| ACT V SCENE III | Fields near St. Alban's. | |
| [
Alarum. Retreat. Enter YORK, RICHARD, WARWICK,
and Soldiers, with drum and colours
] |
| YORK | Of Salisbury, who can report of him, |
| That winter lion, who in rage forgets |
| Aged contusions and all brush of time, |
| And, like a gallant in the brow of youth, |
| Repairs him with occasion? This happy day | 5 |
| Is not itself, nor have we won one foot, |
| If Salisbury be lost. |
| RICHARD | My noble father, |
| Three times to-day I holp him to his horse, |
| Three times bestrid him; thrice I led him off, | 10 |
| Persuaded him from any further act: |
| But still, where danger was, still there I met him; |
| And like rich hangings in a homely house, |
| So was his will in his old feeble body. |
| But, noble as he is, look where he comes. | 15 |
| [Enter SALISBURY] |
| SALISBURY | Now, by my sword, well hast thou fought to-day; |
| By the mass, so did we all. I thank you, Richard: |
| God knows how long it is I have to live; |
| And it hath pleased him that three times to-day |
| You have defended me from imminent death. | 20 |
| Well, lords, we have not got that which we have: |
| 'Tis not enough our foes are this time fled, |
| Being opposites of such repairing nature. |
| YORK | I know our safety is to follow them; |
| For, as I hear, the king is fled to London, | 25 |
| To call a present court of parliament. |
| Let us pursue him ere the writs go forth. |
| What says Lord Warwick? shall we after them? |
| WARWICK | After them! nay, before them, if we can. |
| Now, by my faith, lords, 'twas a glorious day: | 30 |
| Saint Alban's battle won by famous York |
| Shall be eternized in all age to come. |
| Sound drums and trumpets, and to London all: |
| And more such days as these to us befall! |
| [Exeunt] |
The Rebellion of Jack Cade