord of all, Swear like a ruffian and demean himself Unlike the ruler of a commonweal. 185 Warwick, my son, the comfort of my age, Thy deeds, thy plainness and thy housekeeping, Hath won the greatest favour of the commons, Excepting none but good Duke Humphrey: And, brother York, thy a6ls in Ireland, In bringing them to civil discipline, Thy late exploits done in the heart of France, When thou wert recent for our sovereign, Have made thee fear'd and honoured of the people: Join we together, for the public good, In what we can, to bridle and suppress T9 5 The pride of Suffolk and the cardinal, With Somerset's and Buckingham's ambition; And, as we may, cherish Duke Humphrey's deeds, While they do tend the profit of the land. War. So God help Warwick, as he loves the land, 200 And common profit of his country ! York. [Aside] And so says York, for he hath greatest cause. Somerset or I Pope. Thou, or I, Somerset, Capell. protestor] F 2 F 3 F 4 . proteclors Y . 174. [Exeunt... J Exit... Ff. T 75. went] goes Capell. follows him] follows after Anon, conj., from (Qq). [87. Hath] Have Rowe.
189. brother] cousin Anon, conj., from (Qq). J 99. tend the] tend to Capell. "tend the Steevens conj. 201. And] The good and Seymour conj. 202. [Aside] Theobald. And so...cause] As two lines in Ff. I 2
n6
SECOND PART
OF
[ACT I.
Sal
Then let's make haste away, and look unto the main. War. Unto the main! O father, Maine is lost; That Maine which by main force Warwick did win, A n d would have kept so long as breath did last! Main chance, father, you meant; but I meant Maine, Which I will win from France, or else be slain. \_Exeunt Warwick and Salisbury. York. Anjou and Maine are given to the French; Paris is lost; the state of Normandy Stands on a tickle point, now they are gone: Suffolk concluded on the articles, T h e peers agreed, and Henry was well pleased T o change two dukedoms for a duke's fair daughter. I cannot blame them all: what is't to them? 'Tis thine they give away, and not their own. Pirates may make cheap pennyworths of their pillage And purchase friends and give to courtezans, Still revelling like lords till all be gone; While as the silly owner of the goods Weeps over them and wrings his hapless hands And shakes his head and trembling stands aloof, While all is shared and all is borne away, Ready to starve and dare not touch his own: So York must sit and fret and bite his tongue, While his own lands are bargain'd for and sold. Methinks the realms of England, France and Ireland Bear that proportion to my flesh and blood As did the fatal brand Althaea burn'd 203. Then...main.] As two lines, the first ending away, in Ff. make haste] om. Seymour conj. away] om. Pope. 204. Unto...lost] As two lines, the first ending maine?, in Ff. 204—208. Unto...slain] Put in the margin by Pope. 205. Warwick did] did Warwick Collier MS.
208. [Exeunt W. and S.] Exit W. and S. Manet Yorke. Ff. 209. SCENE H I . Pope. 216. thine] mine Grant White. 217. pennyivorlhs] pemforths Pope. pennyworth Capell. pennyworth Steevens. 221. hapless] helpless Collier MS. 224. starve] F 3 F 4 . sterveY dare] dares Theobald.
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SCENE L]
HENRY
VI.
117
Unto the prince's heart of Calydon. 230 Anjou and Maine both given unto the French! Cold news for me, for I had hope of France, Even as I have of fertile England's soil. A day will come when York shall claim his own; And therefore I will take the Nevils' parts 235 And make a show of love to proud Duke Humphrey, And, when I spy advantage, claim the crown, For that's the golden mark I seek to hit: Nor shall proud Lancaster usurp my right, 2 Nor hold the sceptre in his childish fist, 4° Nor wear the diadem upon his head, Whose church-like humours fits not for a crown. Then, York, be still awhile, till time do serve: Watch thousand wake when others be asleep, -245 To pry into the secrets of the state; Till Henry, surfeiting in joys of love, W i t h his new bride and England's dear-bought queen, A n d H u m p h r e y with the peers be fall'n at j a r s : T h e n will I raise aloft the milk-white rose, W i t h whose sweet smell t h e air shall be perfumed; 250 A n d in m y standard bear the arms of York, T o grapple with the house of Lancaster; And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown, Whose bookish rule hath pull'd fair England down. [Exit
SCENE
I I . The D U K E
Enter
OFGLOUCESTER'S
DUKE HUMPHREY
and his wife
house.
ELEANOR.
Duck. Why droops my lord, like over-ripen'd corn, Hanging the head at Ceres' plenteous load? -233. England']s soil] England Anon, conj., from (Qq). 242. humours fits] (Qq) Ff.humour fits Rowe. humours fit Malone. 246. surfeiting in] surfeit in the Hanmer. 247. After this Capell conjectures
that a line is lost. 251. in] in in F i SCENE n.]Capell. SCENE IV. Pope om. Ff. The...house.] Theobald. 2 - a(\ with P o P e -
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SECOND PART OF
[ACT I.
W h y doth the great Duke H u m p h r e y knit his brows, A s frowning at the favours of t h e world ? W h y are thine eyes fix'd to the sullen earth, Gazing on that which seems to dim t h y sight? W h a t seest thou there? King Henry's diadem, Enchased with all the honours of the world ? If so, gaze on, and grovel on thy face, Until t h y head be circled with the same. Put forth t h y hand, reach at the glorious gold. What, is't too short? I'll lengthen it with mine; And, having both together heaved it up, We'll both together lift our heads to heaven, A n d never more abase our sight so low As to vouchsafe one glance unto the ground. Glou. O Nell, sweet Nell, if thou dost love thy lord, Banish the canker of ambitious thoughts. A n d may that thought, when I imagine ill Against m y king and nephew, virtuous Henry, Be my last breathing in this mortal world! My troublous dream this night doth make me sad. Duck. W h a t dream'd m y lord? tell me, and I'll requite it With sweet rehearsal of my morning's dream. Glou. Methought this staff, mine office-badge in court, Was broke in twain; by whom I have forgot, But, as I think, it was by the cardinal; And on the pieces of the broken wand Were placed the heads of Edmund Duke of Somerset, A n d William de la Pole, first duke of Suffolk. This was my dream: what it doth bode, God knows. Duck. Tut, this was nothing but an argument That he that breaks a stick of Gloucester's grove Shall lose his head for his presumption. But list to me, my Humphrey, my sweet duke: Methought I sat in seat of majesty In the cathedral church of Westminster, 22. dream...dot/i\ Capell. dreamcs ... doth Ff. dreams...do Rowe. 25. office-badge] office" badge S.
Walker conj. 31. my\ the F 3 F 4 .
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II.]
KING
HENRY
VI
And in that chair where kings and queens are crown'd; Where Henry and dame Margaret kneel'd to me And on my head did set the diadem. Glou. Nay, Eleanor, then must I chide outright: Presumptuous dame, ill-nurtured Eleanor, Art thou not second woman in the realm, And the proteftor's wife, beloved of him? Hast thou not worldly pleasure at command, Above the reach or compass of thy thought? And wilt thou still be hammering treachery, To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honour to disgrace's feet ? Away from me, and let me hear no more! Duck. What, what, my lord! are you so choleric With Eleanor, for telling but her dream ? Next time I'll keep my dreams unto myself, And not be checked. Glou. Nay, be not angry; I am pleased again.
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Enter Messenger.
Mess. My lord prote6lor, 'tis his highness' pleasure You do prepare to ride unto Saint Alban's, Where as the king and queen do mean to hawk. Glou. I go. Come, Nell, thou wilt ride with us? Ditch. Yes, my good lord, I'll follow presently. 60 \Excunt Gloitccstcr and Messenger. Follow I must; I cannot go before, While Gloucester bears this base and humble mind. Were I a man, a duke, and next of blood, I would remove these tedious stumbling-blocks And smooth my way upon their headless necks; And, being a woman, I will not be slack 38. are] (Qq) Hanmer. ww FjF 2 . were F 3 F 4 . 39. Where] There Staunton conj. dame] om.F4. 42. ill-nurtured] ill-nurtured F 3 . ill-nurter^d FjF 2 . ill-natured F 4 . 57. Saint] S. F I F 2 F 3 . St. F 4 .
58. U7icn as] F T F a . U7ici-cas¥z F4. 59. thou] thou too Hanmer. 60. [Exeunt...] Capell. Ex. Hum. F T (after line 59). Ex. IIu. F 2 F 3 F 4 (after line 59).
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OF
[ACT I.
To play my part in Fortune's pageant Where are you there? Sir John! nay, fear not, man, We are alone; here's none but thee and I. Enter
HUME.
Hume. Jesus preserve your royal majesty! Ditch. W h a t say'st thou? majesty! I a m but grace. But, b y the grace of God, and Hume's advice, Hume. Y o u r grace's title shall be multiplied. Duck. W h a t say'st thou, man ? hast thou as yet conferr'd W i t h Margery Jourdain, t h e cunning witch, With Roger Bolingbroke, t h e conjurer? A n d will they undertake t o do me good ? Hume. This they have promised, to show your highness A spirit raised from depth of under-ground, T h a t shall make answer to such questions A s b y your grace shall be propounded him. Duck. I t is enough; I'll think upon t h e questions: When from Saint Alban's we do make return, We'll see these things effefted to the full Here, H u m e , take this reward; make merry, man, With t h y confederates in this weighty cause. [Exit. Hume. H u m e must make merry with the duchess' gold; Marry, and shall. But, how now, Sir J o h n H u m e ! Seal up your lips, and give no words but m u m : T h e business asketh silent secrecy. Dame Eleanor gives gold to bring the witch: Gold cannot come amiss, were she a devil. Yet have I gold flies from another coast; I dare not say, from the rich cardinal A n d from the great and new-made Duke of Suffolk, Yet I do find it so; for, to be plain, They, knowing Dame Eleanor's aspiring humour, 68. there? Sir John/] Hanmer. there? Sir John; Ff. 69. thee] thou Seymour conj. 71. What...majesty!] My majesty! why, man, Capell, from (Qq). 75. Jourdain] Capell (and passim).
Jordct7ie FjF 2 . Jordan F 3 F 4 . 89. words but] words, but Rowe, 97. Dame Eleanor's aspiring] F F 2 . Dame Elianor's F 3 F 4 . Eleanors aspiring Pope.
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KING
HENRY
VI.
Have hired me to undermine the duchess And buz these conjurations in her brain. They say ' A crafty knave does need no broker;' Yet am I Suffolk and the cardinal's broker. Hume, if you take not heed, you shall go near To call them both a pair of crafty knaves. Well, so it stands; and thus, I fear, at last Hume's knavery will be the duchess' wreck, And her attainture will be Humphrey's fall: Sort how it will, I shall have gold for all.
SCENE III. Enter three or four Petitioners,
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105 [Exit.
The palace.
PETER,
the Armourer's man, being one.
First Petit. My masters, let's stand close: my lord prote6lor will come this way by and by, and then we may deliver our supplications in the quill. Sec. Petit. Marry, the Lord prote6l him, for he's a good man! Jesu bless him! Enter
SUFFOLK
and
5
QUEEN.
Peter. Here a' comes, methinks, and the queen with him. I'll be the first, sure. Sec. Petit. Come back, fool; this is the Duke of Suffolk, and not my lord proteftor. Suf. How now, fellow! wouldst any thing with me? 10 First Petit. I pray, my lord, pardon me; I took ye for my lord prote6lor. 101. Suffolk] F 3 . Suffolke F T F 2 . Suffolk's F4. 105. wreck] Hanmer. wracke F x F . wrack F 3 F 4 . SCENE H I . ] Capell. SCENE V. Pope. SCENE VII. Johnson (a misprint). The Palace.] Hanmer. An apartment in the palace. Theobald.
...Peter...] Theobald, om. Ff. 3. in the quill} in quill Hanmer. /;/ quiet Jackson conj. in the coil Singer conj. /;/ sequel Collier (Collier MS.), in the quite Jervis conj. in the pend Bullock conj. 6. Peter.] F x F 2 . i Peter. F 3 . i Pet. F 4 .
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OF
[ACT I.
Queen. [Reaeling] ' T o my Lord Prote6lorP Are your supplications to his lordship ? Let me see them: what is thine? First Petit. Mine is, an't please your grace, against John Goodman, my lord cardinal's man, for keeping my house, and lands, and wife and all, from me. Suf. Thy wife too! that's some wrong, indeed. What's yours? What's here! [Reads] ' Against the Duke 20 of Suffolk, for enclosing the commons of Melford.' How now, sir knave! See. Petit. Alas, sir, I am but a poor petitioner of our whole township. Peter [giving his petition]. Against my master, Thomas Horner, for saying that the Duke of York was rightful heir to the crown. Queen. What say'st thou? did the Duke of York say he was rightful heir to the crown ? Peter. That my master was? no, forsooth: my master said that he was, and that the king was an usurper. Suf. Who is there? [Enter Servant.] Take this fellow in, and send for his master with a pursuivant presently: we'll hear more of your matter before the king. [Exit Servant ivitJi Peter. Queen. And as for you, that love to be prote6led 35 Under the wings of our prote6lor's grace, Begin your suits anew, and sue to him. [ Tears the supplieatious. Away, base cullions! Suffolk, let them go. AIL Come, let's be gone. [Exeunt. 13. [Reading] Rowe (ed. 2). om. Ff. To] For Cap ell. 16. a/i't] Hanmer. and'tYi. 20. [Reads] Rowe. om. Ff. 21. Melford] Long Aid ford Theobald, from (Qq). 25. Peter] F T . Pet. F 2 F 3 F 4 . 3 Pet. Rowe. Suff. [reads]. Theobald. [giving his petition] Capell. om. Ff. 28. What say'st thou? did] What
afo/Pope. What I did Theobald. 30. 7nastcr'\ Warburton. Mistresse F T F 2 F 3 . mistress F 4 . 32. [Enter Servant] Ff. om. Pope. Enter Servants. Capell. 34. [Exit...] Exit. Ff. Exit Peter, guarded. Theobald. 37. [Tears the supplications.] Rowe. Teare the supplication. Ff. 39. All.] 1 P. Capell. [Exeunt.] Exit. Ff.
SCENE in.]
KING
HENRY
VI
123
Queen. My Lord of Suffolk, say, is this the guise, 40 Is this the fashion in the court of England ? Is this the government of Britain's isle, And this the royalty of Albion's king? What, shall King Henry be a pupil still Under the surly Gloucester's governance? 45 Am I a queen in title and in style, And must be made a subjeft to a duke? I tell thee, Pole, when in the city Tours Thou ran'st a tilt in honour of my love And stolest away the ladies' hearts of France, rj0 I thought King H e n r y had resembled thee In courage, courtship and proportion: But all his mind is bent to holiness, T o number Ave-Maries on his beads; His champions are the prophets and apostles, 55 His weapons holy saws of sacred writ, His study is his tilt-yard, and his loves A r e brazen images of canonized saints. I would the college of the cardinals Would choose him pope and carry him to Rome, Oo And set the triple crown upon his head: That were a state fit for his holiness. Sitf. Madam, be patient: as I was cause Your highness came to England, so will I In England work your grace's full content. 65 Queen. Beside the haughty prote6lor, have we Beaufort The imperious churchman, Somerset, Buckingham, And grumbling York; and not the least of these But can do more in England than the king. Snf. And he of these that can do most of all Cannot do more in England than the Nevils: Salisbury and Warwick are no simple peers.
41. fashion in] Rowe (ed. 2). fashions in Y^^z. fashion of F4. 49. a tilt] F3F4. a-tilt F j F ^ 58. images] image S. Walker conj. 59. of the cardinals] of cardinals
Reed (1803). now of cardinals Seymour conj. 63. cause] the cause Rowe. 66. haughty] Jumghtie F r hanght F\ F 3 F 4 . proud Pope.
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OF
[ACT I.
Queen. Not all these lords do vex me half so much As that proud dame, the lord prote F 2 F 3 F 4 . 143. [Exit.] Exit Walter. Ff. 8. merry] a merrv F 4 .
KING
SCENE IL]
HENRY
VI.
185
Bevis. O miserable age! virtue is not regarded in handicrafts-men. 1o Holl. The nobility think scorn to go in leather aprons. Bevis. Nay, more, the king's council are no good workmen. Holl. True; and yet it is said, labour in thy vocation; which is as much to say as, let the magistrates be labour- 15 ing men; and therefore should we be magistrates. Bevis. Thou hast hit it; for there's no better sign of a brave mind than a hard hand. Holl. I see them! I see them! There's Best's son, the tanner of Wingham,— 20 Bevis. He shall have the skin of our enemies, to make dog's-leather of. Holl. And Dick the butcher,— Bevis. Then is sin struck down like an ox, and iniquity's throat cut like a calf. 25 Holl. And Smith the weaver,— Bevis. Argo, their thread of life is spun. Holl. Come, come, let's fall in with them. Drum.
Enter
Butcher, SMITH the Weaver^ and a Sawyer, with infinite numbers.
CADE, DICK
Cade. We John Cade, so termed of our supposed father,— 3° Dick. [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. 35 Dick. Silence ! Cade. My father was a Mortimer,— 15. to say as,] to say, as F X F 2 . as The ' Asides' were first to say F 3 F 4 . marked by Capell. 26. Smith] Will Capell, from (Qq). 32. For] Orfor S. Walker conj. 28. Drum. Enter...] Ff. 32, 33. For...princes] Transferred jo—32. father,—...inspired] faby Capell to the end of Holland's ther, for our enemies shall fall before speech, line 28. us;— Dick. Or rather herrings. 32. fall] F 4 . faile F T F 2 . failF^. Cade. Inspired Tyrwhitt conj. 33. princes,—Command] Malone. 31, &c. Dick.] Rowe. But Ff princes. Command'Ff. (and passim).
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OF
[ACT iv.
Dick. [Aside] H e was an honest man, a n d a good bricklayer. Cade. My mother a Plantagenet,— Dick. [Aside] I knew her w e l l ; she was a midwife. Cade. My wife descended of the Lacies,— Dick. [Aside] She was, indeed, a pedler's daughter, and sold many laces. Smith. [Aside] But now of late, not able t o travel with her furred pack, she washes bucks here at home. Cade. Therefore am I of an honourable house. Dick. [Aside] Ay, b y m y 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. Smith. [Aside] A ' must needs ; for beggary is valiant. Cade. I am able to endure much. Dick. [Aside] N o question of t h a t ; for I have seen him whipped three market-days together. fire. Cade. I fear neither sword nor Smith. [Aside] H e need not fear the sword ; for his coat is of proof. Dick. [Aside] But methinks he should stand in fear of fire, being burnt i' the hand for stealing of sheep. Cade. Be brave, then ; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a p e n n y : the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common ; and in Cheapside shall m y palfry go t o grass: and when I am king, as king I will be,— All. God save your majesty! Cade. I thank you, good people: there shall be no money; all shall eat and drink on m y score; and I will apparel them all in one livery, that they m a y agree like brothers and worship me their lord. Dick. T h e first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. 44, &c. Smith.] Steevens. Weaver. Ff. Wil. Capell. 57. [Exit. Malone conj.
66. will be,—-] Rowe. 69. on] upon F 4 .
will be Ff.
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SCENE II.]
KING
HENRY
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Cade. Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man? Some say the bee stings: but I say, 'tis the bee's wax; for I did but seal once to a thing, and I was never mine own man since. How now! who's there?
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Enter some, bringing forward the Clerk of Chatham.
Smith. The clerk of Chatham: he can write and read and cast accompt. 80 Cade. O monstrous! Smith. We took him setting of boys' copies. Cade. Here's a villain ! Smith. Has a book in his pocket with red letters in't. Cade. Nay, then, he is a conjuror. 85 Dick. Nay, he can make obligations, and write courthand. Cade. I am sorry for't: the man is a proper man, of mine honour; unless I find him guilty, he shall not die. Come hither, sirrah, I must examine thee: what is thy 90 name ? Clerk. Emmanuel. Dick. They use to write it on the top of letters: 'twill go hard with you. Cade. Let me alone. Dost thou use to write thy 95 name? or hast thou a mark to thyself, like an honest plaindealing man ? Clerk. Sir, I thank God, I have been so well brought up that I can write my name. All. He hath confessed : away with him! he's a villain 100 and a traitor. 75? 76. parchment?...man?]parchment;...man? Pope. parchment... man. Ff. 77. the bee's] the bees F' X F\. bees F 3 F 4% 78. mine] F T . my F 2 F 3 F 4 . who's] whose FT. who is Rowe (ed. 2). Enter some...] Capell. Enter a Clearke. Ff. Re-enter Smith... Ma-
lone conj. Chatham] Rowe (ed. 2). Chartarn F x . Chattam F 2 F 3 F 4 . 79. of] F r om. F 2 F 3 F 4 . 84. Has] Dyce. Ha's Ff. H'as Rowe (ed. 2). He "as Pope. 85. he is] he's Pope. 96. an honest] F 2 F 3 F4. a honest Fr 100. he's] F r he is F 2 F 3 F 4 .
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Cade. Away with him, I say! hang him with his pen and ink-horn about his neck. [Exit one with the Clerk. Enter
MICHAEL.
Mich. Where's our general ? 105 Cade. Here I am, thou particular fellow. Mich. Fly, fly, fly! Sir H u m p h r e y Stafford and his brother are hard by, with the king's forces. Cade. Stand, villain, stand, or I'll fell thee down. H e shall be encountered with a man as good as himself: he is but a knight, is a'? no Mich. No. Cade. To equal him, I will make myself a knight presently. [Kneels] Rise up Sir John Mortimer. [Rises'] Now have at him! Enter
and his Brother, with drum and soldiers.
SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD
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 inclined 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, Over whom, in time to come, I hope to reign ; 103. [Exit one J Ff. Exeunt some... Capell. Enter...] Ff. Enter Michael, hastily. Capell. 104. Where"s\ F X F 2 . Where is F 3 F4. 112,113. T will.. .presently] Fll... here presently Keightley conj. 113. [Kneels] Collier (ed. 1). om. Ff. [Rises] Dyce (Collier MS.). 114. him!] him. Is there any more of them that be knights? Mich. Ay,
his brother. Cade. Then kneel down, Dick Butcher. Rise up, Sir Dick Butcher. Now sound up the drum. Theobald, from (Qq). Enter...] Ff. his Brother,] young Stafford, Rowe. William his brother, Malone. 115. SCENE H I . Pope. 118. revolt] repent Anon. conj. 119, &c. Bro.] Ff. Y. Staf. Rowe. W. Staf. Malone. 121. not] them Hanmer.
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For I am rightful heir unto the crown. Staf. Villain, thy father was a plasterer ; I2 5 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 ? 130 Staf. Ay, sir. Cade. By her he had two children at one birth. Bro. That's false. Cade. Ay, there's the question ; but I say, 'tis true: The elder of them, being put to nurse, 135 Was by a beggar-woman stolen away; And, ignorant of his birth and parentage, Became a bricklayer when he came to age: His son am I ; deny it, if you can. Dick. Nay, 'tis too true ; therefore he shall be king. 140 Smith. Sir, he made a chimney in my father's house, and the bricks are alive at this day to testify i t ; therefore deny it not. Staf. And will you credit this base drudge's words, That speaks he knows not what ? 1^ All. Ay, marry, will we ; therefore get ye gone. Bro. Jack Cade, the Duke of York hath taught you this. Cade. [Aside] He lies, for I invented it myself. Go to, sirrah, tell the king from me, that, for his father's sake, Henry the fifth, in whose time boys went to span- 150 counter for French crowns, I am content he shall reign ; but I '11 be protestor over him. Dick. And furthermore, we'll have the Lord Say's head for selling the dukedom of Maine. Cade. And good reason; for thereby is England 155 mained, and fain to go with a staff, but that my puissance 129. Marry, this: Edmund] Marry, this.—Edmund Theobald. Mar?y, this Edmund Ff. 130. Clarence'] Clarence F JL F 2 F 3 . Clarence's F 4 .
146. ye] F x . you F 2 F 3 F 4 . 148. [Aside] Capell. om. Ff. 156. mained] ?nain')d Ff. maimed (Qq) Rowe.
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holds it up. Fellow kings, I tell you that that Lord Say hath gelded the commonwealth, and made it an eunuch : and more than that, he can speak French; and therefore he is a traitor.
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Staf. O gross and miserable ignorance ! Cade. Nay, answer, if you can: the Frenchmen are our enemies; go to, then, I ask but this : can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counsellor, or no ? 165 All. No, no ; and therefore we'll have his head. Bro. Well, seeing gentle words will not prevail, Assail them with the army of the king. Staf. Herald, away ; and throughout every town Proclaim them traitors that are u p with Cade ; 170 T h a t those which fly before t h e battle ends May, even in their wives' and children's sight, Be hang'd up for example at their doors : A n d you that be the king's friends, follow me. [Exauit the two Staffords, and soldiers. Cade. A n d you that love t h e commons, follow me. 175 Now show yourselves m e n ; tis for liberty. W e will not leave one lord, one gentleman: Spare none but such as g o in clouted shoon; For they are thrifty honest men a n d such A s would, but that they dare not, take our parts. 180 Dick. T h e y are all in order and march toward us. Cade. But then are we in order when we are most out of order. Come, march forward. \Exeunt, 157. 164. 174.
that that] FjF2. that F 3 F 4 . an enemy'] the enemy Rowe. And] All Collier MS. [Exeunt...] Exeunt the two Staffords, with the Train. Theobald. Exit. Ff. 177. We will] We'll Y^ 178. shoon] F 3 . shooen F X F 2 . sheens
F4. 181. are] are are F 2 . toward] F X F 2 . towards F 3 F 4 . 183. forward.] forzvard, lads! Capell conj., reading 182, 183 as two lines of verse, the first ending we ate. [Exeunt.] Exeunt Cade and his Party. Theobald, om. Ff.
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SCENE III. Another part of Blackheath. Alarums to the fight, wherein both the STAFFORDS are slain. E?iter CADE and the rest.
Cade. Where's Dick, the butcher of Ashford? Dick. Here, sir. Cade. They fell before thee like sheep and oxen, and thou behavedst thyself as if thou hadst been in thine own slaughter-house: therefore thus will I reward thee, the Lent shall be as long again as it is; and thou shalt have a license to kill for a hundred lacking one. Dick. I desire no more. Cade. And, to speak truth, thou deservest no less. This monument of the vi6lory will I bear ^putting on Sir Humphreys brigandiue]; and the bodies shall be dragged at my horse heels till I do come to London, where we will have the mayor's sword borne before us. Dick. If we mean to thrive and do good, break open the gaols and let out the prisoners. Cade. Fear not that, I warrant thee. Come, let's \_Excunt. march towards London. in.] Capell. Another part of Blackheath.] The same. Another part of it. Capell. om. Ff. Alarums...] Ff. Enter ] Ff. Re-enter Theobald. 5. will I] F r wil / F2. / will SCENE
F3F4. 6. again] om. Warburton. 7. hundred lacking one] hundred lacking one, a week M alone, from (Qq). hundred years lacking one Col-
lier (Collier MS.). 10, 11. [putting on ... brigandine] Edd., from Holinshed. taking off Stafford's Armour. Capell. om. Ff. 12. horse'] F j F ^ horses F 3 F 4 . horse's Rowe. horse' Dyce (S. Walker conj.). 14. thrive and do good,] thrive\ do good; Johnson conj. thrive a7id do well Delius conj. 15. gaols] gaoles F j F ^ goals F 3 F4.
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SCENE
IV. London.
OF
[ACT iv.
The palace.
Enter the KING with a supplicatio7i, and the QUEEN with SuffoWs head, the DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM and the LORD SAY.
Queen. Oft have I heard that grief softens the mind And makes it fearful and degenerate; Think therefore on revenge and cease to weep. But who can cease to weep and look on this? 5 Here may his head lie on my throbbing breast: But where's the body that I should embrace? Buck. What answer makes your grace to the rebels1 supplication? King. I'll send some holy bishop to entreat; 10 For God forbid so many simple souls Should perish by the sword! And I myself, Rather than bloody war shall cut them short, Will parley with Jack Cade their general: But stay, I'll read it over once again. 15 Queen. Ah, barbarous villains! hath this lovely face Ruled, like a wandering planet, over me, And could it not enforce them to relent, That were unworthy to behold the same? King. Lord Say, Jack Cade hath sworn to have thy head. 20 Say. Ay, but I hope your highness shall have his. King. How now, madam! Still lamenting and mourning for Suffolk's death? I fear me, love, if that I had been dead, Thou wouldest not have mourn'd so much for me. Pope. om. Ff. London. The palace.] London. A Room in the Palace. Capell. Blackheath. Pope. om. Ff. Enter...] Ff. and the Queen...head] at a Distance Queen Margaret mourning over a Head. Capell. 12. shall] should Rowe. SCENE I V . ]
22. Still lamenting] Lamenting still Pope. for] om. Pope, 23. fear me, love,] fear me {Love) Ff. fear, my lave, Capell, from (Qq). 24. wouldest not] Theobald, would'st not F x . would'st not halfe F 2 F 3 F 4 (Jialf F 3 F 4 ).
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Queen. No, my love, I should not mourn, but die for thee.
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King.
How now! what news? why comest thou in such haste ? Mess. The rebels are in Southwark; fly, my lord! Jack Cade proclaims himself Lord Mortimer, Descended from the Duke of Clarence' house, And calls your grace usurper openly And vows to crown himself in Westminster. His army is a ragged multitude Of hinds and peasants, rude and merciless: Sir Humphrey Stafford and his brother's death Hath given them heart and courage to proceed: All scholars, lawyers, courtiers, gentlemen, They call false caterpillars and intend their death. King. O graceless men! they know not what they do. Buck. My gracious lord, retire to Killingworth, Until a power be raised to put them down. Queen. Ah, were the Duke of Suffolk now alive, These Kentish rebels would be soon appeased! King. Lord Say, the traitors hate thee; Therefore away with us to Killingworth. Say. So might your grace's person be in danger. The sight of me is odious in their eyes; And therefore in this city will I stay And live alone as secret as I may. Enter another Messenger.
Mess. Jack Cade hath gotten London bridge: 25. No, my] My Pope. No Capell. 29. Clarence'] Clarence Y^^v Clarence's F 4 . 39, 44. Killingworth] Keiielworth C apell. 42. would] F x . should F 2 F 3 F 4 . 43. traitors hate] F 2 F 3 F 4 . traitors hateth F r traitor rebel hateth Capell. VOL. V.
traitor hateth Steevens. thee] thee sptxially Anon. conj. 48. may] can Capell conj. 49, 50. Malone ends the lines at citizens... houses. 49. London bridge] London-bridge\ my lord Capell.
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The citizens fly and forsake their houses: 5° The rascal people, thirsting after prey, Join with the traitor, and they jointly swear To spoil the city and your royal court. Buck. Then linger not, my lord; away, take horse. King. Come, Margaret; God, our hope, will succour us. 55 Queen. My hope is gone, now Suffolk is deceased. King. Farewell, my lord: trust not the Kentish rebels. Buck. Trust nobody, for fear you be betray'd. Say. The trust I have is in mine innocence, And therefore am I bold and resolute. [Exeunt. 6o
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Enter
LORD SCALES
V. London.
The Tower.
upon the Tower, walking. three Citizens below.
Then enter two or
Scales. How now! is Jack Cade slain? First Cit. No, my lord, nor likely to be slain; for they have won the bridge, killing all those that withstand them: the lord mayor craves aid of your honour from the Tower 5 to defend the city from the rebels. Scales. Such aid as I can spare you shall command; But I am troubled here with them myself; The rebels have assayed to win the Tower. But get you to Smithfield and gather head, And thither I will send you Matthew Goffe; 50. fly\flye¥r flye him F2F3F4 F 4 ). houses] houses as he comes Keightley, reading Fly...comes as one li ne 57. the]Fv *?F 2 F 3 F 4 . 58. fe] om. F , . SCENE V.] Pope. London. The Tower.] London. Pope. The same. The Tower. CaP el1 -
Enter...enter...] F 4 . Enter...enters... F X F 2 F 3 . 2. First Cit.] T Cit. Ff. likely] like F 4 . 1—5- No rebels] As prose by Pope. As five lines in Ff. into...and 9 . to...andgather]F\. F 2 F 3 F 4 . into.. .gather Pope. gathcr T will] will IF3F4. to. Goffe] F , F 2 F 3 . Goff F 4 . Gough Capell.
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Fight for your king, your country and your lives; And so, farewell, for I must hence again. {Exeunt.
SCENE VI. EnterJACK
CADE
London. Cannon Street
and the rest, and strikes his staff on London-stone.
Cade. Now is Mortimer lord of this city. And here, sitting upon London-stone, I charge and command that, of the city's cost, the pissing-conduit run nothing but claret wine this first year of our reign. And now henceforward it shall be treason for any that calls me other than Lord Mortimer.
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Enter a Soldier, running.
Sold. Jack Cade! Jack Cade! Cade. Knock him down there. \They kill him. Smith. If this fellow be wise, he'll never call ye Jack Cade more: I think he hath a very fair warning. 10 Dick. My lord, there's an army gathered together in Smithfield. Cade. Come, then, let's go fight with them: but first, go and set London bridge on fire; and, if you can, burn down the Tower too. Come, let's away. [Exeunt. 15 12. for again] rebellion never thrives Collier (Collier MS.). SCENE V L ] Capell. om. Ff. Pope continues the scene. London. Cannon Street.] Cannon Street. Theobald. Enter...] Ff. staff] sword Capell, from (Qq).
i—6. Now... Mortimer^ As prose by Pope. As seven lines in Ff. 4. this] Fz. the F 2 F 3 F 4 . 9. ye] you Rowe. 13—15. Come...away.\ As prose by Pope. As four lines in Ff. 15. [Exeunt.] Exeunt omnes. Ff.
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SCENE VII. London. Alarums.
OF
[ACT iv.
Smithjie/d.
MATTHEW GOFFE is slain, and all the JACK CADE, with his company.
rest. Then enter
Cade. So, sirs: now go some and pull down the Savoy; others to the inns of court; down with them all. Dick. I have a suit unto your lordship. Cade. Be it a lordship, thou shalt have it for that word. Dick. Only that the laws of England may come out 5 of your mouth. Ho//. [Aside] Mass, 'twill be sore law, then; for he was thrust in the mouth with a spear, and 'tis not whole yet. Smith. [Aside] Nay, John, it will be stinking law; for I0 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, 15 unless his teeth be pulled out. Cade. And henceforward all things shall be in common. Enter a Messenger.
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. Enter
GEORGE BEVIS,
with the LORD SAY.
Cade. Well, he shall be beheaded for it ten times. Ah, thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord! now art thou Capell. om. Ff. Pope continues the scene. London. Smithfield.] Smithfield. Theobald. 2. court] courts Rowe (ed. 2). 7, 14. HolL] John. Ff. 7, 9, 14. < Aside 'marked first by Capell. SCENE VII.]
10. eating] F r om. F 2 F 3 F 4 . i 4 . we an] are we s. Walker conj. SCENE vi. Pope. SCENE v m . I7. Hanmer. ^ towns] town Rowe (ed. 2). 19. Enter George Bevis...] Steevens. Enter George... Ff.
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within point-blank of our jurisdiction regal. What canst thou answer to my majesty for giving up of Normandy unto Mounsieur Basimecu, the dauphin of France? Be it known unto thee by these presence, even the presence of Lord Mortimer, 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 ere6ling a grammar school: and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill. It will be proved to thy face that thou hast men about thee that usually talk of a noun and a verb, and such abominable words as no Christian ear can endure to hear. Thou hast appointed justices of peace, to call poor men before them about matters they were not able to answer. Moreover, thou hast put them in prison; and because they could not read, thou hast hanged them; when, indeed, only for that cause they have been most worthy to live. Thou dost ride in a foot-cloth, dost thou not? Say. What of that ? Cade. Marry, thou oughtest not to let thy horse wear a cloak, when honester men than thou go in their hose and doublets. Dick. And work in their shirt too; as myself, for example, that am a butcher. Say. You men of Kent,— Dick. What say you of Kent ? Say. Nothing but this ; 'tis ' bona terra, mala gens/ Cade. Away with him, away with him! he speaks Latin. Say. Hear me but speak, and bear me where you will. Kent, in the Commentaries Csesar writ, Is term'd the civil'st place of all this isle: Sweet is the country, because fall of riches; 22. / j 2\ 23. 24. 25. 35. 37.
point-blank] point-black Rowe giving] the giving Capell conj. Mounsieur] Monsieur F 4 . these presence] these presentsF4. peace] the peace Rowe (ed. 2). they] thy F 2 .
40. in] Fv on F 2 F 3 F 4 . 48. What] Well, what Hanmer. Kent?] F 3 F 4 . Kent. FjF 2 . 49- 9*is1 o m - Hanmer. 51. where] F3F4. wher'e FXF2. 54. because full] beauteous, full Hanmer.
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The people liberal, valiant, a