King Henry VI, the second part

by William Shakespeare

HOLLAND.
Come, come, let’s fall in with them.

Drum. Enter Cade, Dick the Butcher, Smith the Weaver and a Sawyer with infinite numbers carrying long staves.

CADE.
We, John Cade, so termed of our supposed father—

DICK.
[Aside.] Or rather, of stealing a cade of herrings.

CADE.
For our enemies shall fall before us, inspired with the spirit of putting down kings and princes. Command silence.

DICK.
Silence!

CADE.
My father was a Mortimer—

DICK.
[Aside.] He was an honest man and a good bricklayer.

CADE.
My mother a Plantagenet—

DICK.
[Aside.] I knew her well; she was a midwife.