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will show what the messengers have to do with integrating
them with the main plot,
Buckingham volunteers to take to the king the news of
the diseovery of Duchess Eleanor In league with Margery
Jeurdain, the witeh, with Bolingbroke, the conjurer, end with
John Hume and John Southwell, priests, who are practicing
witehcraft against the king.13 This is about all there 1 m
in the way of messengerial liaison between the Duchess plot
and the main plot.
The Jack Cade theme is tied to the main theme in several
places by messengers. First, when Stafford observes the
strength that Cade is gathering about Ma, be sends a herald
throughout the town to proclaim all those who are up with
Cade bm traitors.14 Hext, a messenger interrupts the queen1 a
sighing over the severed head of Suffolk to warn that Sad®
and hi® rebels are in Southwark, that Oade proclaims Ilia-
self Lord Mortimer, and vows to. crown himself at Westminster!
h# describes Cade's ragged, ruthless amy and announces the
death of Sir Humphrey Stafford and his brother. Cad® has an-
nounced, according to the messenger, that all scholars, law-
yers, courtiers, and gentlemen are to be put to death*1®
ia8 Henry VI, I, iv, 79-80,
**Ibld.. IV, ii, 186-187.
l&Ibid., IV, iv, 27-37.
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Branch, James Wesley. The Messenger in Shakespeare, thesis, May 1955; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130421/m1/21/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .