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Jan 25, 2023 · Well, first of all, the quote is real! It goes, “The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers.”. It’s said by a character called Dick the Butcher in Act IV, Scene II of William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part II, which was (we think) written between 1596 and 1599.
Origin of “Let’s Kill All The Lawyers”. In Act IV, Scene II of Henry VI, Part 2, Dick the Butcher utters the line during a rebellion led by Jack Cade. The full quote is: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”. Cade, a pretender to the throne, hopes to destabilize the existing social order, and the line serves as a ...
Sep 7, 2019 · Misunderstood Shakespeare: “Let’s Kill All The Lawyers”. This line comes from Henry VI, Part 2, written in 1598. It was spoken by Dick the Butcher, a character nobody remembers except for this line, who was hanging about with his fellow rebels in a field at Blackheath. It’s often quoted by people who are disillusioned with the legal ...
Let's kill all the lawyers. All: God save your majesty! Cade: I thank you, good people—there shall be no money; all shall eat. and drink on my score, and I will apparel them all in one livery ...
But then are we in order when we are most out of order. Come, march forward. All exit. Actually understand Henry VI, Part 2 Act 4, Scene 2. Read every line of Shakespeare’s original text alongside a modern English translation.
Jul 31, 2015 · ALL 2294 70 God save your Majesty! CADE 2295 I thank you, good people.—There shall be no 2296 money; all shall eat and drink on my score; and I 2297 will apparel them all in one livery, that they may 2298 agree like brothers and worship me their lord. DICK 2299 75 The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers. CADE 2300 Nay, that I mean ...
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. (2 Henry VI, 4.2.59), Dick the Butcher to Jack Cade All scholars, lawyers, courtiers, gentlemen, They call false caterpillars, and intend their death. (2 Henry VI, 4.4.36), Messenger to Henry VI DROMIO OF SYRACUSE. There's no time for a man to recover his hair that grows bald by nature.
