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| Enter Lord Scales vpon the Tower walking. Then | Enter Lord Scales upon the Tower, walking. Then | | 2H6 IV.v.1.1 | |
| enters two or three Citizens below. | enter three Citizens below | | 2H6 IV.v.1.2 | |
| Scales. | SCALES | | | |
| How now? Is Iacke Cade slaine? | How now? Is Jack Cade slain? | | 2H6 IV.v.1 | |
| 1. Cit. | FIRST CITIZEN | | | |
| No my Lord, nor likely to be slaine: | No, my lord, nor likely to be slain; for | | 2H6 IV.v.2 | |
| For they haue wonne the Bridge, / Killing all those that withstand | they have won the bridge, killing all those that withstand | | 2H6 IV.v.3 | |
| them: / The L. Maior craues ayd of your Honor | them. The Lord Mayor craves aid of your honour | crave (v.) beg, entreat, request | 2H6 IV.v.4 | |
| from the Tower / To defend the City from the Rebels. | from the Tower to defend the city from the rebels. | | 2H6 IV.v.5 | |
| Scales. | SCALES | | | |
| Such ayd as I can spare you shall command, | Such aid as I can spare you shall command, | | 2H6 IV.v.6 | |
| But I am troubled heere with them my selfe, | But I am troubled here with them myself; | | 2H6 IV.v.7 | |
| The Rebels haue assay'd to win the Tower. | The rebels have assayed to win the Tower. | assay (v.)attempt, try, venture | 2H6 IV.v.8 | |
| But get you to Smithfield, and gather head, | But get you to Smithfield and gather head, | head (n.)fighting force, army, body of troops | 2H6 IV.v.9 | |
| And thither I will send you Mathew Goffe. | And thither I will send you Matthew Gough. | | 2H6 IV.v.10 | |
| Fight for your King, your Countrey, and your Liues, | Fight for your king, your country, and your lives; | | 2H6 IV.v.11 | |
| And so farwell, for I must hence againe. | And so farewell, for I must hence again. | | 2H6 IV.v.12 | |
| Exeunt | Exeunt | | 2H6 IV.v.12 | |