Henry VI, Part 2 Group

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lacyace
lacyace

The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers or If tyranny is to prevail, tyrants must first kill all the lawyers.  Which quote correct?

Is there somewhere else in his plays quoting " if tyranny is to prevail, tyrants must first kill all the lawyers"

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Posted by lacyace on Tuesday October 7, 2008 at 11:16 AM and tagged with henry vi, part 2, kill all the lawyers correct quote.

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  1. blazedale

    eNotes Editor

    in Henry VI, Part 2 Act IV, Scene 2, the following lines are spoken:

    CADE
    I thank you, good people: there shall be no money;
    all shall eat and drink on my score; and I will
    apparel them all in one livery, that they may agree
    like brothers and worship me their lord.

    DICK
    The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.

    CADE
    Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable
    thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should
    be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled
    o'er, should undo a man? Some say the bee stings:
    but I say, 'tis the bee's wax; for I did but seal
    once to a thing, and I was never mine own man
    since. How now! who's there?

    Below are direct links to the text of the lines, and a link to an explanation of the scene.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/henryvi-ii-text/act-iv-scene-2#kill...
    http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/lets-kill-all-la...

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    Posted by blazedale on Tuesday October 7, 2008 at 1:19 PM