Go to, sirrah, tell the king from me, that, for his father’s 150 sake, Henry the fifth, in whose time boys went to span-counter for French crowns, I am content he shall reign; but I’ll be protector over him.
Dick. And furthermore, we’ll have the Lord Say’s head for selling the dukedom of Maine.
155 Cade. And good reason; for thereby is England [♦] mained, and fain to go with a staff, but that my puissance [♦] holds it up. Fellow kings, I tell you that that Lord Say hath gelded the commonwealth, and made it an eunuch: and more than that, he can speak French; and therefore 160 he is a traitor.
Staf. O gross and miserable ignorance!
Cade. Nay, answer, if you can: the Frenchmen are our enemies; go to, then, I ask but this: can he that [♦] speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counsellor, 165 or no?
All. No, no; and therefore we’ll have his head.
Bro. Well, seeing gentle words will not prevail,
Assail them with the army of the king.
Staf. Herald, away; and throughout every town
170 Proclaim them traitors that are up with Cade;