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Thou wrongest her Leister. Will this content you? I that have sat still, Amazed to see my sons devoid of shame; To hear my subjects with rebellious tongues, Wound the kind bosom of their Sovereign, Can no more bear, but from a bleeding heart Deliver all my love, for all your hate: Will this content thee cruel Elinor? Your savage mother, my uncivil Queen; The Tygresse that hath drunk the purple blood, Of three times twenty thousand valiant men; Washing her read chaps, in the weeping tears, Of widows, virgins, Nurse's, sucking babes. And lastly sorted with her damned consorts, Entered alaborinth to murder love. Will this content you? she shall be released, That she may next seize me she most envies. What else would Henry have? Peruse this bill, draw near let us confer. What would content you John? What you son Richard? Thou shalt have thy desire Heroic Son, As soon as other homebred brawls are done. Let him not enter, his infectious breath Will poison the assembly. Be sure thou hast not, murderous bloodsucker, To jealous envy executioner. Hold that murderous Skinke. Will Gloucester not be bridled? Where's that knave Skinke? I charge you see him stayed. Follow that Skinke, let privy search be made, Let not one pass except he be well known, Let posts be every way sent speedily, For ten miles compass round about the City. I will not yield he shall unto the Tower, Warden of th'Fleete take you the charge of Gloucester. Farewell good Gloucester, you shall hear from us. Seize these contentions, forward to the Tower, Release Queen Elinor, and leave me there Your prisoner I am sure, if ye had power, Ther's nothing lets you but the Commons fear: Keep your State Lords, we will by water go, Making the fresh Thames, salt with tears of woe. Oh Lancaster bid Henry yield some reason Why he desires so much the death of Gloucester, Fie, fie upon thee hateful Elinor. I thought thou hadst been long since scarlet died, I hope he be escaped. Richard and Faukenbridge follow the search, You may prevent mischance by meeting Gloucester, If you find Skinke see that you apprehend him, I hear there is a vizard at black heath, Let some inquire of him where Skinke remains, Although I trust not to those fallacies, Yet now and then such men prove Soothsayers. Will you be gone? Call in a Pursuivant. There is a Porter likely to be hanged, For letting Gloucester escape, sirrah attend, You shall have a reprieve to bring him us, These boys are to to stubborn Lancaster, But 'tis their mother's fault, if thus she move me, I'll have her head though all the world reprove me. Exeuntt. You wrong the honour of Nobility, To place a robber in a Barons stead, Had I mistermed him? Who made you a Justice? You had none then. Son Henry see thy father's palzie hands, Joined Like two suppliants, pressing to thy thrown? Look how the furrows of his aged cheek, Filled with the reuolets of wet eyed moan, Begs mercy for Earl Gloucester? weigh his gilded, Why for a slave, should Royal blood be spilled? Its injust Justice I must tell thee Son. I am struck dumb with wonder. My heart surfeits with joy in hearing this. And deer Son isle bless thee with a kiss. Son? Peace to us all, let's all for peace give praise, Unlooked for peace, unlooked for happy days. Love Henries birth day, he hath been new born, I am new crowned, new settled in my seat. Lets' all to the Chapel, there give thanks and praise, Beseeching grace from Heavens eternal Throne, That England never know more Prince then one. Exeunt Why does not Gloucester take his honoured seat? Gloucester fit we charge thee. Silence there. Did you prefer this bill? Peace John, lay down thy arms, hear Henry speak, He minds thee no such wrong. Content thee Gloucester. I will my Son.
Plot summary
Plot — Look About You
Before the start of the action, Queen Eleanor had her rival, Rosamund, poisoned by Skink, and was imprisoned for it; Skink escaped and has taken the identity of a fortune-telling hermit. Her son Henry and his brothers attempted a coup, and there are now two kings in England, father and son. At a parliament, the younger King Henry offers to split the kingdom with the elder, but alienates his supporters by his readiness to seize their lands. Skink, summoned to the parliament by Prince Richard, is rewarded with Gloucester’s lands, and Gloucester imprisoned when he protests and strikes Skink. Richard, who has an interest in Gloucester’s sister, Lady Falconbridge, promises to free him. Eavesdropping on a meeting between them, Sir Richard Falconbridge sees his wife reject the Prince’s advances. Pursued by the watch, Skink evades arrest by swapping clothes with Redcap, but is taken to the Fleet prison for identification by Redcap’s father, the porter. Gloucester swaps clothes with him in turn and escapes, and finally Skink too gets away by purloining Prince John’s clothes. Lady Falconbridge disguises Gloucester as her husband, fooling the watch sent to search for him. The substitutions cause misunderstandings when Skink (as John) is given a chain by Falconbridge and Gloucester (as Falconbridge) is given John’s sword; in each case the real man denies what his doppelganger has done. The porter of the Fleet is to be hanged for Gloucester’s escape, but the old King is persuaded to reprieve him. Gloucester intercepts the pursuivant, gets him drunk, steals the pardon, and ensures that it reaches its destination. Skink evades capture at the tavern by swapping clothes with the drawer and pretending to have been assaulted by the escaped Skink. John and Falconbridge consult the hermit: John wants to locate Gloucester, and Falconbridge to know for sure whether his wife is committing adultery. Lady Falconbridge also goes there in disguise, leaving Robin Hood standing in for her at home, cross-dressed. She too wants to locate Gloucester, to save him from the malice of John and his mother; John and Falconbridge both arrange assignations with her. Skink resumes the hermit’s identity, tells them how Gloucester escaped, and predicts that they will be able to catch Skink committing a robbery nearby; he then changes his disguise, induces them to fall in a hole, and steals their purses. While he is away, Gloucester finds his hermit costume and puts it on, convincing the robbed…