The famous victories
231Theef. Then I p
ray you let me go to
the p
rison where
233Cob. Nay
thou mu
st go to
y^ecountry p
rison, to newgate,
235Theef. I p
re
thie be g
ood to me hone
st fellow.
236Der. I marry will I, ile be verie charitable to
thee,
237Fo
r I will neuer leaue
thee, til I
see thee on
the Gallowes.
238Enter Henry the fourth, with the Earle of Exeter, 239and the Lord of Oxford. 240Oxf. And please your Maie
stie, h
eere is my Lord Ma
- 241io
r and
the Sheriffe of London, to
speak wi
th your Maie=
stie. 242K.Hen.4. Admit
them to our p
re
sence.
243Enter the Maior and the Sheriffe. 244Now my g
ood Lo
rd Maio
r of London,
245The cau
se of my
sending fo
r you at
this time, is to tel you
246of a matter which I haue learned of my Councell: Herein
247I vnder
stand,
that you haue committed my
sonne to p
ri
son
248wi
thout our leaue and licen
se. What al
thogh he be a rude
249you
th, and likely to giue occa
sion, yet you might haue con-
250sidered
that he is a P
rince, and my
sonne, and not to be
251halled to p
rison by euery
subiect.
252Maior. May it plea
se your Maie
stie to giue vs leaue to
254King Hen.4. O
r el
se God fo
rbid, o
therwi
se you might
255thinke me an vnequall Iudge, hauing mo
re affection to
256my
sonne,
then to any rightfull iudgement.
257Maior. Then I do not doubt but we
shal ra
ther de
serue
258commendations at your Maie
sties hands,
thẽ any anger.
259K.Hen.4. Go t
oo,
say on.
260Maior. Then if it plea
se your Maie
stie,
this night be=
261twixt two and
three of
the clocke in
the mo
rning, my Lo
rd
262the yong P
rince wi
th a very di
so
rd
red companie, came to
263the old Tauerne in Ea
stcheape, and whe
ther it was
that
264their Musicke liked
them not, o
r whe
ther
they were ouer=
265come wi
th wine, I know not, but
they d
rew
their
swo
rds,
and