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'T is but the fate of place, and the rough brake
That virtue must go through.

      — King Henry VIII, Act I Scene 2

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KEYWORD: drum

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1

Henry VI, Part II
[II, 3]

Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester)

1101

I never saw a fellow worse bested,
Or more afraid to fight, than is the appellant,
The servant of this armourer, my lords.
[Enter at one door, HORNER, the Armourer, and his]
Neighbours, drinking to him so much that he is drunk;
and he enters with a drum before him and his staff
with a sand-bag fastened to it; and at the other
door PETER, his man, with a drum and sand-bag, and
'Prentices drinking to him]

2

Henry VI, Part II
[IV, 2]

John Holland

2335

Come, come, let's fall in with them.
[Drum. Enter CADE, DICK the Butcher, SMITH the]
Weaver, and a Sawyer, with infinite numbers]

3

Henry VI, Part II
[IV, 2]

Jack Cade

2421

To equal him, I will make myself a knight presently.
[Kneels]
Rise up Sir John Mortimer.
[Rises]
Now have at him!
[Enter SIR HUMPHREY and WILLIAM STAFFORD, with]
drum and soldiers]

4

Henry VI, Part II
[V, 1]

(stage directions)

2975

[Enter YORK, and his army of Irish, with drum]
and colours]

5

Henry VI, Part II
[V, 3]

(stage directions)

3317

[Alarum. Retreat. Enter YORK, RICHARD, WARWICK,]
and Soldiers, with drum and colours]

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