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Henry VI Part 2 Act 4, Scene 3 Summary

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  • Alarms are sounding to tell us there's a battle going on. Stafford and his bro are dead. Cade asks where his guy Dick the Butcher is.
  • The two discuss how the Staffords and their army have just lost. Cade gives Dick a license to kill.
  • Dick takes Stafford's coat and suggests they break open the prisons and jails if they mean to do good.
  • Cade decides they should march to London to fight the mayor.