Shall secretly into the bosom creep Of that same noble prelate, well belov'd, Hot. Of York, is't not? Wor. True; who bears hard His brother's death at Bristol, the lord Scroop. As what I think might be, but what I know Hot. I smell it; upon my life, it will do well. North. Before the game's afoot, thou still let'st slip. Hot. Why, it cannot choose but be a noble plot: And then the power of Scotland, and of York, To join with Mortimer, ha? Wor. And so they shall. Hot. In faith, it is exceedingly well aim'd. Wor. And 'tis no little reason bids us speed, To save our heads by raising of a head: For, bear ourselves as even as we can, The king will always think him in our debt; And think we think ourselves unsatisfied, Till he hath found a time to pay us home. And see already, how he doth begin To make us strangers to his looks of love. Hot. He does, he does; we'll be feveng'd on him. Wor. Cousin, farewell: in this, No further go Than I by letters shall direct your course. When time is ripe, (which will be suddenly,) I'll steal to Glendower, and lord Mortimer; Where you and Douglas, and our powers at once, (As I will fashion it,) shall happily meet, North. Farewell, good brother: We shall thrive, I trust. Hot. Uncle, adieu: - O, let the hours be short, Till fields, and blows, and groans applaud our [Exeunt.] sport! Enter a Carrier, with a lantern in his hand. 1. Car. Heigh ho! An't be not four by the day, I'll be hang'd: Charles' wain is over the new chimney, and yet our horse not pack'd. What, ostler! Ost. [within.] Anon, anon. 1. Car. I pr'ythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point; the poor jade is rung in the withers out of all cefs. Enter another Carrier. 2. Car. Pease and beans are as dank here as a dog, and that is the next way to give poor jades the bots this house is turn'd upside down, since Robin ostler dy'd, I. Car. Poor fellow ! never joy'd since the price of oats rose; it was the death of him. 2. Car. 2. Car. I think, this be the most villainous house in all London road for fleas : I am stung like a tench. 1. Car. Like a tench? by the mafs, there is ne'er a king in Christendom could be better bit than I have been since the first cock. den, 2 Car. Why, they will allow us ne'er a jor. and then we leak in your chimney; and your chamber-lie breeds fleas like a loach. 1. Car. What, ostler! come away, and be hang'd, come away. 2. Car. I have a gammon of bacon, and two razes of ginger, to be deliver'd as far as Charingcrofs. 1. Car. 'Odsbody! the turkies in my pannier What, ostler! A plague are quite starved. on thee! hast thou never an eye in thy head? canst not hear? An 'twere not as good a deed as drink, to break the pate of thee, I am a very villain. Come, and be hang'd: Hast no faith in thee? Enter GADS - HILL. Gads. Good o'clock? carriers. What's 1. Car. I think it be two o'clock. Gads. I pr'ythee, lend me thy lantern, to see my gelding in the stable. 1. Car. Nay, soft, I pray ye; I know a trick worth two of that, i'faith. Gads. I pr'ythee, lend me thine. 2. Car. Ay, when, canst tell? Lend me thy lantern, quoth-a? marry, I'll see thee hang'd first. Gads. Sirrah carrier, what time do you mean to come to London? 2. Car. Time enough to candle, I warrant thee. Vol. IV. go to bed with a I Come, neighbour Mugs, we'll call up the gentlemen; they will along with company, for they have great charge. [Exeunt Carriers.] Gads. What, ho! chamberlain ! Cham. [within.] At hand, quoth pick-purse. Gads. That's even as fair as at hand, quoth the chamberlain : for thou variest no more from picking of purses, than giving direction doth from labouring; thou lay'st the plot how. Enter Chamberlain. Chamberl Good morrow, master, Gadshill. It holds current, that I told you yesternight: There's a franklin in the wild of Kent, hath brought hundred marks with him in gold: I heard him tell it to one of his company, last night at supper; a kind of auditor; one that hath abundance of charge too, God knows what. They are up already, and call for eggs and butter: They will away presently. Gads. Sirrah, if they meet not with saint Nicholas clerks, I'll give thee this neck. Cham. No, I'll none of it: I pry'thee, keep that for the hangman; for, I know, thou worship'st saint Nicholas as truly as a man of falshood may. Gads. What talk'st thou to me of the hangman? if I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows: for, if I hang, old sir John bangs with me; and, thou knowst, he's no starveling. Tut! there are other Trojans that thou dream'st not of, the which, for sport sake, are content to do the profession some grace; that would, if matters should be look'd into, for their own credit sake, make all whole. I am join'd with no foot land-rakers, no long-staff, six-penny strikers; none of these mad, mustachio, purple-hued malt-worms: but with nobility, and tranquillity; burgomasters, and great oneyers; such as can hold in; such as will strike sooner than speak, and speak sooner than drink, and drink sooner than pray : And yet I lie; for they pray continually to their saint, the commonwealth; or, rather, not pray to her, but on her; for they ride prey up and down on her, and make her their boots. Cham. What, the common-wealth their boots? will she hold out water in foul way? Gads. She will, she will; justice bath li quor'd her. We steal as in castle, cock-sure; we have the receipt of fern- seed, we walk invisible. Cham. Nay, by my faith; I think, you are more beholding to the night, than to fern- seed, for your walking invisible. Gads. Give me thy hand: thou shalt have a share in our purchase, as I am a true man. Cham. Nay, rather let me have it, as you are a false thief. Gads. Go to; Homo is a common name to all men. Bid the ostler bring my gelding out of the stable. Farewel, you muddy knave. [Exeunt.] SCENE II. The Road by Gads-hill. Enter Prince HENRY and PoINS; BARDOLPH and PETO, at some distance. Poins. Come, shelter, shelter; I have remov'd Falstaff's horse, and he frets like a gumm'd velvet. |