No Fear Shakespeare: Henry VI, Part 2: Act 4 Scene 3

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Original Text	Modern Text
Alarums to the fight, wherein both the STAFFORDS are slain. Enter CADE and the rest.	Alarums to the fight, wherein both the STAFFORDS are slain. Enter CADE and the rest.
CADE Where’s Dick, the butcher of Ashford?	CADE Where’s Dick, the butcher of Ashford?
DICK Here, sir.	DICK Here, sir.
CADE They fell before thee like sheep and oxen, and thou behaved’st thyself as if thou hadst been in 5 thine own slaughterhouse. 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.	CADE They fell before thee like sheep and oxen, and thou behaved’st thyself as if thou hadst been in 5 thine own slaughterhouse. 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.
DICK I desire no more.	DICK I desire no more.
CADE 10 And to speak truth, thou deserv’st no less. This monument of the victory will I bear. He puts on SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD’S armor and helmet, or sallet. 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.	CADE 10 And to speak truth, thou deserv’st no less. This monument of the victory will I bear. He puts on SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD’S armor and helmet, or sallet. 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 15 If we mean to thrive and do good, break open the jails and let out the prisoners.	DICK 15 If we mean to thrive and do good, break open the jails and let out the prisoners.
CADE Fear not that, I warrant thee. Come, let’s march towards London.	CADE Fear not that, I warrant thee. Come, let’s march towards London.
They exit with the bodies of the STAFFORDS.	They exit with the bodies of the STAFFORDS.

Original Text	Modern Text
Alarums to the fight, wherein both the STAFFORDS are slain. Enter CADE and the rest.	Alarums to the fight, wherein both the STAFFORDS are slain. Enter CADE and the rest.
CADE Where’s Dick, the butcher of Ashford?	CADE Where’s Dick, the butcher of Ashford?
DICK Here, sir.	DICK Here, sir.
CADE They fell before thee like sheep and oxen, and thou behaved’st thyself as if thou hadst been in 5 thine own slaughterhouse. 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.	CADE They fell before thee like sheep and oxen, and thou behaved’st thyself as if thou hadst been in 5 thine own slaughterhouse. 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.
DICK I desire no more.	DICK I desire no more.
CADE 10 And to speak truth, thou deserv’st no less. This monument of the victory will I bear. He puts on SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD’S armor and helmet, or sallet. 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.	CADE 10 And to speak truth, thou deserv’st no less. This monument of the victory will I bear. He puts on SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD’S armor and helmet, or sallet. 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 15 If we mean to thrive and do good, break open the jails and let out the prisoners.	DICK 15 If we mean to thrive and do good, break open the jails and let out the prisoners.
CADE Fear not that, I warrant thee. Come, let’s march towards London.	CADE Fear not that, I warrant thee. Come, let’s march towards London.
They exit with the bodies of the STAFFORDS.	They exit with the bodies of the STAFFORDS.