Speeches (Lines) for Jack Cade
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We John Cade, so termed of our supposed father,— |
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For our enemies shall fall before us, inspired with
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My father was a Mortimer,— |
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My mother a Plantagenet,— |
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My wife descended of the Lacies,— |
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Therefore am I of an honourable house. |
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Valiant I am. |
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I am able to endure much. |
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I fear neither sword nor fire. |
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Be brave, then; for your captain is brave, and vows
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I thank you, good people: there shall be no money;
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Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable
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O monstrous! |
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Here's a villain! |
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Nay, then, he is a conjurer. |
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I am sorry for't: the man is a proper man, of mine
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Let me alone. Dost thou use to write thy name? or
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Away with him, I say! hang him with his pen and
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Here I am, thou particular fellow. |
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Stand, villain, stand, or I'll fell thee down. He
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To equal him, I will make myself a knight presently.
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As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not:
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And Adam was a gardener. |
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Marry, this: Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March.
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By her he had two children at one birth. |
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Ay, there's the question; but I say, 'tis true:
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[Aside] He lies, for I invented it myself.
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And good reason; for thereby is England mained, and
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Nay, answer, if you can: the Frenchmen are our
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And you that love the commons, follow me.
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But then are we in order when we are most
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Where's Dick, the butcher of Ashford? |
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They fell before thee like sheep and oxen, and thou
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And, to speak truth, thou deservest no less. This
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Fear not that, I warrant thee. Come, let's march
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Now is Mortimer lord of this city. And here, sitting
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Knock him down there. |
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Come, then, let's go fight with them; but first, go
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So, sirs: now go some and pull down the Savoy;
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Be it a lordship, thou shalt have it for that word. |
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I have thought upon it, it shall be so. Away, burn
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And henceforward all things shall be in common. |
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Well, he shall be beheaded for it ten times. Ah,
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Marry, thou oughtest not to let thy horse wear a
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Away with him, away with him! he speaks Latin. |
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Tut, when struck'st thou one blow in the field? |
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Give him a box o' the ear and that will make 'em red again. |
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Ye shall have a hempen caudle, then, and the help of hatchet. |
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Nay, he nods at us, as who should say, I'll be even
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[Aside] I feel remorse in myself with his words;
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Away with him! and do as I command ye.
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Marry, presently. |
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But is not this braver? Let them kiss one another,
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Up Fish Street! down Saint Magnus' Corner! Kill
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What, Buckingham and Clifford, are ye so brave? And
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Was ever feather so lightly blown to and fro as this
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Fie on ambition! fie on myself, that have a sword,
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Here's the lord of the soil come to seize me for a
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Brave thee! ay, by the best blood that ever was
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By my valour, the most complete champion that ever I
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Iden, farewell, and be proud of thy victory. Tell
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