ACT IV SCENE III

King Henry VI, Part II

ACT IV SCENE III	Another part of Blackheath.
[ Alarums to the fight, wherein SIR HUMPHREY and WILLIAM STAFFORD are slain. Enter 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,	5
	the Lent shall be as long again as it is; and thou
	shalt have a licence to kill for a hundred lacking
	one.
DICK	I desire no more.
CADE	And, to speak truth, thou deservest no less. This	10
	monument of the victory will I bear;
[Putting on SIR HUMPHREY’S brigandine]
	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	15
	gaols and let out the prisoners.
CADE	Fear not that, I warrant thee. Come, let’s march
	towards London.
[Exeunt]

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