That this my death may never be forgot.
Great men oft die by vile besonians.
A Roman sworder and banditto slave
Murder'd sweet Tully; Brutus' bastard hand 136
Stabb'd Julius Cæsar; savage islanders
Pompey the Great; and Suffolk dies by pirates.
Lieu. And as for these whose ransom we have set,
It is our pleasure one of them depart: 140
Therefore come you with us and let him go.
Enter Walter with the body [of Suffolk].
Whit. There let his head and lifeless body lie,
Until the queen his mistress bury it. Exit Walter.
1. Gent. O barbarous and bloody spectacle! 144
His body will I bear unto the king:
If he revenge it not, yet will his friends;
So will the queen, that living held him dear.
Scene Two
[Blackheath]
Enter Bevis and John Holland.
Bevis. Come, and get thee a sword, though
made of a lath: they have been up these two
days.
Holl. They have the more need to sleep now 4
then.
Bevis. I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means
134 besonians: beggars
135 sworder: gladiator
137 savage islanders; cf. n.
2 up: in arms
6 clothier: cloth-worker
