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Enter LORD SCALES upon the Tower, walking. Then enters two or three CITIZENS below.
Enter LORD SCALES upon the Tower, walking. Then enters two or three CITIZENS below.
SCALES
How now? Is Jack Cade slain?
SCALES
How now? Is Jack Cade slain?
FIRST CITIZEN
No, my lord, nor likely to be slain; for
they have won the Bridge, killing all those that
withstand them. The Lord Mayor craves aid of
5
your Honor from the Tower to defend the city
from the rebels.
FIRST CITIZEN
No, my lord, nor likely to be slain; for
they have won the Bridge, killing all those that
withstand them. The Lord Mayor craves aid of
5
your Honor from the Tower to defend the city
from the rebels.
SCALES
Such aid as I can spare you shall command;
But I am troubled here with them myself:
The rebels have essayed to win the Tower.
10
But get you to Smithfield and gather head,
And thither I will send you Matthew Gough.
Fight for your king, your country, and your lives.
And so farewell, for I must hence again.
SCALES
Such aid as I can spare you shall command;
But I am troubled here with them myself:
The rebels have essayed to win the Tower.
10
But get you to Smithfield and gather head,
And thither I will send you Matthew Gough.
Fight for your king, your country, and your lives.
And so farewell, for I must hence again.
They exit.
They exit.

Original Text

Modern Text
Enter LORD SCALES upon the Tower, walking. Then enters two or three CITIZENS below.
Enter LORD SCALES upon the Tower, walking. Then enters two or three CITIZENS below.
SCALES
How now? Is Jack Cade slain?
SCALES
How now? Is Jack Cade slain?
FIRST CITIZEN
No, my lord, nor likely to be slain; for
they have won the Bridge, killing all those that
withstand them. The Lord Mayor craves aid of
5
your Honor from the Tower to defend the city
from the rebels.
FIRST CITIZEN
No, my lord, nor likely to be slain; for
they have won the Bridge, killing all those that
withstand them. The Lord Mayor craves aid of
5
your Honor from the Tower to defend the city
from the rebels.
SCALES
Such aid as I can spare you shall command;
But I am troubled here with them myself:
The rebels have essayed to win the Tower.
10
But get you to Smithfield and gather head,
And thither I will send you Matthew Gough.
Fight for your king, your country, and your lives.
And so farewell, for I must hence again.
SCALES
Such aid as I can spare you shall command;
But I am troubled here with them myself:
The rebels have essayed to win the Tower.
10
But get you to Smithfield and gather head,
And thither I will send you Matthew Gough.
Fight for your king, your country, and your lives.
And so farewell, for I must hence again.
They exit.
They exit.
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