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returns with the Information that Gloucester is dead in his
bed, Henry spurns him and castigates him with his tongue in
these wordsi
... Hide not thy poison with such sugar'd words*
I ay not thy hand on aej. forbear, I sayj
Their touch affrights me as a serpent's sting,
$hou baleful messenger, out of my sight. 3-^
In a short soliloquy, Cade says that he, Mortimer, is
lord of the city, and henceforth it will be treasonous for
anyone to call hi® by any other name than Mortimer. Just
then a soldier runs up, apparently having some exciting
news. He shouts, "Jack Cadet Jack CadeI" What his message
was the world will never know, for on Cade* a order he was
brained in his tracks, This is perhaps the most arbitrary
treatment accorded to any of the messengers.
Le Beau, the eourtler in Am You Like It, by delivering
t© Rosalind and Celia information about the earning attrac-
tion, the wrestling match between Charles and Orlando, is
looked upon rather condescendingly by those ladies, and e<ren
by the fool, Touchstone, for regarding the breaking of bones
a proper feminine delight,** However, later in the same
scene he finds Orlando grateful to him for informing him
that the usurping duke disapproves of the entire de Boys
3%bld,, III, ii, 15-48.
lsXbld.. IV, vi, 1-9.
14Ab You Like It. I, ii, 96-146.
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Branch, James Wesley. The Messenger in Shakespeare, thesis, May 1955; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130421/m1/74/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .