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Edward Capell [1767], Mr William Shakespeare his comedies, histories, and tragedies, set out by himself in quarto, or by the Players his Fellows in folio, and now faithfully republish'd from those Editions in ten Volumes octavo; with an introduction: Whereunto will be added, in some other Volumes, notes, critical and explanatory, and a Body of Various Readings entire (Printed by Dryden Leach, for J. and R. Tonson [etc.], London) [word count] [S10601].

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SCENE III. The same. Another Part of it. Alarums. Enter the two Parties, and fight; and both the Staffords are slain.

Cad.

Where's Dick, the butcher of Ashford?

Dic.

Here, sir.

Cad.

They fell before thee like sheep and oxen, and thou behav'dst 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 license to kill for a hundred lacking one.

Dic.

I desire no more.

Cad.

And, to speak truth, thou deserv'st no less.— This monument of the victory [taking off Stafford's Armour.] will I bear; and the bodies shall be drag'd at my horse' ^note heels, 'till I do come to London, where we will have the mayor's sword born before us.

Dic.

If we mean to thrive and do good, break open

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the goals, and let out the prisoners.

Cad.

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

[Exeunt.

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