The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9]

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The volume presents a connected sequence of historical dramas that dramatize the disintegration of centralized power and the violent struggle among rival claimants for the crown. Through scenes of political intrigue, popular unrest, pitched battles, and calculated betrayals, it shows how shifting alliances and personal ambition accelerate dynastic collapse and reshape leadership. The plays interweave public spectacle with intimate moments of downfall and remorse, exploring themes of legitimacy, governance, and the human cost of civil war. Scholarly apparatus accompanies the texts, offering prefatory and editorial commentary, variant readings, and notes on publication history.

SC. XIV dan

Alarums to the battaile, and sir Humphrey Stafford and his brother is slaine. Then enter Iacke Cade againe and the rest.

♦ Cade. Sir Dicke Butcher, thou hast fought to day most valianly, And knockt them down as if thou hadst bin in thy slaughter house. And thus I will reward thee. The Lent shall be as long againe ♦ as it was. Thou shalt haue licence to kil for foure score & one a week. 5 Drumme strike vp, for now weele march to London, for to morrow ♦ I meane to sit in the Kings seate at Westminster. Exet omnes.