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John Mortimer. [Rises.] Now have [115] at him.
Enter Sir Humphrey Stafford, and his Brother, with drum, [a Herald] and
Soldiers.
ST AFFORD
Rebellious hinds, the filth and scum of Kent,
Marked for the gallows, lay your weapons down;
Home to your cottages, forsake this groom;
The king is merciful if you revolt. [120]
BROT HER
But angry, wrathful, and inclined to blood
If you go forward: therefore yield, or die.
CADE
As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not:
It is to you, good people, that I speak,
Over whom, in time to come, I hope to reign - [125]
For I am rightful heir unto the crown.
ST AFFORD
Villain, thy father was a plasterer;
And thou thyself a shearman, art thou not?
CADE
And Adam was a gardener.
BROT HER
And what of that? [130]
CADE
Marry, this: Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, married the Duke of Clarence’
daughter, did he not?
ST AFFORD
Ay, sir.
CADE
By her he had two children at one birth.
