SCENE III. Another part of Blackheath. The Second part of King Henry the Sixth  Shakespeare homepage  |  Henry VI, part 2  | Act 4, Scene 3 

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 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, 

 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 

 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 

 gaols and let out the prisoners. 

 CADE  Fear not that, I warrant thee. Come, let's march 

 towards London. 



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