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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,  (pickup)
       ,         ,    ,                 ,          oo
      Killing | all those / that with|stand them:|
            ,     ,         ,    ,               ,         ,         ,
      The lord | mayor | craves aid / of your | honor || from the | Tower, (picked up)
        2    ,         ,      ,         ,      o
      To defend | the ci|ty from | the re|bels.
 
SCALES
            ,       ,         ,           ,          ,
      Such aid | as I | can spare | you shall | command,
          ,        ,         ,           ,        ,
      But I | am trou|bled here | with them | myself,
           ,        ,        ,         ,          x
      The re|bels have | assayed | to win | the Tower.
           ,               ,    ,          ,        ,
      But get | you to / Smithfield,| and ga|ther head,
           ,       ,          ,         ,         ,
      And thi|ther I | will send | you Mat|thew Goffe.
        ,                ,           ,        ,           ,
      Fight for | your king,| your coun|try, and | your lives,
           ,         ,        ,          ,        ,
      And so | farewell,| for I | must hence | again.
 
[Exeunt]

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