Henry VI Part 2

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• Saye - Adult (36-50), Senior (>50), Male

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Saye begs for his life

Summary

Jack Cade, a common man hired by York to stir a revolt against the king, takes over London with an army of commoners. Various lords and noblemen are put to death. Among them there is lord Saye, who is accused by Cade of corrupting the youth with grammar schools, of being responsible for the loss of Normandy and Maine to the French and for imprisoning people who cannot read. In this monologue Saye begs for his life. He praises people from Kent (where most of the commoners in Cade's army are from), says he is not responsible for the loss of Normandy and Maine and defends knowledge that he argues is " the wing wherewith we fly to heaven". He begs them to let him live

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