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The King replies your words are foul slanderous forgeries What shall your Father do? Why weeps old Faukenbridge? Why must he Henry? Leister he shall not, he shall have law, despite of him and thee. Hears one my Leidge, These knaves have served me well, left me alone, I have hunted fairly, lost my purse, my chain, My Jewels, and been banged by a bold knave, Clad in a Hermit's gown Like and old man, Oh what a world is this? He's come again, Oh knave 'tis the worse for thee, Keep from me, be content with that thou hast, And see thou fly this heath, for if I take thee, I'll make thee to all thieves aspectacle, Had my staff held, thou hadst not escaped me so, But come not near me, follow not thou art best, Holla, Earl Leister, holla Huntsman hoe? Lay hold upon that thievish counterfeit, Which set on thee? Search him; this is the thief, oh hears my purse, My chain, my Jewels: o thou wicked wretch, How darest thou under show of holiness, Commit such actions of impiety? Bind him, I'll have him made a public scorn. Villain thou shalt with me unto the Court. Earl Gloucester I am sorry thou art taken. Do as you please. Do gentle Earl. His highness does, Tells you its a shame for such wild youth, To smother any impiety, With show to chastise lose adultery. Say Rosamond was Henries Concubine, Had never King a Concubine but he? Did Rosamond begin the fires in France? Made she the Northern borders reek with flames? Unpeopled she the towns of Picardy? Left she the wives of England husbandles? Oh no: she sinned I grant, so do we all, She fell her self, desiring none should fallen; But Elinor whom you so much commend, Hath been the bellows of seditious fire, Either through Jealous rage or mad desire; Is't not a shame to think that she hath armed Four Sons right hands, against their father's head, And not the children of a low-prized wretch, But one whom God on earth hath deified? See where he sits with sorrow in his eyes, Three of his Sons and hers tutored by her, Smiles while he weeps, and with a proud disdain, Embrace blithe mirth, while his sad heart complain. But while he lives we to none else are bound.
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…