for he was thrust in the mouth with a spear,
and 'tis not whole yet.
Smith. [Aside.] Nay, John, it will be stink- 12
ing law; for his breath stinks with eating
toasted cheese.
Cade. I have thought upon it; it shall be so.
Away! burn all the records of the realm: my 16
mouth shall be the parliament of England.
Holl. [Aside.] Then we are like to have
biting statutes, unless his teeth be pulled out.
Cade. And henceforward all things shall be 20
in common.
Enter a Messenger.
Mess. My lord, a prize, a prize! here's the
Lord Say, which sold the towns in France; he
that made us pay one-and-twenty fifteens, and 24
one shilling to the pound, the last subsidy.
Enter George [Bevis] with the Lord Say.
Cade. Well, he shall be beheaded for it ten
times. Ah! thou say, thou serge, nay, thou
buckram lord; now art thou within point- 28
blank of our jurisdiction regal. What canst
thou answer to my majesty for giving up of
Normandy unto Monsieur Basimecu, the Dau-
phin of France? Be it known unto thee by 32
these presence, even the presence of Lord Mor-
timer, that I am the besom that must sweep
the court clean of such filth as thou art. Thou
hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of 36
the realm in erecting a grammar-school; and
23 which . . . France; cf. n.
24 one-and-twenty fifteens; cf. n.
27, 28 say . . . serge . . . buckram: various kinds of cloth
31 Basimecu: obscene term of derision
33 these presence: humorous error for 'these presents'
34 besom: broom
