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James Boswell [1821], The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators: comprehending A Life of the Poet, and an enlarged history of the stage, by the late Edmond Malone. With a new glossarial index (J. Deighton and Sons, Cambridge) [word count] [S10201].

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SCENE III. Another Part of Blackheath. Alarums. The two Parties enter, and fight, and both the Staffords are slain.

mlquo;Cade.

Where's Dick, the butcher of Ashford?

&mlquo;Dick.

&mlquo;Here, sir.&mrquo;

&mlquo;Cade.

&mlquo;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 is⁹ ^note; and thou shalt have a license to kill for a hundred lacking one, a week¹&mrquo; ^note.&mrquo;

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&mlquo;Dick.

&mlquo;I desire no more.&mrquo;

&mast;Cade.

&mast;And, to speak truth, thou deservest no &mast;less. This monument of the victory will I bear¹ ^note

; &mast;and the bodies shall be dragged at my horse' heels, &mast;till I do come to London, where we will have the &mast;mayor's sword borne before us.

&mast;Dick.

&mast;If we mean to thrive and do good² ^note

, &mast;break open the gaols, and let out the prisoners.

&mast;Cade.

&mast;Fear not that, I warrant thee. Come, &mast;let's march towards London.

[Exeunt.

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