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" Now is Mortimer lord of this city. And here, sitting upon London stone, I charge and command that, of the city's cost, the pissing-conduit run nothing but claret wine this first year of our reign. And now henceforward it shall be treason for any that... "
Nooks and Corners of Old London - Page 56
by Charles Hemstreet, Marie Mumford Meinell Hemstreet - 1910 - 186 pages
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the ..., Volume 13

William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1813 - 416 pages
...same. Cannon Street. Enter JACK CADE, and his Followers. He strikes his Staff on London-stone. CADE. Now is Mortimer lord of this city. And here, sitting upon London -stone, I charge and command, that, of the city's cost, the pissing-conduit run nothing but claret1 wine this first year of our reign....
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 3

1824 - 452 pages
...his followers, and striking " his staff on London Stone," exclaiming, " Now is Mortimer Lord of Ihis City. And here sitting upon London Stone, I charge and command, that the City's conduit run nothing but claret wine this first year of our reign. And now, henceforward, it...
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Shakspearian Readings: Selected and Adapted for Young Persons and Others

William Shakespeare, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - English drama - 1839 - 490 pages
...followers : he strikes his staff on London stone : 206 HENRY VI. [Cade.] Now is Mortimer lord of the city : and here, sitting upon London stone, I charge and command, that, at the city's cost, the conduit run nothing but claret -wine this first year of our reign. And now,...
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An Antiquarian Ramble in the Streets of London: With Anecdotes of ..., Volume 2

John Thomas Smith - Literary landmarks - 1846 - 484 pages
...Jack Cade enters and strikes his staff, not his sword, as the old chroniclers say, and exclaims, " Now is Mortimer lord of this city. . And here, sitting upon London Stone, I charge and command that of the city's cost, the priory conduit run nothing but claret wine, this first year of our reign; and...
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The Streets of London: With Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents

John Thomas Smith - City dwellers - 1849 - 472 pages
...Jack Cade enters and strikes his staff, not his sword, as the old chroniclers say, and exclaims, " Now is Mortimer lord of this city. And here, sitting upon London Stone, I charge and command that of the city's cost, the priory conduit run nothing but claret wine, this first year of our reign ;...
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The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere: Comedies ...

William Shakespeare - 1852 - 556 pages
...same. Cannon-street. Enter JACK CADE, and his Followers. He strikes his staff on London stone. CADE. Now is Mortimer lord of this city. And here, sitting upon London stone, I charge and command, that, of the city's cost, the pissing-conduit run nothing but claret wine this first year of our reign. And...
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London: Its Literary and Historical Curiosities

Frederick Saunders - Authors, English - 1854 - 292 pages
...progress through London, is said to have halted here, and striking this stone with his sword, exclaimed, " Now is Mortimer lord of this city, and here, sitting upon London Stone, I charge and command that of the City's cost the Priory conduit run nothing but claret wine this first year of our reign, and...
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Cyclopędia of Literary and Scientific Anecdote: Illustrations of the ...

William Keddie - Literature - 1854 - 400 pages
...laid in Cannon Street, where Cade is represented as striking his staff on London Stone, and saying, " Now is Mortimer lord of this city. And here, sitting upon London Stone, I charge and command, that of the city's cost, the conduit run nothing but claret wine this first year of our reign." This venerable...
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The Streets of London: Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents, by John ...

John Thomas Smith - Literary landmarks - 1861 - 470 pages
...Jack Cade enters and strikes his staff, not his sword, as the old chroniclers say, and exclaims. " Now is Mortimer lord of this city. And here, sitting upon London Stone, I charge and command that of the city's cost, the priory conduit run nothing but claret wine, this first year of our reign ;...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, with Biographical Introduction by ...

William Shakespeare - 1865 - 496 pages
...LONDON. Cannon Street. Enter JACK CADE and his Followers. He strikes his staff on London stone. Cade. Now is Mortimer lord of this city. And here, sitting upon London stone, I charge and command that, of the city's cost, the pissing-conduit run nothing but claret wine this first year of our reign. And...
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