&blquo;Buc.
&blquo;Ay, here they be that dare and will disturb thee:
&blquo;Know, Cade, we come embassadors from the king
&blquo;Unto the commons, whom thou hast mis-led;
&blquo;And here pronounce free pardon to them all,
&blquo;That will forsake thee, and go home in peace‡ ^note.

&blquo;O. C.
&blquo;What say ye, countrymen? will ye relent,
&blquo;And yield to mercy, while 'tis offer'd you;
&blquo;Or let a rabble lead you to your deaths?
&blquo;Who loves the king, and will embrace his pardon,
&blquo;Fling up his cap, and say—God save his majesty!
&blquo;Who hateth him, and honours not his father,

&blquo;Henry the fifth, that made all France to quake,
&blquo;Shake he his weapon at us, and pass by.

&blquo;All.
&blquo;God save the king! God save the king!

&blquo;Cad.

&blquo;What, Buckingham, and Clifford, are ye so brave?—And you, base peasants, do ye believe him? will you needs be hang'd 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 these arms, 'till you had recover'd your antient 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 daughters before your faces: For me,—I will make shift for one; and so—Heav'n's curse light upon you all!&brquo;

&blquo;All.
We'll follow Cade, we'll follow Cade.

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

&blquo;All.

&blquo;A Clifford! a Clifford! we'll follow the king and Clifford&verbar2; ^note.&brquo;

&blquo;Cad.

&blquo;Was ever feather so lightly blown to and fro, as this 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 surprize me: my sword make way for me, for here is no staying.—In despight of the devils and hell, have through the very midst 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.&brquo;

&blquo;Buc.
&blquo;What, is he fled? go some, and follow him;
&blquo;And he, that brings his head unto the king,
&blquo;Shall have a thousand crowns for his reward.— &blquo;[Exeunt some of them.
&blquo;Follow me, soldiers; we'll devise a mean
&blquo;To reconcile you all unto the king. [Exeunt.

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