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Henry VI part two

Act IV, Scene 5

London. The Tower.
 
[Enter SCALES upon the Tower, walking. Then enter two or three Citizens below]
 
SCALES
How now? Is Jack Cade slain?
 
FIRST CITIZEN
       ,        T    T    T      ,        ,
      No my | lord, nor like|ly to | be slain:
            ,          ,          ,
      For they | have won | the bridge,  \\
       ,         ,    ,                 ,
      Killing | all those / that with|stand them:
      <-      ,      ,         ,    ,               ,        ,           x
        The lord || mayor | craves aid / of your | honor | from the || Tower,
        2     ,         ,       ,         ,
      To de|fend the | city | from the | rebels.
 
SCALES
            ,       ,         ,           ,          ,
      Such aid | as I | can spare | you shall | command,
          ,        ,         ,           ,        ,
      But I | am troub|led here | with them | myself,
           ,        ,        ,         ,          x
      The reb|els have | assayed | to win | the Tower.
           ,               ,    ,          ,        ,
      But get | you to / Smithfield,| and gath|er head,
            ,      ,          ,         ,         ,
      And thith|er I | will send | you Mat|thew Goffe.
        ,                ,           ,        ,           ,
      Fight for | your king,| your count|ry, and | your lives,
           ,         ,        ,          ,        ,
      And so | farewell,| for I | must hence | again.
 
[Exeunt]

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