ACT IV - Scene VI Henry VI, Part II
London. Cannon Street.
| Enter Jack Cade and the rest, and strikes his staff on London-stone. | |
| Cade | Now is Mortimer lord of this city. And here, sitting upon London-stone, I charge and command that, of the city’s cost, the pissing-conduit run nothing but claret wine this first year of our reign. And now henceforward it shall be treason for any that calls me other than Lord Mortimer. |
| Enter a Soldier, running. | |
| Soldier | Jack Cade! Jack Cade! |
| Cade | Knock him down there. They kill him. |
| Smith | If this fellow be wise, he’ll never call ye Jack Cade more: I think he hath a very fair warning. |
| Dick | My lord, there’s an army gathered together in Smithfield. |
| Cade | Come, then, let’s go fight with them: but first, go and set London bridge on fire; and, if you can, burn down the Tower too. Come, let’s away. Exeunt. |