The Second Part of Henry the Sixth: ACT IV , SCENE VIII. Southwark.

The Second Part of Henry the Sixth: ACT IV


	Introduction

	ACT I

	ACT II

	ACT III

	ACT IV

		SCENE I. The coast of Kent.

		SCENE II. Blackheath.

		SCENE III. Another part of Blackheath.

		SCENE IV. London. The palace.

		SCENE V. London. The Tower.

		SCENE VI. London. Cannon Street.

		SCENE VII. London. Smithfield.

		SCENE VIII. Southwark.

		SCENE IX. Kenilworth Castle.

		SCENE X. Kent. IDEN's garden.

	ACT V

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SCENE VIII. Southwark.

Alarum and retreat. Enter CADE and all his rabblement

CADE

Up Fish Street! down Saint Magnus' Corner! Kill
and knock down! throw them into Thames!

Sound a parley

What noise is this I hear? Dare any be so bold to
sound retreat or parley, when I command them kill?

Enter BUCKINGHAM and CLIFFORD, attended

BUCKINGHAM

5     Ay, here they be that dare and will disturb thee:
      Know, Cade, we come ambassadors from the king
      Unto the commons whom thou hast misled;
      And here pronounce free pardon to them all
      That will forsake thee and go home in peace.

CLIFFORD

10    What say ye, countrymen? will ye relent,
      And yield to mercy whilst 'tis offer'd you;
      Or let a rebel lead you to your deaths?
      Who loves the king and will embrace his pardon,
      Fling up his cap, and say 'God save his majesty!'
15    Who hateth him and honours not his father,
      Henry the Fifth, that made all France to quake,
      Shake he his weapon at us and pass by.

ALL

God save the king! God save the king!

CADE

      What, Buckingham and Clifford, are ye so brave? And
20    you, base peasants, do ye believe him? will you
      needs be hanged with your pardons about your necks?
      Hath my sword therefore broke through London gates,
      that you should leave me at the White Hart in
      Southwark? I thought ye would never have given out
25    these arms till you had recovered your ancient
      freedom: but you are all recreants and dastards,
      and delight to live in slavery to the nobility. Let
      them break your backs with burthens, take your
      houses over your heads, ravish your wives and
30    daughters before your faces: for me, I will make
      shift for one; and so, God's curse light upon you
      all!

ALL

We'll follow Cade, we'll follow Cade!

CLIFFORD

      Is Cade the son of Henry the Fifth,
35    That thus you do exclaim you'll go with him?
      Will he conduct you through the heart of France,
      And make the meanest of you earls and dukes?
      Alas, he hath no home, no place to fly to;
      Nor knows he how to live but by the spoil,
40    Unless by robbing of your friends and us.
      Were't not a shame, that whilst you live at jar,
      The fearful French, whom you late vanquished,
      Should make a start o'er seas and vanquish you?
      Methinks already in this civil broil
45    I see them lording it in London streets,
      Crying 'Villiago!' unto all they meet.
      Better ten thousand base-born Cades miscarry
      Than you should stoop unto a Frenchman's mercy.
      To France, to France, and get what you have lost;
50    Spare England, for it is your native coast;
      Henry hath money, you are strong and manly;
      God on our side, doubt not of victory.

ALL

A Clifford! a Clifford! we'll follow the king and Clifford.

CADE

      Was ever feather so lightly blown to and fro as this
55    multitude? The name of Henry the Fifth hales them
      to an hundred mischiefs, and makes them leave me
      desolate. I see them lay their heads together to
      surprise me. My sword make way for me, for here is
      no staying. In despite of the devils and hell, have
60    through the very middest of you? and heavens and
      honour be witness, that no want of resolution in me.
      but only my followers' base and ignominious
      treasons, makes me betake me to my heels.

Exit

BUCKINGHAM

      What, is he fled? Go some, and follow him;
65    And he that brings his head unto the king
      Shall have a thousand crowns for his reward.

Exeunt some of them

Follow me, soldiers: we'll devise a mean
To reconcile you all unto the king.

Exeunt

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