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
of Henry the fifth.
266and into
the
streete
they went, and
some t
ooke my Lo
rd
the
267yong P
rinces part, and
some t
ooke
the o
ther, but betwixt
268them
there was
such a bl
oodie fray fo
r the
space of halfe an
269houre,
that nei
ther
watchmẽ no
r any o
ther could
stay
thẽ,
270till my b
ro
ther
the Sheriffe of London & I were
sent fo
r,
271and at
the la
st wi
th much ad
oo we
staied
them, but it was
272long
fir
st, which was a great di
squieting to all your louing
273subiects
thereabouts: and
then my g
ood Lo
rd, we knew not
274whe
ther your grace had
sent
them to trie vs, whe
ther we
275would d
oo iu
stice, o
r whe
ther it were of
their owne volun=
276tarie will o
r not, we cannot tell: and
therefo
re in
such a
277ca
se we knew not what to do, but fo
r our own
safegard we
278sent him to ward, where he wante
th no
thing
that is fit fo
r 279his grace, and your Maie
sties
sonne. And
thus mo
st hum=
280bly be
seeching your Maie
stie to
thinke of our an
swere.
281Hen.4. Stand a
side vntill we haue fur
ther deliberated
284Hen.4. Ah
Harry, Harry, now
thrice accur
sed
Harry,
285That ha
th gotten a
sonne, which wi
th gr
eefe
286Will end his fa
thers dayes.
287Oh my
sonne, a P
rince
thou art, I a P
rince ind
eed,
288And to de
serue imp
ri
sonment,
289And well haue
they done, and like fai
thfull
subie
cts:
290Di
scharge
them and let
them go.
291L.Exe. I be
seech your Grace, be g
ood to my Lo
rd
the
293Hen.4. Nay, nay, tis no matter, let him alone.
294L.Oxf. Perchance
the Maio
r and
the Sheriffe haue
295bene t
oo p
reci
se in
this matter.
296Hen.4. No:
they haue done like fai
thfull
subie
cts:
297I will go my
selfe to di
scharge
them, and let
them go.